04-Nov-2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is organizing a training session on Value for Money (VfM) with senior government officials and civil society organisations from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Zambia on November 4-7 2013 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
03-Nov-2013 - Les cycles de sécheresse récurrents que connaît le Tchad depuis plusieurs décennies ont rendu la production agricole particulièrement vulnérable et aléatoire, et ce en dépit des immenses potentialités en terre et en eau disponibles. Cependant, celles-ci diminuent au fil des années, à l’exemple du bassin du Lac Tchad dont la superficie est passée de 25000 km2 des années soixante, à environ 6000 km2 en 2004.
03-Nov-2013 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) est engagée de longue date dans l’agriculture et l’élevage au Sahel. L’agriculture sahélienne est essentiellement pluviale et extensive. Elle est fortement affectée par les aléas et variations climatiques. Seulement 5% des terres sont aménagés dans le Sahel en maitrise totale de l’eau. La majorité des exploitations sont familiales avec des tailles réduites (environ deux hectares).
03-Nov-2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been engaged in Mali for nearly 40 years with an active portfolio amounting to 100 billion CFA francs.
At the Brussels conference on Mali’s reconstitution in May 2013, the AfDB made a commitment of 240 million euros for 2013-2014. By the end of the year 2013 the Institution would have disbursed 50% of this amount.
03-Nov-2013 - Le Tchad a adhéré à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), le 9 août 1968. La première intervention de l’institution date du 22 mars 1974, à travers l’appui à un projet du secteur agricole : Projet d’aménagement hydro-agricole de Satégui-Déressia.
03-Nov-2013 - The problem of water resources in the Sahel is one of the major concerns for the African Development Bank. This challenge threatens agriculture, animal farming and food security for this region.
03-Nov-2013 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD), depuis le début de sa coopération en 1970 avec le Niger a financé un total de 108 opérations d’un montant total de 723 million d’UC (1 106 millions de dollars US), dont 40 opérations dans le domaine agricole de 252 millions d’UC (386 millions dollars US) et 10 opérations dans le domaine de l’eau et de l’assainissement d’une valeur de 67 millions d’UC (103 millions dollars US).
01-Nov-2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an ADF loan of US$ 152.12 million (UA98.78 million) and an ADF grant of US$ 0.38 million (UA0.25 million) to finance Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program Phase 1 (ATASP-1).
01-Nov-2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 30 October 2013 in Tunis, a US$ 94.37 million (UA 61.68 million) ADF loan and US$ 1.85 million (UA 1.21 million) ADF grant to the Government of Kenya to finance phase one of the Thwake Multi-purpose Water Developm
01-Nov-2013 - Public-private partnerships, sustainable development and mutually beneficial frameworks defined the final plenary on the last day of the three-day African Economic Conference (AEC) on regional integration.
31-Oct-2013 - The eighth annual African Economic Conference concluded today, calling on development and business leaders to turn Africa into a hub of business and development excellence.
The conference, jointly organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), brought together 500 decision-makers and development practitioners.
31-Oct-2013 - Africa’s quest for deeper integration has to be backed by active support of national governments and strengthening of national administrative capacity to achieve structural transformation.
31-Oct-2013 - The Bank’s Human Development Department (OSHD) undertook a mission to Tripoli from September 28- to October 3, 2013 to hold talks with the Ministry of Health on potential technical assistance activities, and to participate in a workshop organized by the Ministry.
31-Oct-2013 - Africa’s transformational agenda will also build on progress made in terms of statistics. How would you assess statistics within the context of the continent’s regional integration?
30-Oct-2013 - Africa has the lowest internal trade volume compared to other trading blocs in Europe, Asia and Latin America according to findings of four different research studies.
30-Oct-2013 - Reflecting on how the private sector can contribute to enhancing regional integration, panelists attending a session on Wednesday October 29 at the eighth African Economic Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, said a competitive private sector is crucial in Africa in light of the evidence of the positive benefits of cross-border trade.
30-Oct-2013 - A group of researchers on Tuesday, October 29 at the ongoing Africa Economic Conference in Johannesburg reaffirmed the need to step up investment in physical infrastructure and remove non-tariff barriers to facilitate regional trade across the continent.
30-Oct-2013 - Africa will have to step up investment in industrialization and trade facilitation to ensure that the current growth momentum is more resilient to external shocks and translates into economic transformation.
Africa remains the least diversified region in the world, both in terms of its production and export bases, despite the recent economic progress.
