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Zambia Finance Minister welcomes launch of country-focused Development Effectiveness Review
04-Apr-2014 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Development Effectiveness Review for Zambia on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 in Lusaka.‘Remember, unite and renew’: The African Development Bank stands with Rwanda
04-Apr-2014 - Heading for Kigali and the 20th Kwibuka, the official commemoration of the April 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, said on Friday, April 4:Entretien avec Leon ISAACS, Pdg de DMA : « Il y aura toujours une demande pour les transferts d’argent »
04-Apr-2014 - Leon Isaacs est Pdg de “Developing Markets Associates Limited” (DMA), une entreprise britannique spécialisée dans la mobilisation de fonds dans les pays en développement. Il est reconnu pour son expertise en matière de transferts d’argent. Q. : Lors du G20 de 2011, la communauté internationale avait appelé à une réduction de moitié des frais de transferts d’argent d’ici 2014. Or nous y sommes, et aucune tendance à la baisse ne semble s’esquisser… ?Better social transfers could rid Tunisia of extreme poverty, AfDB says
02-Apr-2014 - The 2011 revolution and subsequent social unrest revealed deep inequalities in Tunisia, bringing the issue of poverty to the fore and putting into serious question the performance of social transfer systems. Poverty and extreme poverty are a daily reality in the country: 15.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2011.Announcement for the Call for Papers for a Conference on Transforming Capacity for African Development
01-Apr-2014 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) through its capacity development department, the African Development Institute (EADI), and in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) envisages, plan to host a high level conference on “Transforming Capacity for African Development” in the fourth quarter of 2014. The aim of this conference is to take stock of issues, frameworks, methods, and lessons for transforming capacity as a key input to achieving sustainable African development.
AfDB launches country-focused Development Effectiveness Review in Zambia
01-Apr-2014 - • Results show Zambia is on track to become a strong and dynamic middle-income industrial nation by 2030.African Union Commission and ADEA pledge collaboration to improve education as Africa’s young population booms
31-Mar-2014 - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely together on the development of education across the continent of Africa. The ceremony for the signing of the MoU took place in Tunis on March 24 at the African Development Bank, where ADEA is hosted. The two organizations will jointly develop and implement programs aimed at achieving Africa’s collective goals in education.Government and African Development Bank discuss new Country Strategy for “strong, shared, sustainable growth” in Botswana
31-Mar-2014 - An African Development Bank team held discussions with the Government of Botswana during the week of March 24, 2014, to agree on areas of Bank support over the next five years. “The Bank’s 2014-2018 Country Strategy Paper for Botswana is intended to consolidate strong, shared and sustainable growth in this country,” said Zondo Sakala, the Bank’s Vice-President for Country and Regional Programs.Entretien avec Mouawia Essekelli, administrateur et DG d’Attijrariwafa bank pour l’Europe : « Les banques doivent innover pour attirer les nouvelles générations de Marocains de l’étranger »
31-Mar-2014 - Diplômé de l’Ecole Centrale de Paris, ce Marocain de 45 ans a suivi une carrière fulgurante, avant de rejoindre Attijariwafa bank en 2005, pour piloter la branche du Groupe dédiée à la clientèle des Marocains de l’étranger. Administrateur, directeur Général d’Attijariwafa bank Europe, la filiale européenne du Groupe, depuis juillet 2008.Transferts d’argent des migrants africains : la rencontre de Tunis suggère des solutions à explorer
31-Mar-2014 - Au terme de deux jours d’intenses débats, d’échanges d’expériences et de propositions novatrices, le séminaire panafricain dédié aux transferts d’argent des migrants africains a fermé ses portes, à Tunis, ce 28 mars 2014.
North African Women and SMEs: A Hidden Opportunity
28-Mar-2014 - According to Leila Farah El-Mokaddem, the African Development Bank’s new Resident Representative in Egypt, “the economic empowerment of women is a hidden opportunity for our continent. Women constitute what we call ‘smart economics.’ By expanding income generation to both women and men, families are collectively better off, while the economy is more productive resulting in an overall win-win situation.”AfDB says stronger governments and private sector are keys to ending fragility in Africa
28-Mar-2014 - A report launched in January 2014 in Addis Ababa by the African Development Bank (AfDB) said there are three main actions that governments and the AfDB can take together to bring an end to conflict in Africa and help to strengthen the Continent’s fragile sates.AfDB Approves US$ 125 Million Line of Credit to Zenith Bank for On-lending to SMEs
28-Mar-2014 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$ 125-million Line of Credit (LOC) to Zenith Bank PLC (Zenith) for on-lending to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.AfDB Board Approves US$ 205 Million Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Nigeria
28-Mar-2014 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on 26th March 2014, approved a US$ 205 million Urban Water Sector Reform and Port-Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Nigeria.AfDB injects 2.5 billion CFA francs into a support project for the Virtual University of Senegal
28-Mar-2014 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Government of Senegal signed a loan agreement on March 27, 2014 in Dakar for 3.38 million Units of Account (around 2.5 billion CFA francs) to finance the support project for the Virtual University of Senegal (PAUVS). The project brings to 13 the number of active operations in the Bank’s public investment portfolio in Senegal, which represents a net amount committed of 227.7 million Units of Account (approximately 167.3 CFA francs).
AfDB leverages support to Zambia’s agriculture sector
27-Mar-2014 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is leveraging support to Zambia’s National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP: 2014-2018) with the approval of a US $31.12 million (UA 20.54 million) grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), to support its agriculture value chain development project. The Agriculture Productivity and Market Enhancement Project (APMEP) approved by the AfDB Board on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Tunis, aims to develop irrigation and aquaculture as well as promote crop and livestock production...ECOWAS countries move forward on SE4All initiative
27-Mar-2014 - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) convened representatives of the 15 ECOWAS countries for a kick-off workshop on the development of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency National Action Plans and Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Action Agendas in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from March 17-19, 2014.