16-Nov-2016
A fruitful first meeting between ADEA and India
On October 31, Oley Dibba-Wadda, ADEA Executive Secretary, met with Shri R. Ravindra, Ambassador of India to Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia, to discuss on a potential strategic partnership. To this end, ADEA Executive Secretary also invited India to participate in the ADEA’s flagship event,...
16-Nov-2016
African Natural Resources Center co-hosts workshop on combatting illegal fishing in West Africa
The African Development Bank’s African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) and the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) jointly organized a workshop on “Combatting illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in West Africa.” The October 27-28 workshop held in Cotonou...
Your Excellency Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire; Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Good morning everyone. I am delighted to welcome you to the African Development Bank for the West Africa Ministerial Dialogue Meeting on Strengthening Public Health...
The 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) kick-started Monday, 7 November in Marrakesh (Morocco).
A collaborative partnership between the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), the Economic...
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Development Evaluation Week was launched on Monday, November 7, 2016 at the institution’s headquarters in Abidjan, under the theme: “Driving Africa’s Transformation” that attracted evaluation experts and development practitioners from across the World. The...
The African Development Bank Group is hosting the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Working Group meeting on Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Engagement to be held at the Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from November 10-11, 2016.
This meeting is being...
10-Nov-2016
Reaffirming Power Africa’s contribution of US $11 million to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Power Africa initiative, reaffirmed its commitment to the African Development Bank-led Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) initiative with a second tranche of funding of US $11 million towards fulfilling its overall...
Au Pavillon Afrique de la COP22 à Marrakech, mercredi 9 novembre 2016, une première table ronde s’est tenue sur l’Initiative africaine pour les énergies renouvelables (IAER, ou dite AREI par acronyme anglais) – trois sont prévues d’ici au 18 novembre, date de...