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AfDB Holds First Africa Pharmaceutical Summit
22-Sep-2013 - Africa’s pharmaceutical industry leaders and decision-makers will gather for an unprecedented discussion about Africa’s bright pharmaceutical prospects during the first ever “Africa Pharmaceutical Summit” from September 23-24, 2013 in Hammamet, Tunisia.
The Board Reviews 2013 Mid-Term Capacity Building Report
20-Sep-2013 - The Mid-Year Review of the Bank Group Capacity Development Strategy approved on 13 January 2010 was submitted to the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 in Tunis, for its due consideration and appreciation.
6ème Forum mondial Convergences - Développement : Rendre l’énergie plus accessible en Afrique
20-Sep-2013 - « Accès à l’énergie en Afrique : facteurs clés de succès pour le développement de projets durables », c’est le thème abordé lors d’un atelier, mercredi 18 septembre 2013, par la coordinatrice du portefeuille Climate Investment Funds à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Mafalda Duarte, et quatre autres intervenants.AfDB Board Approves Sierra Leone Country Strategy Paper 2013-2017: Promoting Economic governance and Infrastructure Development for Inclusive Growth
20-Sep-2013 - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 in Tunis approved Sierra Leone’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2013-2017, which outlines the Bank Group’s programmatic support to enable Sierra Leone to transition out of fragility while ensuring the country’s overall development sustainability.AfDB co-organizes United Nations Private Sector Forum 2013
19-Sep-2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will play an active role in the United Nations Private Sector Forum 2013 to be held on September 20 in New York. Designed as the high-level luncheon of the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit, this year’s Forum will focus on the private sector’s role in the post-2015 development agenda. Placing emphasis on unique opportunities and challenges in Africa, key themes include employment and inclusive growth, education, women’s empowerment, and innovative and sustainable finance.Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement : nécessitée de changer d’orientation
18-Sep-2013 - Coïncidant avec l’ouverture de la 68ème session de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, et une semaine, jour pour jour, avant le Débat général sur le programme de développement pour l’après-2015, les échanges du 17 septembre de la 6ème édition du Forum mondial Convergences consacrée aux objectifs du Millénaire (OMD) pour le développement a donné le ton.
Declaration of Intent for Joint Initiative on Youth Employment in Africa Signed in Addis Ababa
17-Sep-2013 - The signing ceremony for the Declaration of Intent for the Joint Initiative on Youth Employment in Africa (JYEIA) took place on September 12, 2013 at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa. The Initiative is a response by the AUC, African Development Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the International Labour Organization to the call by African Heads of State and Government, at their Summit in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, held in July 2011, to tackle more decisively the youth...
AfDB Strengthens Cooperation with Nordic Development Fund in Climate Change Initiatives
16-Sep-2013 - The Nordic Development Fund Manager for Southern Africa, Johanna Palmberg, visited the African Development Bank’s Zambia Field Office (ZMFO) on September 13, 2013 to discuss the ongoing green growth initiatives in Zambia pioneered by the AfDB, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The initiatives were launched with workshops in January and May 2013.La BAD participe à Paris au ‘Forum Mondial Convergences’
16-Sep-2013 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) participe du 17 au 19 septembre 2013 à Paris, à la 6ème édition du Forum Mondial Convergences. Le thème de la rencontre est « Vers un monde équitable et durable ». Désiré Vencatachellum, directeur des Politiques opérationnelles, y représentera le président de la BAD, Donald Kaberuka. Vencatachellum interviendra le 19 septembre dans le Grand Débat parrainé par le Journal le Monde sur le thème « Intérêt général, utilité publique, bien commun : quelles définitions ? Quelles mises en œuvre ? ».
French Development Agency and AfDB to strengthen cooperation through concrete projects
13-Sep-2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed an Exchange of Letters on September 13, 2013, in Tunis. The Exchange of Letters was signed by the AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, and the AFD Director General, Anne Paugam. The AfDB Executive Director for France, Belgium and Spain, François Kruger, was in attendance.AfDB provides US $20.1 million to support clean energy in the Comoros
13-Sep-2013 - The Comoros Energy Sector Support Project will receive grants totaling US $20.1 million to finance the rebuilding the country’s electricity sector. The financing source is mobilized from the Bank’s resources: (i) US $8.3 million from the African Development Fund (ADF), and (ii) US $12.1 million from the Fragile States Facility.AfDB Funds Conakry Electricity Network Rehabilitation and Extension Project
13-Sep-2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support Guinea’s Conakry Electricity Network Rehabilitation and Extension Project (PREREC2) with a loan and a grant totaling US $16.66 million approved by its Board on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Tunis.AfDB Approves US $21.50 Million funding for Climate Change Mitigation Project in DRC
12-Sep-2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Tunis approved a US $21.50-million Forest Investment Program (FIP) grant to finance climate change mitigation activities in the Democratic ReTanzania Poised to Transform National Energy Sector with Influx of Renewables
12-Sep-2013 - On September 12, the United Republic of Tanzania received endorsement from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) of an investment plan which will help the country to scale-up the development of its abundant renewable energy resources.AfDB extends US $150 million to Mauritius Commercial Bank to enhance lending to African businesses
11-Sep-2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, September 11 a financing package consisting of US $120 million multi-sector line of credit (LOC) and US $30 million subordinated debt to The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB). This financing package will allow MCB to increase its foreign currency lending to medium- and large-sized enterprises operating in Mauritius, neighbouring countries and mainland Africa, thereby enhancing sustainable and inclusive growth through private sector development in the region.Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya: AfDB calls for transition from resource-rich country to a productive economy
10-Sep-2013 - In its economic report titled: “From Resource-rich State to a Productive Economy: Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya”, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group analyzes the change that needs to occur in Libya as it is about to engage in a process of long-term economic planning in the wake of the civil war.AfDB High Level Panel on Fragile States Launched in Liberia
10-Sep-2013 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), launched the AfDB’s High Level Panel on Fragile States on 2 September 2013, in Monrovia, Liberia. The panel, which President Sirleaf chairs, will advise the Bank on expanding its engagement in fragile states.