09-Feb-2009 - CRMU and the Negotiation and Conflict Management Group (a Lagos-based mediation center) organized a national workshop on 9 February 2009 in Lagos, Nigeria. The workshop brought together 38 participant NGOs from thirteen states in Nigeria- Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, Abuja, Ebonyi, Kwara, Osun, Gombe, Plateau, Zamfara, Rivers, Enugu and Delta State-and specialized on governance, environment, gender, accountability, citizens rights and community development.
05-Feb-2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Resident Representative in Burkina Faso, Antoinette Dinga-Dzondo, on Thursday, January 22, 2009, participated in the commissioning of the Dori-Téra road works on the Niger border.
03-Feb-2009 - Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Monday, February 9, 2009, in Addis Ababa addressed the 12th Ordinary Summit of the African Union on the theme: ‘Infrastructure Development in Africa, focusing on transport, energy and investment. Mr. Kaberuka said the full impact of the current global economic crisis was yet to be felt in Africa. He said the crisis would have an adverse effect on the financing of infrastructure projects on the continent and proposed ways in which the decline in funding could be mitigated.
29-Jan-2009 - President's Speech
Addis Ababa, 29 January 2009 – The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) began its twelfth ordinary session in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday with Infrastructure Development in Africa as its main theme.
Infrastructure Development in Africa as is also the theme of the AU Summit of Heads of State and Government that will follow from 1-3 February.
28-Jan-2009 - Addis Ababa, 28 January, 2009 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday played a lead role in events at the Africa Infrastructure Day hosted by the African Union Commission at headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Officially titled an ‘Open Day Dedicated to Infrastructure in Africa’, the one day event featured discussions by experts by African and non-African experts on a host of issues related to the development, financing and management of infrastructure projects in Africa.
20-Jan-2009 - Tunis, January 20, 2009 - In his New Year address to ambassadors of Bank Group member countries accredited to Tunisia as well as representatives of international organizations, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, in Tunis said Africa needed “a long-lasting solution to the crisis”. We must ensure that the MDGs are reached, as well as the Copenhagen objectives o
19-Jan-2009 - The three-day workshop brought together almost 50 participants from West, Central, East and North Africa who made critical input to the draft Regional Report that will launched on the Africa Day at the 5th Water Forum in Istanbul in March 2009.
19-Jan-2009 - Cape Town, 16 January, 2009 – South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel on Friday January 16, 2009, addressed a news conference at a meeting of the Committee of Ten recently created by African Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks. Mr. Manuel said the financial crisis was already taking a heavy toll on African states and urgent action was needed to prevent a total erosion of the important economic gains made throughout the African continent in recent years.
16-Jan-2009 - Opening Statement to the Committee of 10 Meeting
AfDB President Interview with CNBC, South Africa
Cape Town, 16 January 2009 - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, is participating in a meeting of the Committee of Ten African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, in Cape Town, South Africa.
14-Jan-2009 - Tunis, 14 January, 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved financing for up to Euro 70 million to finance the Enfidha Airport Project in Tunisia.
01-Jan-2009 - AfDB Leads Africa’s Regional Participation
Following the successful organization of the 4th World Water Forum process, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been mandated by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), the World Water Council and the 5th World Water Forum Secretariat to organize and lead Africa’s regional participation. AfDB has established a Regional Coordination Secretariat which is coordinating and leading the regional preparatory process.
26-Dec-2008 - A Bank Group mission led by ONRI Lead Financial Economist, Michael I. Mah’moud, and comprising Messrs. Gabriel Mougani, Principal Financial Economist; and Jian Zhang, Principal Macroeconomist, held discussions, from December 18-19, 2008, in Yaoundé, with the Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) on the Bank’s ongoing study on regional financial integration and ways of enhancing collaboration between the Bank and COBAC on support to financial integration efforts in the CEMAC region.
24-Dec-2008 - Work on the Sékokoto-Bafing et Bafing - Kéniéba – Falémé roads in Mali, funded by the African Development Bank Group, was commissioned on Sunday, December 21, 2008, in Kéniéba by the country’s president, Amadou Toumani Touré.
22-Dec-2008 - An African Development Bank (AfDB) Delegation, headed by Mr. Youssouf Ouedraogo, Special Advisor to the President, represented the Bank at Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session of the Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of States and Government in Abuja, Nigeria on December 19, 2008. The Special Advisor to the President made a presentation on behalf of Bank President before the ECOWAS Heads of States and Government.
18-Dec-2008 - December 16, 2008-The EFA High Level Meeting opened on December 16, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. Held annually, the meeting aims at reinforcing political will in order to accelerate progress towards Education for All. ADEA, which is attending the conference, organized a meeting just before the opening of the conference, bringing together African Ministers of Education and development partners.
17-Dec-2008 - An official visit to Libya by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, and his delegation on December 14, 2008, constitutes an important phase in the strengthening of relations between the AfDB and one of its most important shareholders - Libya. Libya holds 3.82% of the institution’s shares, placing it fifth among AfDB’s regional member countries and eighth among the institution’s seventy-seven member countries.
17-Dec-2008 - Some 300 experts met in Sirte, Libya, from December 15-17, 2008, for a high level conference to discuss challenges related to water for agriculture and energy in Africa. The Bank, who co-organized the conference with FAO, also organized two key parallel events on AfDB’s strategic approach on water for energy and agriculture and partnership for financing water for agriculture and energy in Africa. At the opening of the conference, the Bank highlighted its initiatives, envisaged interventions and programs in support of development of water...
16-Dec-2008 - Aly Abou-Sabaa, Director, Agriculture and Agro-Industry at AfDB, led a Bank delegation to the 14th Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznań, Poland from 1-12 December 2008.
16-Dec-2008 - The AfDB was included in this year Global Accountability report, which provides an independent assessment annually of some 30 of the world most influential organisations. The Bank compares well to the other organisations covered and was judged the best International Organisation overall in it complaints and response handling and its whistleblower protection is cited as an example of good practice.
12-Dec-2008 - The AfDB Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU) co-organized a civil society seminar with the Egypt Field Office and Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development (BLACD), a community-based organization based in the province of Minia in Egypt, on December 17-18, 2008 in Cairo. Mr. Khushhal Chand Khushiram, the Bank’s Resident Representative in Egypt opened the seminar and briefed the participants on the Bank’s support to Egypt, and assured the important role of civil society that the Bank accords in its projects and policies. Mrs.
