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AfDB’s Development Evaluation Week discusses Africa’s transformation
10-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Development Evaluation Week was launched on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the institution’s headquarters in Abidjan, under the theme: “Driving Africa’s Transformation” that attracted evaluation experts and development practitioners from across the World.
Reaffirming Power Africa’s contribution of US $11 million to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
10-Nov-2016 - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Power Africa initiative, reaffirmed its commitment to the African Development Bank-led Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) initiative with a second tranche of funding of US $11 million towards fulfilling its overall commitment of US $20 million. The signing ceremony took place after the Power Africa Panel on Off-Grid Finance, within the precincts of the U.S.AfDB establishes Africa Integrity Fund
10-Nov-2016 - In response to the challenges facing Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in the fight against corruption and in line with the institution’s priorities, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, approved the establishment of the Africa Integrity Fund (AIF).Africa presents united front and calls for action at COP22
10-Nov-2016 - The 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) kick-started Monday, 7 November in Marrakesh (Morocco).The African Water Facility supports improved smallholder farmers resilience to climate change through irrigation upscaling
09-Nov-2016 - The African Water Facility (AWF) held a one-day event on November 9, 2016 to launch the Upscaling Smallholder Irrigation (USI) project, which aims to help develop smallholder irrigation in Zambia.AfDB approves US $391 million for Kenya’s water and sanitation project
09-Nov-2016 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 approved US $391 million to help finance a major water and sanitation program in Kenya. The Kenya Towns Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program is designed to improve access, quality, availability and sustainability of water supply in 19 towns and wastewater management services in 17 towns across the country.AfDB hosts high-level workshop to operationalise Bank’s knowledge product on road safety
09-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank hosted a two-day high-level regional road safety workshop in Abidjan recently to bring together top managements of road authorities and development partners to share and operationalize three road safety manuals recently prepared by the Bank. During his opening speech, Amadou Oumarou, Director of the Bank’s Transport and ICT Department, said addressing road safety is crucial in Africa, which experiences the highest rates of road fatalities in the world, impacting negatively people’s life and economic development.Climate Finance Day 2016: The African Development Bank supports green growth
09-Nov-2016 - The second edition of the Climate Finance Day (CFD) was held on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. CFD 2016 was organized by the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) with the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the Main Sponsor. The conference was in line with the COP22, which opened in Marrakech on Monday, November 7, 2016.
AfDB approves US $1-million grant to finance nutrition campaign in Nigeria’s Borno State
08-Nov-2016 - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, November 4, 2016 approved a US $1-million emergency assistance grant to support the fight against malnutrition in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno.
AfDB Evaluation Week to measure Africa’s transformation
07-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the 2016 Development Evaluation Week from November 7-10, 2016 at its Headquarters in Abidjan. The aim of Evaluation Week is to improve the effectiveness of development work across the continent.
High-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Africa calls for huge private sector investments in health
07-Nov-2016 - “Nothing could be more important,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Monday, as he addressed a high-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Health is wealth.”The African Development Bank Group appoints Dr. Jennifer Blanke as Vice-President Agriculture, Human and Social Development
07-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Blanke as Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, with effect from 1st December 2016. She will join the Senior Management Team of the Bank.
France provides €6-million grant to AfDB for the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative
07-Nov-2016 - The Government of France and the Africa Development Bank on November 6 signed a €6-million agreement for the implementation of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI). The resources will help set up the Delivery Unit of the Initiative to be hosted at the African Development BankAfDB to help Somalia restore critical infrastructure and build capable institutions
06-Nov-2016 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the Bank’s Somalia Country Brief 2017-2020, under which the Bank will help restore the country’s critical infrastructure and build capable institutions.Launch of the Rwanda Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agenda
04-Nov-2016 - The Honorable Minister of Infrastructure of Rwanda, James Musoni, officially launched on November 1, 2016, the SE4All Action Agenda, during the iPAD Rwanda Energy Infrastructure Forum that gathered international stakeholders, financiers, industry experts, and Government representatives. During his speech, the Minister highlighted the commitment of the Government to assure rapidly access to modern energy services for all and commended the development of the Action Agenda as a useful tool to advance towards the Sustainable Development Goal...
AfDB launches Fashionomics at Lagos Fashion and Design Week in Nigeria
03-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank launched “Fashionomics”, a platform to develop the African fashion industry for jobs creation, at Lagos Fashion and Design Week, which opened Friday, October 28, 2016. The launch included the dissemination of the final report and findings on Fashionomics, a demonstration of the dedicated online sharing platform and a panel discussion featuring designers from Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa, alongside relevant Nigerian policy-makers.Ouverture de l’atelier sur la promotion des investissements intra-africains et le renforcement des capacités des micro et PME africaines
02-Nov-2016 - Un atelier organisé par la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD) avec le soutien du Fonds pour l’Assistance au Secteur Privé africain (FAPA) visant à faciliter l’accès aux marchés et investissements régionaux et internationaux et promouvoir le commerce et l’investissement intra-africains, s’est ouvert lundi 31 octobre 2016 à Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire.