Hundreds of participants have converged on Lusaka for the 51st Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 42nd Meetings of the African Development Fund (ADB) Board of Governors, which takes place in the Zambian Capital from May 23 to 27, 2016....
The 2016 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank will take place from Monday, May 23 to Friday, May 27, 2016 at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The theme of this year’s meetings is “Energy and Climate Change”, and draws on one of the Bank’s “...
14-May-2016
GPSC African Regional Workshop – Integrated Urban Development in Africa: Challenges and Lessons Learnt
The African Development Bank and the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) will organize an African Regional Workshop on “Integrated Urban Development in Africa: Challenges and Lessons Learnt” on May 14-16, 2018 in Abidjan. Africa’s urbanization rate is growing at unprecedented...
With support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Rwanda has won approval of a US $250,000 grant under the Climate Investment Funds’ Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP) to prepare its national-level FIP Investment Plan (IP).
Rwanda was selected by the CIF in May 2015 as part of a third...
Plusieurs représentants gouvernementaux, d’organisations internationales, du secteur privé, de la société civile et des médias, se sont réunis les 28 et 29 Avril 2016 à Yaoundé dans le cadre de l’Atelier de lancement du Processus d’action national de l’Initiative « Énergie durable pour tous...
09-May-2016
Stakeholders gather in Zambia to launch the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) country action process
Government officials, representatives of international organizations, private sector and civil society, gathered from May 4-6, 2016 in Chimbombo, Zambia, for the official kick-off workshop of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) country action process in Zambia.
Organized by the Ministry of...
The African Development Bank Group will unveil its new agenda for the continent’s economic transformation at this year’s Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 23-27 in Lusaka, Zambia. In an Annual Meetings preview video message, Akinwumi Adesina, who will be presiding over his first...
.more_iteration {display: none;} Context Access to electricity in Kenya remains relatively limited. Only half the population has access to it, at a cost much higher than in other African economies. On top of this there is the instability of the network, with frequent blackouts, which...
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has commended the Government of Zambia for its commitment to successfully host the Bank’s 2016 Annual Meetings next month. The preparations for the hosting of the AfDB meetings, which will take place from May 23 to 27 in the capital Lusaka have reached an advanced...