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Le Président Kaberuka engage au Forum de Nairobi le ferme soutien de la Banque à la science, la technologie et l'innovation
03-Apr-2012 - La session ministérielle du premier Forum africain sur la Science, la Technologie et l'Innovation (STI) s'est ouverte ce matin à Nairobi (Kenya), en présence du président du Kenya, Mwai Kibaki et de plusieurs ministres ou leurs représentants de près de vingt-cinq pays africains. Le président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Donald Kaberuka, était présent, ainsi que la directrice générale de l'UNESCO, Irina Bokova et des représentants de la Commission économique de l'Union africaine et de la Commission économique des Nations-...AfDB Co-Organizes First Africa Forum on Science,Technology and Innovation
29-Mar-2012 - The first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) will take place from April 1-3, 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, it will include an Experts’ Meeting (April 1-2) and a Ministerial Conference (April 3), and will highlight the need to invest in this key sector to foster human capital development, inclusive growth, and provide job opportunities for youth and women.AfDB Annual Meetings will Debate Africa’s Growth Economy and its Place in Emerging Global Landscape
29-Mar-2012 - This year’s theme for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June is ‘Africa and the Emerging Global Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities.’ The wide-ranging them will give the AfDB’s staff and guests to debate Africa’s place in a changing world. The changes that have affected the world include the global financial and economic crisis and a stronger emphasis on green and economic inclusive growth.AfDB holds Long Term Strategy Consultation Meeting in Sudan
28-Mar-2012 - On 28 March 2012, the African Development Bank held a national consultation meeting on the Bank’s Long Term Strategy (LTS) for 2013 yo 22, which is currently being formulated, in Khartoum, Sudan. The meeting is part of a broader outreach through a series of regional and national level consultations that the Bank is holding to solicit inputs into its LTS.
Easing Border Bottlenecks will Boost intra-African Trade, Says New AfDB Report
28-Mar-2012 - Africa’s numerous border and customs posts, with the associated bureaucracy and long delays, continues to hold back trade and economic growth on the continent, reports a new study from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The high number of checkpoints results from the fact that Africa has 54 countries, but even so the process could be simplified, leading to big cuts in wasted time and transport costs, according to the report.AfDB Names Three New Vice Presidents
27-Mar-2012 - The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, named three new Vice Presidents on 26 March. They are Zondo Sakala, Rémy Rioux and Cecilia Akintomide.G20 Working Group Meets to Discuss Inclusive Green Growth Ahead of ‘Rio+20’
26-Mar-2012 - The G20 Development Working Group (DWG) on inclusive green growth (IGG) and international development cooperation met informally on 28 and 29 February 2012 in Seoul, Korea to discuss further actions to promote IGG ahead of a meeting scheduled in May in Los Cabos, Mexico. The Los Cabos meeting will be followed in June by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, known as ‘Rio+20’. The DWGs focus was on assisting those developing countries, and particularly low income countries, that voluntarily choose...Thought-Leadership Seminar Focuses on US Economy in Global Economic Crisis
26-Mar-2012 - Under the umbrella of the AfDB's Thought-Leadership Seminar series, Professor Cecilia Rouse of Princeton University made a presentation on “The US Economy in the Global Economic Crisis” on 26 March. Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, chaired the event which brought together more than 70 Bank experts including Board members and Vice Presidents.
East African Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises ‘a Strategic Priority’ for Banks, Finds New AfDB Study
26-Mar-2012 - A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The banks surveyed in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia view SMEs as ‘highly profitable’. They are also important providers of employment in the region.AfDB Partnerships Make Remarkable Progress in 2011
23-Mar-2012 - The partnerships and cooperation unit (ORRU) recorded notable results in 2011 in moving the Bank’s partnership network towards a green and inclusive growth in Africa. During the year, the Unit mobilized a total of USD 127 million new grant resources, of which USD 112 million were for thematic funds and USD 15 million for single donor funds.Joint Statement of the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank Group on the Situation in Mali
22-Mar-2012 - The African Development Bank Group and the World Bank Group, long-standing development partners of Mali, join the African Union and ECOWAS in condemning the military coup, urging a speedy resolution of the crisis, and calling for the restoration of constitutional government to preserve the development gains of the country and its people. Mali had in recent years made steady economic and social progress, and strengthened its democratic governance. The country was in the final stages of its preparation for democratic elections scheduled to take...
First ICA Water Platform Meeting Paves Way for Action on African Water Infrastructure
21-Mar-2012 - The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) held its first ICA Water Platform Meeting on 8 and 9 March 2012 to identify challenges and opportunities in the financing and implementation of Transboundary Water Resource and Climate-Change Adaptation Programs in Africa.
AfDB to host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable in Tunis
21-Mar-2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable, to discuss economic and political developments in the country on 23 March. The meeting will also focus on the prospects of dealing with the country's external debt arreears. The presentation of the Zimbabwe Accelerated Arrears, Debt and Development Strategy (ZAADDS) is a useful framework to address the issue of Zimbabwe’s external debt. ZAADDS is a key element of the government’s economic reform agenda.Rio+20 African Delegates meet in New York to Discuss ‘One Voice for Africa’
19-Mar-2012 - African negotiators to the forthcoming Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, to be held in June, gathered in New York last week for a training session on negotiation techniques. The African Development Bank (AfDB) supports six of the negotiators from its African member states.AfDB Makes Aus $500 million Note
19-Mar-2012 - The African Development Bank (“AfDB”) rated (Aaa/AAA) today priced a new benchmark Australian Dollar transaction, marking the return of AfDB to the Kangaroo market in over a year. The A$500 million 10-year fixed rate note due on March 23, 2022, offers a semi-annual coupon of 5.25%. It was priced at 99.119% to yield 5.365% semi-annually. This equates to a spread of 105.75 basis points over the ACGB 5.75% due July 15, 2022; and a spread to AUD semi-quarterly mid swap of +45 bps.
La BAD a financé un projet d'agriculture irriguée à Bugesera, Rwanda
15-Mar-2012 - Une délégation de la BAD a visité, le 15 mars 2012, le site du projet d'appui au développement agricole de Bugesera(PADAB). Cette visite s'est déroulée en marge de la conférence de Kigali sur le développement du secteur privé en Afrique.Private Sector Development in Africa: Cornerstone for Sustainable Growth
15-Mar-2012 - The conference on Africa’s private sector development opened in Kigali, Rwanda on March 14, 2012. Initiated by the Parliamentary Network, the event’s organizers include the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, the IMF and the World Bank, with support from the Belgian government. The event, which brings together over a hundred parliamentarians from forty African countries, was officially opened by Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame.Renforcement des capacités sur les transactions commerciales complexes : «Un franc succès», affirment les avocats africains
14-Mar-2012 - Le séminaire régional de la Facilité africaine de soutien juridique (FASJ) et de l’Union panafricaine des avocats (PALU), organisé sur les négociations et autres transactions commerciales complexes, à Yaoundé, du 12 au 14 mars 2012, a été un franc succès, selon les avocats et comme en témoignent leurs réactions.African Civil Society Bodies Call for People-Oriented Approach for AfDB Long Term Strategy
14-Mar-2012 - Representatives of African civil society organisations (CSOs) ended two days of partnership talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday in Nairobi, after intensive discussions on the institution’s Long Term Strategy (LTS) for 2013 to 2022, currently being formulated, to which they made considerable inputs.