10-Jun-2015
AfDB provides US $22 million to fund Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project in Seychelles
The Government of the Republic of Seychelles has received a loan worth US $ 20.6 million, in addition to a US $1.668 million grant, from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance part of the Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project. The accords were signed on May 27, on the sidelines of the...
Le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la BAD a adopté une nouvelle Stratégie d’intervention de la Banque africaine de développement pour le Cameroun couvrant la période 2015-2020. Cette période de 6 ans coïncide avec l’horizon restant du Document de stratégie pour la croissance et l’emploi du...
Using technology to maximize productivity with a view to attracting the youth and enable them efficiently gain optimal results in agricultural and agribusiness in Africa was the focus of an interactive two-day discussion launched Monday July 6, 2015 in Abidjan, between the African Development Bank...
African economies’ prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report,...
Agri-business has the potential to create jobs for the millions of African youth who are jobless even after graduating with good degrees, experts said Wednesday during a panel discussion held at the ongoing African Development Bank (AfDB) 50th Annual Meetings in Abidjan. Geraldine Fraser-...
The 2015 African Ecological Futures report, launched Tuesday, May 26 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during the 50th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the institution.
This publication, jointly produced by the AfDB and the World...
How can the African Development Bank (AfDB) best promote agriculture sector and agriculture infrastructure projects in Africa? What kind of policies and financing tools can incentivize investments in this sector? What roles do the public and private sectors and alternative resource mobilization;...
Lors de sa réunion hebdomadaire, le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 29 avril 2015, un Projet d’appui au pôle de croissance de Bagré (PAPCB), au Burkina Faso. Montant de l’aide octroyée à ce projet, qui sera déployé sur cinq ans...
06-May-2015
AfDB showcases initiatives for addressing climate change at Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit
The first Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit (ACRIS I), which concluded on April 29, 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, offered an opportunity for the African Development Bank to showcase its Climate Safeguard System (CSS). It aligns with the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy 2013-2022, whose...