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AfDB advocates linkage between development partners, policy-makers to build Africa’s food and cuisine value chain
19-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is advocating closer linkages between development partners and policy-makers to enhance the informal sector’s contribution to building an African food and cuisine value chain. Like many other economic activities in Africa, large segments of the food value chain are mainly informal.Agriculture sector financiers resolute on cushioning farmers against climate change
19-Sep-2017 - Major agriculture sector financiers, U.N. agencies and research organizations have underscored the urgent need to cushion small-scale African farmers from the adverse effects of climate change.
AfDB's e-wallet project in Togo – a rousing success with farmers
19-Sep-2017 - Agriculture, which employs 70% of Togo's workforce and contributes nearly 39% of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is the mainstay of Togo’s economy. In the effort to modernise agriculture, the government received assistance from the African Development Bank (AfDB) which enabled the creation of an e-wallet project that has transformed the lives of many of the country's agricultural producers.
AfDB, Brazil to groom African youth in cassava processing
19-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) have launched the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP) − an initiative that aims to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer, contributing to local capacity development.Experience is the best teacher in agribusiness, young experts say
19-Sep-2017 - When it comes to agribusiness, experience is the best teacher, according to young Africans who have successfully cut out profitable and society-changing business ventures in agriculture. During the African Green Revolution Forum Pre-Event on Youth Agriprenuers, a session on Monday titled “Youth Leveraging Agriculture Research, Technology and Innovation to Grow Agribusiness” brought together successful young entrepreneurs who chose the path of agriculture to discuss how they managed to go the extra distance.
11 West African Ministries explore practical policy tools to turn extractives into development outcomes
15-Sep-2017 - Natural resources make significant contributions to economic growth in most African countries. But how can countries turn extractives-driven growth into development outcomes? This was at the heart of a workshop co-organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) on September 7, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Thirty policy-makers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mali and Nigeria attended the workshop and discussed practical policy tools to help countries improve development outcomes...Le directeur général de la BAD pour la Région Afrique du Nord en visite de travail au Maroc
14-Sep-2017 - Le directeur général de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) pour la région de l’Afrique du Nord, Mohamed El Azizi, se rend au Maroc pour une visite de travail, du 18 au 23 septembre 2017. Il s’agit de sa première visite dans le pays depuis sa prise de fonctions, le 1er décembre 2016.Lancement du Programme de la BAD et de l’Institut Brésil-Afrique sur la formation technique des jeunes : Invitation
13-Sep-2017 - Le Département de l’agriculture et de l’agro-industrie (AHAI) de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a le plaisir de vous convier à la cérémonie officielle de lancement du « Programme de la Banque africaine de développement et de l’Institut Brésil-Afrique sur la formation technique des jeunes », prévu jeudi 14 septembre 2017, de 10 h à midi, à l’Auditorium du siège de la BAD. Présidents de séance : Akinwumi A. Adesina, Président de la BAD, & Joao Bosco Monte, Président de l’Institut Brésil-Afrique
Africa50 is partner of choice for economic transformation, Adesina tells shareholders
13-Sep-2017 - "With Africa50 we have an important partner, with all the enthusiasm and vigour that is necessary for Africa’s economic transformation," Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), told shareholders in Senegal. Adesina spoke at the Shareholder Meeting of the Africa50 Infrastructure Fund (Africa50) in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, where he solicited greater support for the Fund.
Multilateral development banks increase financing to tackle climate challenge
13-Sep-2017 - The world’s six largest multilateral developments banks (MDBs) continued to make a strong contribution to the global climate challenge in 2016, increasing their climate financing in developing countries and emerging economies last year to US $27.4 billion from US $25 billion in 2015. Of this amount, US $21.2 billion −or 77 per cent − was dedicated to climate mitigation finance, with the remaining 23 per cent devoted to climate adaptation.
AfDB pledges US $540 million in support of Chad, making it one of the largest donors at Paris roundtable
13-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will provide US $540 million for Chad's new National Development Plan (NDP). The Bank also offered Chad the possibility of raising additional financing through its private-sector window for commercially viable private sector projects or public-private partnerships. The Bank will help strengthen Chad’s institutional capacity and the development of bankable projects.
Kenyan Government delighted with AfDB’s partnership, as Nnenna Nwabufo receives accreditation as Country Manager
12-Sep-2017 - The Government of Kenya has expressed delight with the African Development Bank Group as a major partner in the country’s development agenda. The Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya, Ambassador Dr. Amina Mohammed, made the commendation when Nnenna Nwabufo presented her letter of accreditation as the African Development Bank’s Country Manager on August 22.AGRF 2017 : réduire les pertes post-récoltes en Afrique, cet autre facteur qui nourrit la pauvreté
11-Sep-2017 - Si l’Afrique veut mettre fin à la faim d’ici à 2025, elle doit mettre un terme aux importantes pertes agricoles post-récoltes, qui représentent jusqu’à 30 % de sa production, ont martelé des experts, jeudi 7 septembre 2017, au quatrième jour de la 7e édition du Forum pour la révolution verte en Afrique (AGRF) en cours à Abidjan.
AfDB advocates strategies to deepen industrialization of cassava
11-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is intensifying its financing for the production of crops with the highest potential for industrializing the African agriculture. Top on the list is cassava, which could be used to produce ethanol for industrial use and other frequently utilized home products, according to a Senior Advisor at the Bank.
AfDB announces new youth training drive to promote agricultural industrialization
11-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a new youth training drive in partnership with the Brazil-Africa Institute to train young farmers (aged 18-35 years) in commodity processing, financial literacy and management techniques.
AMCOMET-Africa Hydromet Forum 2017
11-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), collaborating with other partners, is undertaking preparatory arrangements for the AMCOMET - Africa Hydromet Forum, which is scheduled to take place at the headquarters of the African Union Commission, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 12th to 15th September 2017. The AMCOMET-Africa Hydromet Forum is being convened under the leadership of the African Union Commission in partnership with the Federal Government of Ethiopia, AMCOMET, WMO, World Bank, African Development Bank, AFD, UNDP and WFP.
Experts call for early-warning systems against malnutrition in Africa
11-Sep-2017 - Continental early-warning systems for nutrition are urgently need to curb cases of malnutrition, experts attending a nutrition-focused forum said on September 7, 2017. The nutrition experts recommended that the African Development Bank (AfDB) should develop these early-warning systems in partnership with organizations involved in food security initiatives.AfDB Director General tasks Horn of Africa countries on regional integration and WTO accession
08-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has emphasized the need to ensure coherence between the East Africa’s regional integration agenda and the engagement of the Horn of Africa countries’ engagements at the multilateral level. African Development Bank Director General, Eastern Africa, Gabriel Negatu, made this call at the first Regional Dialogue on WTO accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa Region, which concluded in Nairobi on August 30, 2017.
The African Development Bank appoints Racine Kane as Deputy Director General for the Central Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office
07-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Racine Kane as Deputy Director General for the Central Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office with effect from 15 September 2017.