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AfDB Enable Youth Design Workshop: Empowering the next generation of agripreneurs in Africa
09-May-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), successfully organized the ENABLE (Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment) Youth Program Design Workshop on April 21-22, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Training of law enforcers to stem rising gender-based cyber violence kicks off in Kenya
28-Apr-2016 - About 55 high-ranking police officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and public prosecutors from across the country are undergoing the four-day training, which seeks to stem cybercrime in the face of rising incidences of gender-based online violence in Kenya. The course is part of a capacity building programme launched on March 8, 2016 during the International Women’s Day celebrations. It was inaugurated by the AfDB’s Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser Moleketi; the AfDB Regional Director for East Africa, Gabriel...
Lumières d’Afriques: When art illuminates the challenges of access to energy
28-Apr-2016 - 54 works created by 54 world-renowned contemporary African artists, one for each of the 54 countries that make up the continent, united around the same source of inspiration: The illuminated Africa. This beautiful exhibition, titled “Lumières d’Afriques” ("African Lights"), opened its doors on Wednesday April 27, 2016, at the Donwahi Foundation for Contemporary Art in Abidjan, under the auspices of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Artists for Development (AAD) Fund.
Ahead of the curve – the AfDB at the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings
26-Apr-2016 - The African Development Bank may be smaller by numbers than other multilateral development banks (MDBs), not least the World Bank, but its voice is loud, its expertise is ground-breaking, and its local character is defining. One of the constant threads of the 2016 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings was the acknowledgement that other MDBs can learn from the AfDB, and not just in Africa. It leads the field in three particular areas: MDB exposure exchange; support for fragile states; and using funds designated for private-sector lending, in poorer...
The World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings: Much happens in the margins
19-Apr-2016 - Discussing donor concerns, aligning with other multilateral development banks and international organisations, building support for the AfDB’s ‘High 5’ priorities and the current Replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF): Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, continued to work in the margins of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, from Friday, April 15 to Monday, April 18.
AfDB in the Top 10 organisations on transparency
18-Apr-2016 - Publish What You Fund, a British-based think tank, has ranked the African Development Bank in its highest category on transparency. For the third consecutive year, AfDB is listed among the top 10 organisations that are the most open and transparent. The think tank’s league table assesses the transparency of 46 top-ten development organisations including the World Bank, UNDP, IADB and AsDB. Publishing data according to IATI’s international standards on transparency, makes information about development spending easier to access, use and...
The future of Africa lies inside Africa
16-Apr-2016 - "If we don't fix Africa's infrastructure financing gap - which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year - we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa's annual growth rates. And we cannot allow that to happen," said African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the first ever Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington on Saturday.
AfDB Governors from Rwanda and Nigeria paint realistic –and optimistic – picture of Africa
16-Apr-2016 - The 'High 5s' - the African Development Bank's top five priorities for Africa - came through loud and clear when two of the Bank's Governors discussed the economic state of the continent at the World Bank-IMF Meetings in Washington, DC on Friday. Lighting and powering Africa, feeding Africa, industrializing Africa, integrating Africa and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa were all cited by Claver Gatete, Finance Minister for Rwanda, and Kemi Adeosun, Finance Minister for Nigeria, either as current or future priorities for...
La BAD et ONU Femmes vont présenter le document « Profil genre » de la Guinée-Bissau
15-Apr-2016 - L’envoyée spéciale pour le Genre de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, se rendra à Bissau, du 21 au 24 avril 2016, pour une visite de terrain. Ayant rejoint la BAD en 2013, Fraser-Moleketi a été auparavant directrice du programme de gouvernance démocratique du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) et membre du conseil d’administration de l'Institut des Nations Unies pour la formation et la recherche, sur nomination du Secrétaire général de l'ONU.
