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AfDB President Meets with Tunisian Prime Minister
07-Jul-2012 - The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, was received in audience on Tuesday, 3 July by Tunisia’s Prime Minister and head of government, Hamadi Jebali at government house (Kasbah) in Tunis. The visit was within the context of the continual dialogue between the AfDB and Tunisian authorities at the highest level. President Kaberuka met on January 17 with the interim President, Moncef Marzouki. Discussions between the two leaders during Tuesday’s meeting focused on an assessment of the situation in Tunisia.“Africa is the world’s last development frontier" - John A. Kufuor, Ghana’s former President, at the AfDB’s Eminent Speaker program
06-Jul-2012 - « Notre continent, l’Afrique, est la dernière frontière du développement dans le monde » a déclaré, vendredi à Tunis, l’ancien président du Ghana John A. Kufuor, hôte du 18e séminaire du cycle des éminents conférenciers de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD). M. Kufuor qui s’exprimait sur les « défis et opportunités du renforcement des capacités dans le domaine de l’entreprenariat en Afrique », a estimé que la Banque devrait à cet égard déployer des ressources, diversifier ses produits pour aider l’Afrique à surmonter les obstacles à...
Health Ministers say Investing in Health is Key to Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Africa
05-Jul-2012 - African finance and health ministers, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, private sector and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development institutions, began a two-day meeting on health financing on Wednesday in Tunis. Key issues on the agenda of the meeting include planning and budgeting for results, improving performance, health insurance, results-based financing, as well as sustainability of programs related to HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health.
Former Ghanaian President, John A. Kufuor, to be Next AfDB Eminent Speaker
05-Jul-2012 - The former Ghanaian president, John A. Kufuor, will take the podium on the 18th occasion of the AfDB’s Eminent Speakers Program on 6 July 2012 in Tunis. The theme of the speech will be “Challenges and Opportunities of Entrepreneurship Capacity Development in Africa”.AfDB Strengthens its Anti-Corruption Agenda and Procurement Rules
05-Jul-2012 - The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved policies designed to strengthen the institution’s anti-corruption agenda as well as its procurement rules and procedures to bring them in line with practices in peer development finance institutions. At their regular sessions chaired by President Donald Kaberuka on Thursday in Tunis, the Board approved:Emmanuel Mbi is the First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the AfDB
02-Jul-2012 - Prior to joining the AfDB, Mr.AfDB Annual Meetings will be held in Marrakech in 2013
29-Jun-2012 - Mr. Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Morocco, and Ms. Cecilia Akintomide, Vice-President and Secretary General of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the organization of the Annual Meetings of the AfDB Group from 27 to 31 May 2013 in Marrakech. The Minister and the Secretary General both recognized that the hosting of the 2013 Annual Meetings marks another milestone in the partnership between the Kingdom and the AfDB Group.
AfDB Boosts “One Bank” Policy to Build a Better Africa
29-Jun-2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) strengthened its “One Bank” approach in order to strengthen the economies and social structures of its member countries in Africa during the 2011 financial year. The explanation of this deepening of the “One Bank” policy during 2011 is given in the AfDB’s Annual Report.AfDB Debates Role of Operational Evaluation in Spurring Development Results
28-Jun-2012 - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Operations Evaluation Department (OPEV) held a debate on the role of evaluation of operation on development results on 28 June in Tunis. The debate was entitled: “Does Evaluation Matter for Development Results?” and OPEV launched its new quarterly knowledge publication, Evaluation Matters, at the event.AfDB Holds Seminar on Rule of Law and Economic Development
26-Jun-2012 - The African Development Bank’s legal department held a brainstorming session in Tunis on 22 June on the rule of law and the challenges it poses for economic development. Entitled “Is the rule of law a condition for or the result of economic development? Rethinking the link between law and development,” the session helped to deepen the knowledge base of the rule of law in development not only of the AfDB’s practitioners of law, but also vice presidents and executive directors of the Bank.AfDB Commits Annual USD 1 billion to Energy Sector in Africa at Rio+20
22-Jun-2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will commit USD 1 billion a year to the energy sector, said the institution’s president, Donald Kaberuka, on 21 June at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro.