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Financial Crisis: Strategies for Mitigating its Impact in Africa
18-Mar-2009 - While the first round effects of the financial crisis on Africa were limited, there are genuine fears that the long-term impact will be more significant and will last longer than initially anticipated. Already, economic growth estimates in Africa have been revised downwards. Expected growth deceleration poses a major threat to the poverty reduction agenda. Furthermore, as the continent becomes more integrated into the global economy, it will suffer more pronounced first-round effects of similar shocks in the future.Round-table on Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project Continues
18-Mar-2009 - A round-table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway project that started on Monday, March 16, 2009, continued on Tuesday in Tunis with deliberations split in three sessions. The first session was devoted to communication and the exchange of views. Discussions during the session focused on the presentation of financial reports, financing options and achievements. The second session was marked by a question-and-answer session, a round-table and statements by financial and technical partners.Donor Round-table on Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project Ends on Positive Note in Tunis
18-Mar-2009 - A donor round-table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi railway project that started on Monday, March 16, 2009, ended on Tuesday in Tunis, Tunisia, on a positive note as the project was found “technically and financially viable.” Organized by the governments of the three countries involved with support from the Bank Group, the event brought together some 65 participants, especially economy and finance ministers, as well as transportation and infrastructure ministers from the three countries, development partners, private sector representatives, in...AfDB Organizes Seminar on Governance in Tunis
17-Mar-2009 - AfDB holds, on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Tunis, a seminar on the theme: “Measuring Governance in Africa”. The event is part of a series of seminars organized by AfDB on good governance on the continent, featuring guest speakers from reputable organizations and leading personalities as well as making significant contributions to the continent’s governance agenda and elsewhere. AfDB’s mandate is to strengthen the Bank’s capacity to support efforts by regional member countries to build effective, capable and accountable states through...Donors’ Round Table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project, 16-17 May, 2009
17-Mar-2009 - Tunis, le 17 mars 2009 - Du lundi 16 au mardi 17 mars 2009 se tiendront à Tunis les travaux de la Table ronde sur le projet multinational ferroviaire Tanzanie-Rwanda-Burundi.Africa Day, March 18, 2009
16-Mar-2009 - During the World Water Forum, the Africa Day Program is being held March 18, 2009. The activities will be in three sessions as follows:5th World Water Forum, Istanbul–Turkey, 16–22 March 2009-AfDB Leads Africa’s Regional Participation
13-Mar-2009 - A high level delegation from the African Development Bank led by the Vice President Mr. Mandla S.V. Gantsho will be taking part in the 5th World Water Forum which begins holding from Monday March 16th to Sunday march 22nd 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Following the successful organization of the 4th World Water Forum process, the African Development Bank received a mandate from the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), the World Water Council and the 5th World Water Forum Secretariat to organize and lead Africa’s regional participation.AfDB Partners Agree to Strengthen Cooperation and Foster Regional Development
13-Mar-2009 - A Bank-sponsored Partnership Forum which brought together major regional and international Bank Group partners and donors to Tunis to share information on funding opportunities, and deepen cooperation ended March 6, 2009, with a strong commitment by all parties to strengthen collaboration and build lasting partnerships with the African Development Bank.AfDB and World Water Forum, Istanbul, 16 to 22 March, 2009
13-Mar-2009 - The World Water Forum is the main water-related event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly on the international agenda. A stepping stone towards global collaboration on water problems, the Forum offers the water community and policy-and-decision-makers from all over the world the unique opportunity to come together to create links, debate and attempts to find solutions to achieve water security. It is organized every three year by the World Water Council, in collaboration with the host country.AfDB Will Need a Capital Increase by 2011 to Address the Financial Crisis and its Development Mandate, says AfDB President
12-Mar-2009 - Dar es Salaam, 12 March-The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to significantly increase its annual lending to US$11 billion to help countries address the current financial and economic crisis, the institution’s president, Donald Kaberuka, said on the margins of an International Monetary Fund conference on creating successful partnerships for Africa’s economic growth.Committee of Ten Adopts Position for G20 Summit
11-Mar-2009 - Dar es Salaam, 12 March 2009 -- The Committee of African Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks will meet the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on Monday, March 16, 2009 to discuss Africa’s positions in the G20 process in light of the current global financial and economic crisis. As the chair of the April Summit, Mr. Brown, has extended this ‘Africa outreach’ invitation to all major African Institutions.AfDB, Donors and Partners Discuss Stronger Cooperation
06-Mar-2009 - Some 140 development experts, senior AfDB officials, Bank staff, donors from Europe, Brazil, Canada, Asia , and major international development agencies have gathered in Gammarth, Tunisia, for a two-day discussion that is expected to inform AfDB partners of various cooperation opportunities with the institution.CBFF Governing Council Holds Two-day Meeting in DRC
27-Feb-2009 - Tunis, February 27, 2009 - The 4th Governing Council meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) will take place from 2-3 March 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The order of business will include discussions centred on the establishment of the CBFF Secretariat in the African Development Bank (AfDB) offices in Tunis, Yaoundé and Kinshasa and making decisions on projects proposal to be funded under the 1st Call for Proposals issued in June 2008.Prof. Ha-Joon Chang Addresses Tunis-based Development Community on the Economic History of the Developed World
26-Feb-2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will, on February 26, 2009, hold a conference on the theme : “Economic History of the Developed World : Lessons for Africa” to be addressed by Cambridge University Professor, Ha-Joon Chang, from 10am to noon at the Laicos Hotel in Tunis, Tunisia.