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AfDB engages governments and policy-makers at Investing in African Mining Indaba
20-Feb-2017 - The Investing in African Mining Indaba, one of the world’s largest mining conference, wrapped up on 9 February, 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa with the African Development Bank playing a key role in helping to shape the continent’s future in the sector. This year, the Bank, which is one of the major sponsors of the event, hosted three key sessions to help improve African governments’ knowledge and skills in the global mining sector.AfDB Vice-President addresses Power Sector Conference in Nigeria
13-Feb-2017 - The Federal Government of Nigeria hosted a High Level Power Sector Conference on Monday, February 10, 2014 in Abuja. The event, which was organized by the National Council on Privatization (NCP), convened key local and international players in infrastructure, particularly from the power and energy sectors, with the main objective of scaling up stakeholder engagement.
La BAD lance avec la FAO et le Gouvernement du Cabo Verde, l’aide pour la restauration des populations affectées par l’éruption de Fogo
08-Feb-2017 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a lancé à Sao Felipe au Cabo Verde, le projet d’Aide humanitaire d’urgence pour la restauration des moyens d’existence et l’accroissement de la résilience des ménages affectés par l’éruption volcanique de l’île de Fogo.
AfDB shares insights to better bargaining at the negotiation table
07-Feb-2017 - At the ongoing Indaba: Investing in African Mining conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) held its maiden session as a presentation on its knowledge tool on support to negotiations followed by a panel discussion with experts and political leaders, on February 6 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
AfDB gives voice to African youth during the TV finale of “Voix des Jeunes” competition
03-Feb-2017 - Friday, February 3, 2017 was a special day at the African Development Bank. Even before 8 a.m., dozens of young people were gathered at the doors of the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. In the crowd, the colours of Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Guinea were visible.Bank Group Set to Fund Infrastructure Projects in Africa
02-Feb-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has mobilized US$1.6 billion to finance various infrastructure improvement projects across Africa. The projects, which are mainly concentrated in transport and energy sectors, will help provide the continent with modern, world-class infrastructure, Dr. Ini Urua, Acting Manager, NEPAD Division, said while speaking with the press in Addis Ababa at the end of the African Union summit which took place from January 29-30, 2007.AfDB Director General, East African Region, hands over keys to Bank-funded Customs office building in Juba, South Sudan
02-Feb-2017 - African Development Bank Group Director General, East African Region, Gabriel Negatu handed over the keys to the new Bank-funded Customs Building to the Government of South Sudan on January 26, 2017. The Minister of Finance Stephen Dhieu Dau received the keys to the building on behalf of the Government. The new office building was built by the Chinese New Era Company through a grant from African Development Bank under the Public Financial Management and Aid Coordination (PFAID) project.
AfDB and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion sign MoU to enhance access to financial services on the continent
02-Feb-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The agreement aims to create a collaboration framework to promote financial inclusion in Africa.
AfDB scaling up support for Africa’s development at AU Summit
30-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, attended the official opening ceremony of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which kicked off Monday in Addis Ababa. The meeting featured the announcement of the election of President Alpha Condé of Guinea as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU) and the launch of the theme "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth". Condé succeeds President Idriss Deby of Chad in the role.
Workshop of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) in Cameroon
25-Jan-2017 - Representatives of some Project Implementation Units (PIUs) and Civil Society organizations (CSOs) have pledged to disseminate information about the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) to the communities. They have identified and proposed to the Compliance Review and Mediation (BCRM), the lines of communication and capacity building activities that they will use in order to better engage communities and manage complaints more effectively.
Sustainable and responsible tourism driving development in Africa
24-Jan-2017 - The United Nations has declared 2017 as "International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development", with the official launch by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on January 18 in Madrid. On this occasion, UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai put the continued growth of tourism into figures: “In 2016, more than 1.2 billion people travelled around the world for tourism purposes and another 6 billion people travelled domestically,” he said, highlighting the need to promote more sustainable tourism.
Enabling direct access to climate finance in Africa
23-Jan-2017 - “Out of US $331 billion of global climate finance flows in 2014, only 3.6% went to Africa. If only 3.6%, despite Africa’s vulnerability to climate change, something must be wrong”. This, according to Luc Gnacadja, Special Representative for the Board of the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL).
Cameroun : la BAD va contribuer à l’amélioration de la santé des populations de Yaoundé avec un projet d’assainissement de 32 millions de dollars
23-Jan-2017 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a procédé du 15 au 21 janvier 2014 à Yaoundé, au Cameroun, au lancement de la deuxième phase du projet d’assainissement de Yaoundé (“PADY 2”). Financé par le Fonds africain de développement (FAD) du Groupe de la BAD, à hauteur de 20,99 millions d’Unités de Compte (UC) - environ 32 millions de dollars -, ce projet profitera à environ 2 millions de personnes, contribuant notamment à améliorer leurs conditions de santé.UN World Data Forum wraps up with launch of Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
20-Jan-2017 - The inaugural United Nations World Data Forum concluded Wednesday with the launch of a global plan for better data to improve people’s lives, and new ideas and solutions to boost the collaboration, resources and policies needed to put it into action. The Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data, which will be adopted by countries at the UN Statistical Commission when it meets in March of this year, was prepared with inputs from the global statistical community and data experts from a wider range of stakeholders.
Africa/France Summit: AfDB President urges action to finance Africa's economic transformation
14-Jan-2017 - Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, has called for improved access to financing to accelerate the transformation of African economies. Speaking before African leaders at the Africa-France Summit which took place in Bamako on January 13-14, Mr. Adesina stressed that Africa can speed up its economic transformation through the Bank’s five main priorities, the “High 5”: “Light up and power Africa”; “Feed Africa”; “Industrialize Africa”; “Integrate Africa”; and “Improve the quality of life of African populations.
The President of the Republic of Benin visits the African Development Bank
11-Jan-2017 - The President of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, visited on Wednesday 11 January 2017 the headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where he was welcomed by President Akinwumi Adesina, for the presentation of the new program of action of the Government of Benin for the period 2016-2021. "My emotion would not have been greater if the meeting had taken place in Cotonou because the AfDB is an institution of great pride for the Africans, " the President of Benin, said on his arrival.
Africa Resilience Forum: AfDB President lays out blueprint for dealing with fragility
10-Jan-2017 - Bank calls for innovative partnerships needed to deal with fragility Additional concessional resources for fragile situations increased to 17% Bank to deliver High 5s in 10,000 communities in fragile situations in 1,000 days African countries will need innovative partnerships and a mix of small-scale and big transformational projects to build resilience and overcome fragility, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina told the Africa Resilience Forum on Tuesday in Abidjan.Measuring inclusive growth: from theory to applications in north africa
06-Jan-2017 - In the Middle East and North Africa region, concern with inclusive growth has been nurtured by the Arab uprisings after 2010. This interest partly emanated from the need to understand the root causes of these upheavals and partly from the challenges in the post-uprising era which have seen mounting expectations to improve the conditions of the masses. It is noteworthy that the uprisings mainly occurred against a somewhat paradoxical background of a period of relatively improved economic performance in the region.The Role of Nascent Entrepreneurship in Driving Inclusive Economic Growth in North Africa
04-Jan-2017 - The AfDB publication, “