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AfDB: Building More Effective Partnerships
25-Mar-2010 - Writting by Felix Njoku The AfDB Partnership Forum 2010 got underway on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in Tunis, with a strong emphasis on the need to improve dialogue and cooperation in support of Africa’s development. Addressing the opening session, AfDB Regional Operations and Policy Vice President, Aloysius Ordu, briefed the partners representing 71 countries and institutions on the Banks activities.AfDB-ACBF Conference Highlights Importance of Capacity Development in Africa
25-Mar-2010 - A conference organized on March 24, 2010, in Tunis by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on capacity building in Africa has underscored the importance of capacity development on the continent, especially in post-conflict countries. Speaking during the event, the AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, underscored the importance of capacity development on the continent, stressing the timelines and urgency of dialogue on capacity development at the highest level of the continent's leadership.AfDB Approves a USD 8.7 Emergency Grant to Guinea Bissau to Support Fiscal Reform
25-Mar-2010 - Tunis, 24 March 2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group in Tunis approved a USD 8.7 million grant for Guinea Bissau, comprising USD 6.1 million from the Fragile States Facility and USD 2.6 million from the African Development Fund. The grant will help the country reduce its budget deficit and mitigate the shocks from the global economic crisis and its own difficult political situation. It will also help strengthen the budgetary reform begun in 2007, and will make budgetary operations more credible and transparent.
AfDB Focuses on Delivering Results
24-Mar-2010 - A two-day event which included a lecture for all African Development Bank staff on “Delivering Results in a Complex Environment” and a discussion session for senior management was concluded with success on 23 March 2010. The lecture is part of AfDB’s Learning and Knowledge Series and was delivered by Michael Barber, former head of the Delivery Unit from 2001 – 2005 under the administration of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.Participants Share Perspectives on Improving Results Communication
24-Mar-2010 - A roundtable on multilateral aid and improving results communication, organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the development communication network (DevCom Network), went underway on 22 March 2010, in Tunis with participants sharing perspectives on a wide range of issues communicators face when communicating on development and multilateral aid results. Speaking at the event, which brought together key players in the world of bilateral and multilateral aid, the AfDB Communication Unit Head, Antoinette Batumubwira, urged...
La BAD assiste à l’atelier de gestion durable des terres organisé
24-Mar-2010 - Le bureau de la BAD au Burkina Faso a participé le 23 mars 2010 à Ouagadougou à l’atelier sur la gestion durable des terres dans le contexte du programme sectoriel de développement rural productif organisé par M. Salifou Sawadogo, Ministre de l’environnement et du cadre de vie.AfDB Ethiopia Field Office Other Stakeholders in Celebrating World Water Day
24-Mar-2010 - At the invitation of Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Ethiopia Field Office joined officials of the Government, Parliamentarians and other stakeholders from civil society, private sector and the donor community to celebrate World Water Day on 22 March 2010, under the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”.ICA Virtual Working Group Negotiates African Power Projects
24-Mar-2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Mozambique Officehosted Mozambican participants who took part in the first Virtual Power Working Group Meeting on infrastructure, whose theme was on negotiating agreements on power projects in Africa.Malawi Budget Support Review
24-Mar-2010 - The Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS) development partners such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), DFID (UK), the European Union, Germany, Norway and the World Bank, and the Malawian government held their biannual budget support review from 16-18 March 2010.
The African Development Bank Commits to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum
22-Mar-2010 - Tunis / Nairobi 21st March - The first African Women Economic Summit in Nairobi was a real success. On the afternoon of the final day, the high level audience of 160 African and global decision-makers in the financial and political sectors, policy-makers, regulators, commercial banks, and prominent women entrepreneurs agreed on goals that will bring women centre stage in the financial sector. They pledged to drive change to include more women in finance.World Water Day, 22 March: Clean Water for a Healthy World
19-Mar-2010 - The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution. This world day for water was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development contained in chapter 18 (Fresh Water Resources) of Agenda 21.AfDB Approves USD 225 Million Loan for Egypt’s Refining Company
19-Mar-2010 - Tunis, 19 March 2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a USD 200-million senior loan and a US$ 25-million Subordinated Convertible Loan to the Egyptian Refining Company (ERC). In addition, the Bank will if requested by the Borrower consider providing a B-loan of up to USD 80 million.African Heads of State to Discuss Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries
19-Mar-2010 - Tunis, 18 March 2010 – President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, together with other African Heads of States, finance and planning ministers, and other high-level partners, will gather in Tunis on 23-24 March to discuss ways to build capacity in post-conflict countries. The meeting is a joint collaboration between the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) and will also be attended by heads of multilateral institutions; diplomats and development partners present in Tunisia, and AfDB and ACBF...