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African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) Supports Tunisia’s Bid to Recover Stolen Assets
22-Jun-2011 - Written by Aristide Ahouassou The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) is helping the Tunisian Stolen Asset Recovery Committee to build capacity, following an agreement signed on 10 June 2011 during the Annual Meetings of the AfDB Group in Lisbon, Portugal. The ALSF support will be in two areas:2011 CIF Partnership Forum: African Countries Are Ready for CIF Investments
20-Jun-2011 - African delegations from Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia will attend the CIF (Climate Investment Funds) Partnership Forum on 24-25 June in Cape Town, South Africa to share experiences with fellow CIF pilot countries from around the world. Burkina Faso, the DRC, Morocco, Mozambique, and Zambia will also be there for the learning and to present their CIF investment plans and projects for approval at closed CIF committee meetings coupled with the forum. Kenya and Mali will also present their investment...AfDB Highlights Egypt’s Good Economic Performance in Country’s 2010 Competitiveness Report
16-Jun-2011 - The African Development Bank launches The Arab Republic of Egypt: Competitiveness Report update 2010and share the fruits of analytical work and discussions with the Bank’s Egyptian partners over the last year. While the social and political changes that have swept across Egypt, and North Africa at large, have taken center-stage in the first months of 2011, the underlying economic dimensions of these changes are critically important.AfDB and Liberia Sign USD 56 Million Budget Support and Public Works Grant Agreements
15-Jun-2011 - As Bank Establishes Field Office in Monrovia The Liberian government’s efforts to accelerate economic growth and reduce poverty received a boost on 11th August 2011 with the signing of two USD 56-million (UA 35 million) grant agreements to improve public financial management and infrastructure maintenance capacity in public works.
Pertinence des pôles d’innovation en Afrique
10-Jun-2011 - Le séminaire de haut niveau des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, à Lisbonne au Portugal, aborde entre autres thématiques, les multiples raisons militant en faveur de la création de pôles d’innovations pour stimuler la croissance en Afrique.Bank presents AfDB in North Africa Report for 2011 at Annual Meetings
10-Jun-2011 - At the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), its President, Donald Kaberuka, formally signed the agreement for US$ 500 million for budget support to Tunisia on 10 June 2011, together with Mr, Tunisia’s Secretary of State to the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Abdelhamid Triki. Mr Kaberuka also announced that there was a further US$ 500 million “in the pipeline” that he hoped would be in place by the end of 2011. The announcements took place at an Annual Meeting session presenting the 2011 edition of The...
L’innovation pour la croissance : les défis à relever pour l’Afrique
10-Jun-2011 - Pour créer en Afrique des systèmes innovants efficaces et capables de soutenir la croissance, il est nécessaire de mettre en place des organisations et des institutions formelles et de renforcer systématiquement les compétences des éléments déjà en place qui sont sources d’innovations. C’est à ces impératifs que répondent les discussions du séminaire de haut niveau sur « L’Afrique: Plateforme d’innovation pour la croissance » des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD au Portugal, (6-10 juin).
AfDB Launches First Annual Development Effectiveness Review 2011
10-Jun-2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday 10 June 2011 launched the First edition of its Annual Development Effectiveness Review (ADER), at of its Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal.
La Côte d’Ivoire et la BAD signent des dons et prêts pour 200 millions de dollars
10-Jun-2011 - «J’invite la communauté internationale, ainsi que les amis de la Côte d’Ivoire à soutenir le processus de réconciliation nationale », a déclaré le président Donald Kaberuka à Lisbonne. Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et la Côte d’Ivoire ont signé le vendredi 10 juin 2011, à Lisbonne, dans le cadre des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, plusieurs accords de dons et prêts.
La croissance tirée par l’innovation fait lentement son chemin en Afrique.
10-Jun-2011 - La télé-banque est l’une des meilleures illustrations de l’adaptation de l’innovation technologique en Afrique. Environ un milliard de personnes dans le monde ne possèdent pas de compte bancaire mais possèdent un téléphone portable. L’Afrique est le marché du cellulaire dont la croissance est la plus rapide au monde et la plupart des opérateurs sont des firmes locales. Dans des pays comme l’Afrique du Sud, par exemple, le nombre de téléphones portables est huit fois plus élevé que celui des téléphones fixes.
AfDB Group Annual Meetings Come to an End in Lisbon
10-Jun-2011 - Approvals 2010 Annual Report 3-year temporary relocation period 2012 Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania 2013 Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco
Progrès sociétal, croissance économique et industrialisation, trois maillons d’une chaîne
10-Jun-2011 - Des études sur le développement ont reconnu le lien étroit qui existe entre le progrès sociétal, la croissance économique et l’industrialisation. C’est ce qui ressort des travaux du Séminaire de haut niveau des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, à Lisbonne au Portugal, Selon les spécialistes, les pays en voie de développement étaient censés se trouver, sur la trajectoire linéaire de la croissance économique, à un stade plus précoce que les pays économiquement plus avancés.
Zimbabwe and AfDB Sign US$30 million Agreement to Improve Water Supply and Sanitation
10-Jun-2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Zimbabwean government have signed a US $30 million grant agreement in support of the urgent water supply and sanitation rehabilitation project (UWSSRP) in the country. The UWSSRP is financed from the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (the Zim-Fund).
Top African Corporate Talent Say Continent is Open for Business
10-Jun-2011 - Some of Africa’s most successful business people from different industries and sectors came together to discuss how Africa can nurture entrepreneurial talent on the continent at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 9 June 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal. The event was the Chief Executives’ Officers’ Dialogue which is a regular feature of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings each year. This year’s subject was African Entrepreneurs: Promoting Shared Growth and Prosperity?
AfDB and New Faces, New Voices urge African Women to become more active players
10-Jun-2011 - Financial institutions and regulators should think of African women as an emerging market and should include them in the reshaping of the post-crisis financial system. This was the main conclusion of a debate co-organized by the African Development Ban (AfDB) and women’s network New Faces, New Voices (NFNV) on 10 June 2011 at the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal.
Élaboration de stratégies nationales d’innovations
10-Jun-2011 - Les stratégies nationales d’innovations évoluent depuis les années 80. Elles ont progressivement élargi leur emprise et leur complexité en partant des particuliers et des entrepreneurs avant de s’ouvrir au milieu dans lequel opère l’entreprise et de s’étendre enfin aux systèmes réglementaires nationaux et aux programmes publics en matière de politiques, finances et ressources humaines.
Engagement with Civil Society: Call for More Transparency from the AfDB
10-Jun-2011 - More than 50 civil society organizations attended a forum organized during the 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The two-day forum took place on 9-10 June 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal. Opening the event, AfDB Vice President Aloysius Ordu reminded participants of one of the lessons to be learned from recent political developments in Tunisia, North Africa and other African countries: that development efforts must strive for social inclusion.
AfDB and Tunisia formally sign USD 500m budget support accord at Annual Meetings
10-Jun-2011 - President Kaberuka announces another USD 500 million “in the pipeline” The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of Tunisia formally signed the agreement for USD 500 million in budget support, passed by the AfDB Board of Directors the previous month, on 10 June 2011. The President of the AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, said there was an additional USD 500 million “in the pipeline”, which he hoped would be in place by the end of the year.