Produced by: Dieter Gijsbrechts Edited by: Nawsheen Elaheebocus Spurred by technological innovations, a revolution in ehealth is taking place in Africa. A large part of this revolution is due to the phenomenal growth in mobile phone usage in Africa – at 281 million users it is...

Edited by: Nawsheen Elaheebocus Produced by: Mona Sharan Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed unprecedented declines in child mortality over the past two decades. The average child mortality rate decreased from 174 per 1,000 in 1990 to 121 per 1,000 in 2010 and the rate of decline has...

Edited by: Nawsheen Elaheebocus African Finance and Health Ministers as well as parliamentarians, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners gathered in Tunis, and agreed to intensify multisectoral dialogue and collaboration amongst themselves, Parliamentarians, and technical and...

Edited by: Nawsheen Elaheebocus Prepared by: Mpho Chinyolo Many African countries are facing increasing demands for health financing with fewer limited resources available and dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels African countries to come up with innovating...

The African Development Bank hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in the Southern Africa Region. Attended by ministers from Zambia, Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Mauritius,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and opportunities faced by the following countries in the Southern Africa region: Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius,...

African finance and health ministers, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, private sector and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development institutions, began a two-day meeting on health financing on Wednesday in Tunis. Key issues on the agenda of the meeting include...

On July 4-5, 2012, the AFDB as a key partner of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) mechanismorganized a high-level dialogue between Ministers of Finance and Health on Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector in Tunis. The conference gathered over 50...

As part of its strategic support of better governance in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) provided support for the training of 60 civil society representatives at an event organized in Dakar between the 12 and 15 June. The training was part of the AfDB’s increased support for demand-...