02-Jul-2021 - La Banque africaine de développement s’est félicitée de la mise en œuvre à mi-parcours du Document de stratégie-pays du Burundi pour la période 2019-2023 à l’issue d’une session de revue organisé, mardi dernier, à Bujumbura.
Adopté en 2019, le Document de stratégie pays (DSP) de la Banque africaine de développement pour le Burundi couvre la période 2019-2023 et bénéficie d’un financement global d’environ 311 millions de dollars américains dont 200 millions de dollars pour la première sous revue (2019-2021). Il est en phase avec le Programme...
02-Jul-2021 - The African Development Bank has virtually launched its new policy on water in a virtual ceremony.
The event, held 22 June was attended by Acting Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development Atsuko Toda, and Osward Chanda, Acting Director, Water Development and Sanitation Department.
02-Jul-2021 - The African Development Bank on Friday launched its Strategy for Economic Governance in Africa (SEGA), aimed at fostering transparent and accountable governments and institutions to secure inclusive, sustainable development.
02-Jul-2021 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €39 million loan package for the construction of the Kinguélé Aval hydroelectric project in Gabon.
The package comprises €20 million from the African Development Bank, €10 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund and €9 million in concessional financing from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, a special multi-donor fund managed by the African Development Bank.
30-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank’s incoming Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, and Director for Agricultural Finance and Rural Infrastructure Development Atsuko Toda joined development leaders online to launch this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Agribusiness Deal Room. The AGRF’s agriculture matchmaking platform initiative links some 4,000 actors in the agriculture sector to investment and networking opportunities.
30-Jun-2021 - MDBs publish 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance
Eight MDBs committed $66 billion for climate finance in 2020, up from $61.6 billion
Of the total, 58 per cent was committed in low- and middle-income countries
29-Jun-2021 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mardi à Abidjan, le Projet régional d’appui à l’approfondissement du secteur financier d’Afrique centrale, doté de 3,6 millions de dollars américains.
29-Jun-2021 - What: Webinar on climate change adaptation
Who: The Civil Society and Community Engagement Division of the African Development Bank, the Economic, Social & Cultural Council of the African Union, and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
When: 8 July 2021, 10.30-12.00 GMT
Where: Virtual
29-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank, the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Export-Import Bank of Korea have signed an agreement, under which Korea will provide $600 million in co-financing for energy projects alongside the African Development Bank.
28-Jun-2021 - What: Alliance for Green Revolution Forum launch of the Agribusiness Deal Room 2021
Who: African Development Bank’s incoming Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford
When: Tuesday, 29 June 2021 TIME: 13:00 ABJ(GMT), 16:00 (Nairobi)
Where: Virtual ceremony
28-Jun-2021 - Le directeur général de la Banque africaine de développement pour l’Afrique du Nord, Mohamed El Azizi, et le ministre mauritanien des Affaires économiques et de la Promotion des secteurs productifs, Ousmane Mamoudou Kane, ont signé, lundi à Nouakchott, deux accords de don de plus de huit millions de dollars américains pour promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes et la gouvernance.
26-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group’s shareholders have shown strong support for the Bank’s proposals to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, and this as the continent faces the possibility of a third wave of infection amid poor vaccine access.
26-Jun-2021 - Africa’s ability to respond to future pandemics will depend on making investments in health and education, and governments must immediately intensify efforts to avoid further crisis.
“Ebola was a signal,” John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told participants in a virtual session on healthcare held during the African Development Bank’s 2021 Annual Meetings. “We can also look at Covid-19 as an indication that something more severe will come if we do not strengthen our health defenses.”
25-Jun-2021 - Le président du Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, a reçu, jeudi, le Super Prix grand bâtisseur du Trophée Babacar N’diaye, édition 2021, lors de la Conférence finale 2021 de The Africa Road Builders organisée en marge des Assemblées annuelles de la Banque africaine de développement.
25-Jun-2021 - Le regard tourné vers l’horizon, Sondos Bannouri est plongée dans ses pensées. Sur les hauteurs de la montagne de Bargou, elle contemple le tracé des collines de sa région natale, Siliana. Au nord-ouest de la Tunisie, ce site historique regorge de vestiges antiques, témoins de l’une des batailles puniques les plus importantes : celle qui a opposé le roi Syphax au mythique Hannibal.
25-Jun-2021 - Le deuxième jour des Assemblées annuelles du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a été marqué par un panel sous le thème : « changement climatique et croissante verte ». Cette session parallèle appelée « événement de savoir » était consacrée aux enjeux de l’adaptation au changement climatique pour une croissance résiliente en Afrique après la pandémie de Covid-19.
24-Jun-2021 - Women and gender-focused policies have a pivotal role in African recovery programs following the Covid-19 pandemic, affirm some of the continent’s top development leaders.
24-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank, with financing from the Italian Technical Cooperation Fund, has provided a €990,000 grant to help smaller agro-processing enterprises boost production and quality control.
The project will enable the businesses to better tap into national and regional markets and capitalize on the opportunities created by the African Continental Free Trade Area. The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique is the implementing agency.