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Tunisie : 85 millions de dollars de la Banque africaine de développement pour développer de nouvelles compétences techniques et numériques
06-Dec-2017 - Le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, lundi 4 décembre 2017, à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, un prêt d’un montant de 85 millions de dollars américains (EU) pour financer le Projet d’appui au développement des compétences techniques et technologiques en Tunisie.
Good governance is key to Africa’s effective industrialization
06-Dec-2017 - Africa needs industrialization to achieve prosperity and a decent standard of living for its citizens. But this can only be achieved through good governance policies and infrastructure development. The lack of these two critical factors have largely undermined the industrialization trajectory in most African countries. Given this scenario, the industrial settlement framework as well as tax policies, are particular dynamics to be looked into.SEFA supports the development of the first utility-scale wind farm in Mozambique
06-Dec-2017 - The African Development Bank-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved US $ 985,000 to Parque Eólico da Namaacha S.A SPV, to support project preparation activities for a utility-scale wind farm project in Mozambique.African economists seek bolder monetary policy reforms to address inequality
06-Dec-2017 - African economists attending the 12th African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have called for more radical monetary policy reforms and an overhaul of the tax policy regime in most countries in order to guarantee the welfare needs of the local population.Interview with Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga, General Counsel, African Development Bank
06-Dec-2017 - The 12th edition of the African Economic Conference is taking place December 4-6, 2017 in Addis Ababa on the theme “Governance for Structural Transformation”.
Curtain falls on African Economic Conference: African countries urged to make governance a priority
06-Dec-2017 - The 12th African Economic Conference (AEC) drew to a close on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with participants calling for governance to remain a priority of development programmes in Africa.
Solving the problem of poor governance in Africa will contribute to the structural transformation of its economies, say conference partners
06-Dec-2017 - What undermines African economic activities is poor governance. It costs Africa dearly, senior representatives from the African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) agreed during the opening press conference of the 12th African Economic Conferenceon Monday, December 4 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.High-level policy dialogue on natural resources value chains in the ECOWAS region
06-Dec-2017 - The African Natural Resources Center will host a workshop on value chain policies on select natural resources, namely iron ore, diamonds, natural gas and tilapia. The main objective of the High Level Policy Dialogue is to strengthen the capacity of RMCs to effectively design and implement competitive downstream policies for value addition and to enhance the ability of governments to negotiate with investors.
Two West African scholars scoop top prize for labour market, taxation research
06-Dec-2017 - Two West African economists have emerged at the top from a selection of 36 academic papers presented at the 12th African Economic Conference for proposing reforms, including the de-regulation of the labour markets and the tax administration reforms aimed at raising government revenue.
AfDB’s Regional Integration Strategy: African leaders Gather in Abidjan
06-Dec-2017 - "Integrate Africa", the fourth of the African Development Bank (AfDB’s) five strategic development priorities, the High 5s, was the central theme of discussions with regional stakeholders in Abidjan. Welcoming over 50 participants at the meeting, AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina set the tone of the deliberations, saying that integrating Africa would help achieve the High 5 objectives in a coherent way.African Economic Conference emphasizes key role for development finance institutions
06-Dec-2017 - The 12th African Economic Conference taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has emphasized the need to develop and deepen the role of the development financial institutions to play a more active role in financing industrialization projects, energy, agriculture and administrative reforms.Namibia secures ZAR 1 billion African Development Bank Loan for Education Sector
05-Dec-2017 - Namibia’s efforts to develop efficient basic, technical and vocational education (TVET) to cater to its development needs has received a boost from the African Development Bank (AfDB) which has approved a *ZAR 1 billion loan to finance the country’s education and training. The Project is designed to deliver an efficient effective and sustainable Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in Namibia that is aligned with current and future skills needs of the labour market.AfDB supports Namibia’s Agriculture Sector
05-Dec-2017 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is supporting Namibia’s Agriculture Sector with the approval of One Billion South African Rands (*ZAR 1 billion) loan to finance the country’s Agricultural Mechanisation and Seed Improvement Project (NAMSIP). The NAMSIP was approved by the AfDB Board, on Monday, 4th December 2017 in Abidjan, and aims to enhance agricultural productivity in order to reduce annual importation of staple cereal crops/grains, facilitate job creation, and enhance household incomes which will improve the lives of rural people.
Agricultural growth should drive structural transformation, says expert
05-Dec-2017 - Unless there is a good focus on agricultural and economic transformation, efforts at structural transformation of African countries won’t amount to much, says Neway Gebreab, former advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.Launch of UNDP study on Income Inequality Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
05-Dec-2017 - The United Nations Development Programme launched its Income Inequality Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa report on Monday during the African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
African leaders urged to prioritize their communities
04-Dec-2017 - Reports like the Mo Ibrahim Index 2017 showed that the quality of governance across the continent is generally low compared to other regions of the world, a factor that has undermined progressive economic development in most African countries.Centrafrique : la Banque africaine de développement approuve le Document de stratégie-pays 2017-2021
04-Dec-2017 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, lundi 4 décembre 2017 à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, le nouveau Document de stratégie-pays (DSP) pour la Centrafrique, qui va servir de cadre de référence pour les interventions de la Banque entre 2017 et 2021 et soutenir le Plan national de relèvement et de consolidation de la paix du pays.Interview with Dr. Abdul Kamara, Country Manager, Ethiopia Country Office, African Development Bank
04-Dec-2017 - Dr. Abdul Kamara has held several economic research and managerial positions at the African Development Bank. He served as the Bank’s Resident Representative in Sudan and is now Country Manager in Ethiopia, where the 12th African Economic Conference is currently underway.
World AIDS Day 2017 - Statement by Akinwumi Adesina
04-Dec-2017 - The right to health is everyone’s right and wherever this right is compromised, HIV spreads. This fact is central to the engagement of the African Development Bank. The African Development Bank commends UNAIDs for leading the 2017 World Aids Day campaign, on the theme “My Health, My Right” which focuses on broader rights to health and explores the challenges people face in exercising these rights.