02-Nov-2015
African Economic Conference 2015: “Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda”
Jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Economic Conference (AEC) 2015will take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 2 to 4, 2015...
The 10th African Economic Conference (AEC) has laid emphasis on better application of national tax policies to reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor, and the need to expand economic growth to agriculture and manufacturing sectors to effectively deal with oil and mineral...
02-Nov-2015
Priorities for the African continent: energy, industrialization, integration and job creation
Speaking during a press conference immediately following the opening ceremony of the 10th African Economic Conference on Monday, November 2 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's Prime Minister, Augustin Matata Ponyo, underscored that the economies of the...
The 10th African Economic Conference was officially opened on November 2, 2015, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the head of the country's Senate, Léon Kengo Wa Dondo, who represented President Joseph Kabila Kabange.
Co-organized by the African Development Bank, United...
Delegates from across the continent and around the globe are converging in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), are co-organizing the 2015...
On Thursday, October 22, at the "Feeding Africa” conference in Dakar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and KfW in its role as Germany's development bank, announced a broad collaboration that aims to advance the agricultural transformation agenda across the African continent. The collaboration...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the leading institutions driving statistical development progress in Africa, joined the world in celebrating World Statistics Day on Wednesday, October 20, 2015. The theme for this year’s event was “Better Data. Better Lives”.
Each...
The adoption of an action plan and wide-ranging partnerships to transform African agriculture into viable agri-business were the main outcomes of the three-day high-level conference on Africa’s agricultural transformation, which ended in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday.
“This conference has...
Changes in Malawi’s climatic patterns have led to severe drought and flooding which has resulted in loss of life and economic hardship. For a country heavily dependent upon its rain-fed agriculture, hydro-electric power, fisheries and wildlife sectors for survival, such dramatic weather changes...