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AfDB Signs Multi-Million Cooperation Agreements with China and Brazil
09-Jun-2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Lisbon signed two major cooperation agreements with China and Brazil for the funding of projects and programs in the AfDB´s regional member countries (RMCs). AfDB policy and operations Vice President, Aloysius Uche Ordu, and the Executive Vice President, Agricultural Bank of China, Zhu Hongbo, signed a memorandum of understanding on a collaborative ventures in co-financing, technical cooperation for capacity building and knowledge partnership.Réunion à Lisbonne de la sixième session du Conseil d’administration de CoDA
09-Jun-2011 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Coalition pour le dialogue sur l’Afrique (CoDA), une initiative soutenue par la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), l’Union africaine (UA) et la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (CEA), a tenu sa sixième session ordinaire mercredi à Lisbonne, au Portugal.
Le Président Kaberuka remet le Prix des Entrepreneurs Africains 2011
09-Jun-2011 - The president of the Mali-based Azalaï Hotels Group, Mr Mossadeck Bally, won the African Business Leadership Award (ABLA), traditionally given at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). At the 2011 venue of the Annual Meetings, the president of the AfDB, presented the award to Mr Bally on 8 June, saying: “I am pleased to present today the 2011 African Business Leadership Award to Mr.
AfDB Annual Meetings: Improving Portugal Partnership with Africa
09-Jun-2011 - The 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Lisbon provides an opportunity for Portugal to improve its relations with the Bank in particular and Africa in general, the executive Director of Portugal´s Exports and Tourism Promotion Institute, Eurico Dias, said. Speaking at a seminar on African business and financial opportunities, on 9 June 2011 in Lisbon, Mr. Dias said the private sector needs to use the momentum created by the meetings to explore new business opportunities in Africa.The AfDB urges for an African Green Fund
09-Jun-2011 - Africa could do much more to tackle climate change through the establishment of a continent-specific green fund, says Aly Abou-Sabaa, chairman of the Climate Change Coordination Committee at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Mr. Abou-Sabaa made this comment on 8 June 2011 during a press briefing organized during the 2011 AfDB Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal.
Formal Opening of the African Development Bank 2011 Annual Meetings in Lisbon
09-Jun-2011 - The opening ceremony for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) took place on 9 June 2011 at the Lisbon Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
AfDB 2011 Annual Meetings are Carbon-Free
09-Jun-2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has officially made this year’s Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, carbon friendly. This announcement follows acquisition of carbon credits after an investment in a composting project, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Annual Meetings CO2 emissions are related to flights, local transport, paper and energy consumption both at the meeting venue and hotels, among others causes, which cannot be avoided but must be offset.
Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Water and Sanitation Crisis in Africa
09-Jun-2011 - About one third of the obstacles to achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) are water-related. Already, water poses a number of challenges for Africa like it does nowhere else in the world. With only four years left to achieve the MDGs, progress on the continent towards meeting the targets set out is slow and many countries risk missing the mark.
AfDB President declares 2010 “successful but momentous year” at Annual Meetings Opening Ceremony
09-Jun-2011 - In talks to aid Egypt after USD 500 million Tunisia support, willing to help Libya “when the time comes”
PPP critical to bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap, say experts
08-Jun-2011 - Fostering partnerships between the private sector, infrastructure agencies and regional economic communities is critical to solving the problem of Africa’s vast infrastructure gap according to an expert panel which gathered at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Lisbon on 7 June.
Africa - a platform in the making for innovation
08-Jun-2011 - At the Annual Meetings of the AfDB in Portugal, the High Level seminar "Africa: Innovation Platform for Growth" on 8 June 2011 focused on the catalytic role that innovation ought to play in Africa’s economic development.
Private Sector is Key to Solving Africa’s Youth Unemployment Crisis, Agree High-Level Experts
08-Jun-2011 - Various African experts came together to debate solutions to one of Africa’s most pressing problems – youth unemployment – on 8 June 2011 at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group, held in Lisbon Portugal. While they all held differing views at the High Level Seminar on Youth Unemployment in Africa, they agreed on one thing – that the private sector in Africa had a central role to play in solving one of the most serious economic problems facing the continent today.
Rencontre des Amis de la Guinée : La BAD réaffirme son soutien à la Guinée
08-Jun-2011 - «La Guinée est un Etat avec un fort potentiel économique inexploité qui, une fois mis en valeur, contribuera à renforcer l’économie de la sous-région, voire du continent,» a déclaré le président Donald Kaberuka, ouvrant la rencontre des Amis de la Guinée, ce mercredi 8 juin à Lisbonne, Portugal. Le président Donald Kaberuka a réaffirmé l’engagement de la BAD à aider le pays à sortir de près de cinquante ans de situation difficile. «Nous souhaitons aider la Guinée à se relever,» a-t-il affirmé.
New AfDB Report Stresses Good Governance as way to Fight African Poverty
08-Jun-2011 - AGO Report will be finalized and published by end 1st quarter of 2012 Promoting good governance as a key element in the fight against poverty in Africa was the main subject of the African Governance Outlook (AGO) presented by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 7 June, in Lisbon, Portugal, the venue of the Group’s 2011 Annual Meetings.
Powering Africa through Clean Energy: It’s Possible
08-Jun-2011 - The shift to clean energy solutions will enable Africa to take advantage of the concessional resources available, which reduce the costs and risks of such investments while at the same time providing leverage for mobilizing private sector resources. It was an idea that emerged from the High-Level seminar "Powering Africa: Financing Energy and Green Growth" held on 8 June 2011 during the 2011 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Auditors Role Essential for Inclusive Growth, Says AfDB Auditor-General, Edward Ouko.
08-Jun-2011 - What role should Auditors-General in African countries play to make inclusive growth a reality in the African Development Bank’s efforts to promote development for all , the central theme of its 2011 Annual Meetings which open in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday?Experts Call for Greener Development Finance at AfDB Annual Meetings
08-Jun-2011 - Development finance experts convened at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to discuss more environmentally and socially responsible ways of funding development projects in Africa. Delegates of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) held a debate on 7 June 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal, the venue of the AfDB's 2011 Annual Meetings.
