Le Conseil de l’Entente (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’ivoire, Niger et le Togo) a reçu du Fonds Africain de Développement un Donenvue du financement du Projet d’Appui à l’Intégration de la Formation dans les métiers de la route, du chemin de fer et des mines dans les pays membres du Conseil de l’...
One hundred and sixty young women have begun a month-long coding class on two Nigerian campuses under a new programme to give African youth digital skills for the work force. The Coding for Employment programme, organised by the African Development Bank and Microsoft...
One hundred and sixty young women have begun a month-long coding class on two Nigerian campuses under a new programme to give African youth digital skills for the work force. The Coding for Employment programme, organised by the African Development Bank and Microsoft...
03-Apr-2019
Regional Economic Outlook 2019 - West Africa
West Africa’s 15 economies are diverse across many dimensions of development. In 2018, income per capita ranged from $452 in Niger to $3,678 in Cabo Verde. Nine countries saw growth of at least 5.0 percent in 2017 and 2018, and five have been growing at that rate since 2014–16. While growth in...
03-Apr-2019
African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook: West Africa region to see mixed growth into 2020
Overall economic growth in West Africa is projected to be at 3.6 percent in 2019 and 2020, boosted by the recovery of commodity prices and improved production and service sectors in the region, although challenges and uneven performance would remain, the African Development Bank’s regional economic...
26-Mar-2019
Africa Investment Forum: Partners reaffirm commitment to close Africa’s infrastructure gap
The African Development Bank, heads of 34 leading financial institutions covering Africa and other partners of the Africa Investment Forum reaffirmed their commitment to “scale up, speed up, and synergize” efforts to deliver transformative projects across the continent. The meeting was also...
25-Mar-2019
Côte d’Ivoire: African Development Bank, KfW partner to implement electricity regulatory index
The African Development Bank and KfW Development Bank will be partnering to accelerate implementation of recommendations contained in the 2018 Electricity Regulators Index (ERI) report for Côte d'Ivoire’s energy sector.
This partnership arrangement between both institutions was announced during...
Une délégation de la Banque africaine de développement, conduite par son président Akinwumi Adesina, a rencontré, aujourd’hui à Abidjan, le Premier ministre ivoirien, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, pour échanger sur le programme social mis en place par le gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire (PSGouv) pour la...
Cross-border areas are crucial to the stability of West Africa. On the one hand, they bustle with commercial activity between border communities that share common cultural and ethno-linguistic characteristics. On the other hand, the porous nature of the borders fuels the proliferation of all types...