The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Board welcomed the Executive Director for Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe, Bright Okogu, at their regular meeting on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Welcoming the new member, Board Dean Moegamat Shahid Khan said Okogu arrived in the...
Attendees at a session of the African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings on Thursday discussed the need to promote water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in order to improve health in Africa. The panel was chaired by Raymonde Goudou Coffie, the Ivorian Minister of Health, and included Adèle...
If data is anything to go by, reports that some 750 million Africans rely on biomass for their daily energy needs clearly puts the energy sector on top of Africa’s development agenda.
This concern loomed large at an African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings seminar on “Energy: the Next...
The Ivorian and Malian authorities requested the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the implementation of the "Road Upgrading and Transport Facilitation Project on the Corridor Bamako -Zantiébougou -San Pedro". It includes the upgrading and asphalting of the following sections: (i) in Mali...
02-Jun-2015
Resume EIES Zantiebougou-Boundiali En
Côte d'Ivoire (CI) and Mali concur with converging strategies as evidenced by the programs for development and facilitation of transport and inter-state road transit initiated under the aegis of WAEMU and ECOWAS. These strategies are aimed, inter alia at: (i) structuring the productive activities...
01-Jun-2015
Investment Climate: Africa challenged to do more
The Investment Climate Facility (ICF) in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) released its 2014 African Investment Climate Report on Thursday in Abidjan, Day 4 of the Bank’s 50th Annual Meetings in Abidjan. Speakers at the report’s launch commended African governments for coming...
Getting women in Africa access to information technology (IT) like smart phones is not just about closing the usage gender gap, experts say it is also a major driver of economic growth across the continent. That was the main theme Thursday at a panel discussion on women and IT during the 50th ...
Albert Essien, Group CEO of Ecobank, has won the African Banker of the Year Award at the ninth edition of the African Banker Awards, hosted by African Banker magazine under the patronage of the African Development Bank. He received the award during a prestigious gala dinner in Abidjan, Côte d'...
What will it take to build a sustainable industrial base for Africa? Two Ministers, two professors, one economist, and an industrialist formed a panel on Wednesday, Day 3 of the AfDB 50th Annual Meetings in Abidjan, to brainstorm on the subject.
The panelists in the session titled “Road to...