The African Climate Technology Center (ACTC) has the mission of supporting Sub-Saharan countries in scaling-up the adoption of clean technologies for adaptation and mitigation, through activities that include knowledge creation and dissemination, support to policies and enabling...
The Ministerial segment of the African Union’s first Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism brought together over 40 Ministers from the concerned sectors in Lomé, Togo. The STC was organized by the African Union...
16-Mar-2017
Burundi : nouvelle étape pour le plus grand barrage hydro-agricole du pays grâce à l’appui de la BAD
Vendredi 3 mars 2017, le président de la République du Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, accompagné de plusieurs membres du gouvernement, des autorités locales, des partenaires techniques et financiers et en présence de la population des communes bénéficiaires, a procédé à l’inauguration du périmètre...
Dans la journée du 10 mars 2017, une cérémonie de signature d’accords de prêts et de don s’est tenue entre la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et la République du Niger, à Abidjan, au siège de la Banque. La Banque était représentée par Janvier Litse, directeur général de la BAD pour la...
Your Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and Chairman of the Africa Progress Panel,
Your Excellency, former President Horst Kohler of Germany, members of the Africa Progress Panel,
Eminent Members of the Special High-Level Panel of the Bank,
Your Excellencies...
13-Mar-2017
“Lights, Power, Action”: AfDB’s Adesina and Kofi Annan urge governments to close Africa’s energy deficit
The Chair of the Africa Progress Panel and former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, have called on African governments and their partners to do everything possible to close the continent’s huge energy gap. They made the...
13-Mar-2017
Launch of new Africa Progress Panel Report and update on the New Deal on Energy for Africa
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), will welcome Kofi Annan, Chair of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), for the launch of the panel’s new report “Lights, Power, Action: Electrifying Africa” on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Kofi Annan is...