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Aid for Trade Conference Ends

03-Oct-2007 - African Countries told to Put Trade on the Front Burner Tunis, 2 October 2007  – Delegates at a two-day conference on Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Africa, concluded deliberations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday with a call on African countries to put trade and related issues on the front burner of their national development plans.

Aid for Trade Conference Opens in Dar es Salaam

01-Oct-2007 - Kaberuka Underscores importance of Private Sector in Aid for Trade Agenda Related Links Tunis, 1 October 2007  – A high-level conference on Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Africa, opened on Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with emphasis on the need to provide meaningful support to African countries and help the continent to obtain its fair share of the proceeds of Global trade.

AfDB President Visits Uganda

01-Oct-2007 - Tunis, 1 October 2007 – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka will on Wednesday, 3 October 2007, begin an official visit to Uganda, a country that has maintained over 40 years of strong and mutually beneficial relations with the Bank Group. 

Abdou Diouf, OIF Secretary-General, Guest Speaker at the ADB

26-Sep-2007 - Tunis, 26 September 2007 – The Secretary-General of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) and former President of Senegal, Mr. Abdou Diouf, will be the Guest Speaker under the Eminent Speakers Programme of the African Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday, 27 September 2007, in Mohamed Majoul Hall, Amen Bank, Tunis, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Mr. Diouf will give a presentation on: "Improving Africa’s Perspectives in a Globalized World: the Role of Regional Integration." The session will be chaired by ADB President, Mr. Donald...

The President of the African Development Bank: Commander of the National Order of Mali

24-Sep-2007 - Bamako, Mali, le 24 septembre 2007 – M. Donald Kaberuka, président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a été élevé, samedi à Bamako, au rang de Commandeur de l’Ordre national du Mali par le président Amadou Toumani Touré.

Kaberuka Calls for a More Efficient Channeling of Diaspora Remittances

24-Sep-2007 - According to an AfDB study, remittances from the African Diaspora stand between 14 and 17 billion dollars a year Diaspora remittances account for 750% of ODA for some countries At the end of his official visit to Mali, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, made a strong call for a more efficient channeling of Diaspora remittances to the continent.

AfDB, ECA, WTO and World Bank Organize Conference on Aid for Trade in Dar es Salaam

21-Sep-2007 - Tunis, 21 September 2007 – "Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Africa", is the central theme of a high–level conference scheduled to take place on October 1-2, 2007, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, under the auspices of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in cooperation with the World Bank.

3rd Consultative Meeting on ADF Replenishment takes place in Mali

21-Sep-2007 - Malian President, Amadou Toumani Touré, on Thursday in Bamako, Mali, opened the Third Consultative Meeting on the Eleventh Replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF) with senior government officials and members of the diplomatic corps in attendance. The meeting, which continued on Friday, brought together African Development Bank Deputies, led by the Coordinator of Governors of Member Countries, Sven Sandstrom; members of the High Level Panel, Executive Directors and the Bank Group’s Senior Management led by President Donald Kaberuka.

Bank Group and EC Hold High-Level Consultations

19-Sep-2007 - The African Development Bank Group and the European Commission have held high-level consultations in Brussels aimed at starting a process of reinforced cooperation with a view to identifying ways to achieve greater development impact in Africa through effective collaborative efforts.  The two-day event, which took place from September 3-4, 2007, enabled the management and staff of both institutions to focus on trade and regional integration, infrastructure as well as results- and performance-based management. 

Bank Group Organizes Regional Workshop on GDP Breakdown in Dakar

22-Aug-2007 - A regional workshop on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) breakdown organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s statistics department recently took place in Dakar, Senegal. Chaired by the country’s Minister of the Economy and Finance, Abdoulaye Diop, the workshop, which brought together national accounting experts from across the region, was held within the framework of the International Comparison Program for Africa.

Inauguration of the regional Office for the DRC and Republic of Congo, CDFO

02-Aug-2007 - Kinshasa, 31 July 2007 - Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, recently paid an official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 29 to 31 July, during which he was received in audience by His Excellency Joseph Kabila, President of the Republic.

President Kaberuka on Official Visit to Libya: Bright Prospects for AfDB-Libya Cooperation

16-Jul-2007 - Focus on Regional Integration and Technical Assistance Tunis, 13 July 2007 – The President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB) will be on a two-day official visit to Tripoli, Libya, starting 15 July 2007. During this visit, the first by an ADB President for fifteen years, Mr. Kaberuka will have a series of discussions with the country’s highest authorities.

AfDB Shares Perspectives on ICT4Development at Best Practices Forum

11-Jul-2007 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently joined other major development-oriented institutions in considering ICT as the most compelling challenge facing African countries in developing e-governance.

Africa Science & Technology Consolidated Action Plan-Resource Mobilization & Partnership High-Level Meeting, 9 – 10 July 2007, Tunis, Tunisia

06-Jul-2007 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a two-day high-level meeting of experts from the African Union (AU) Commission, NEPAD Secretariat, Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), and the ADB in the area of science and technology with a view to enhancing Africa’s socio-economic transformation and integration into the world economy.

ICT Best Practices Forum West Africa

12-Jun-2007 - Bank Group Underscores Contribution to ICT Development in Africa Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8, 2007 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, reaffirmed its commitment to integrate ICT in development projects, promote the financing of ICT projects at country level and regional levels and stimulate investment by encouraging private sector participation in infrastructure development and ICTs.

AfDB Hosts Ombudspersons of International Organizations

07-Jun-2007 - The African Development Bank Group will from Monday, June 11 through to Saturday, June 16, host two important events. The first event is a training programme offered by the International Ombudsman Association (IOA) under the auspices of the ADB Office of the Ombudsperson in collaboration with CHRM.

Water Tops Africa’s Development Agenda - Commends AfDB Water and Sanitation Initiative

01-Jun-2007 - Brazzaville, 1 June 2007 - The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) on Thursday in Brazzaville concluded two days of exhaustive deliberations on the challenges posed by Africa’s dwindling water resources and the urgent need for equitable and sustainable management of the continent’s water resources."We, the ministers responsible for water in Africa, are convinced that the equitable and sustainable management of water is, and must remain the top challenge for the foreseeable future of our continent," AMCOW said in a statement issued at...

Leveraging Water Resources to Meet African Needs

29-May-2007 - Review African Water Facility Operations Brazzaville, May 27, 2007 – Members of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the African Water Facility (AWF) representing the five sub-regions of the continent concluded a review of the activities of the Facility in Brazzaville, Congo, at the weekend, emphasizing the compelling need to take action to improve access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation as well as address the wider challenges of integrated water resources management across the continent.

SNFO Resident Representative Receives Cape Verde’s Economy Minister

25-May-2007 - The Bank Group’s Resident Representative in Senegal, Mohamed H’Midouche, on Thursday in Dakar received the Cape Verdean Minister of the Economy, Jose Brito, and the delegation he was leading.

Leadership: Key to Africa’s Development

17-May-2007 - The African Development Bank (ADB) Group Annual Meetings symposium opened on Tuesday in Shanghai. Opened by Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, the symposium was also attended by the Presidents of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana; Cape Verde, Pedro Pires; as well as the Governor of the Chinese Central Bank, Zhou Xiaochuan, and the UNECA Executive Secretary, Abdulie Janneh. Talking Straight