AfDB President pushes African agenda at World Bank-IMF meetings in Washington
15-Apr-2016 - “People who enjoy meetings shouldn’t be in charge of anything”, said US economist Thomas Sowell, but he may not have had the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in mind. Leaders manage to enjoy their meetings, as part and parcel of the role of leading major international organisations, like the African Development Bank, with its US $8 billion a year turnover.
BAD-Burkina Faso, un partenariat privilégié
14-Apr-2016 - « Les relations qu’entretiennent le Groupe de la Banque (BAD) et le Burkina Faso sont de bonne qualité.» C’est ce qui ressort des discussions, le 13 avril 2016 à Ouagadougou, entre le Président de l’Assemblée nationale Burkinabè, Salif Diallo et la Représentante résidente (ResRep) de la BAD, Antoinette Batumubwira. C’était lors d’une visite de courtoisie de la ResRep au Président du parlement.
“You can count on the AfDB as partner in delivering education for Africa”, says Adesina
14-Apr-2016 - Partnership – between the public, the private and the ‘third’ sector of NGOs and Foundations – was the theme of an event hosted by the Global Business Coalition for Education on Thursday in Washington. “We need to preach revolution, as things have to change”, said the Portland Trust. The Wellbeing Foundation continued: “We cannot exist; we cannot pursue; we cannot progress without partnerships.”
Strategy review workshop lauds AfDB for development efforts, challenges it to do more
14-Apr-2016 - A workshop to validate findings of a Medium Term Review (MTR) of Nigeria’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) was conducted on April 12, 2016. The meeting saw the various stakeholders endorse the MTR findings.
Mission de la BAD au Mali sur les questions de Genre
14-Apr-2016 - Une forte délégation sur le genre de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a séjourné au Mali, du 3 au 8 mars 2016, sous la conduite de Géraldine Fraser-Moleketi, vice-présidente et envoyée spéciale pour le Genre et de la représentante résidente au Mali, Hélène N’Garnim-Nganga. La mission a rencontré les plus hautes autorités du gouvernement et a également eu des séances d’échange avec les agences du système des Nations unies au Mali, ainsi que les acteurs de la société civile, du secteur privé, et de la jeunesse malienne.
6 months into office, President Adesina shares his vision for the Bank and for Africa
11-Apr-2016 - Six months into office, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina looks back on his accomplishments and shares his vision for the Bank and for Africa over the next decade.
Strengthening health systems crucial for halting non-communicable diseases
08-Apr-2016 - This year’s World Health Day, commemorated on April 7, saw the African Development Bank (AfDB) reiterate its commitment to assist African countries to strengthen their health systems in order to address non-communicable diseases, including diabetes. The Bank is strengthening health systems in East Africa through the East Africa Centres for Excellence project by building critical skills to deal with non-communicable diseases (NCD). This resonates with the 2016 World Health Day theme, Halt the Rise: Beat Diabetes.
Burkina Faso/BAD/Banque mondiale/FIDA: portefeuilles et mise en œuvre efficace des projets en revue
07-Apr-2016 - La 4e revue conjointe des portefeuilles de la Banque africaine de développement, de la Banque mondiale et du Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) au Burkina Faso s’est tenue le 29 mars 2016, à Ouagadougou, en coordination avec le gouvernement.Addressing informality in Egypt
07-Apr-2016 - A recent African Development Bank publication – Addressing informality in Egypt – proposes solutions for addressing informality in Egypt taking into account its disparate definitions as well as the various stakeholders involved in the issue. The publication highlights that labour market dynamics in Egypt have been characterised by three major trends since 1990.
AfDB mission to São Tomé and Príncipe to strengthen cooperation with the Government
06-Apr-2016 - A Bank mission, led by Acting Vice-President for Regional Operations, Janvier Litse, visited São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) from March 28-30, 2016, for a country dialogue. The progress made by the country’s Government following an investors’ conference held in London in October 2015, as well as the preparation of the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2017-2021, were at the heart of discussions. The mission recognized the progress and efforts made by the Government in implementing the recommendations of the London conference.