09-Nov-2016
AfDB hosts high-level workshop to operationalise Bank’s knowledge product on road safety
The African Development Bank hosted a two-day high-level regional road safety workshop in Abidjan recently to bring together top managements of road authorities and development partners to share and operationalize three road safety manuals recently prepared by the Bank. During his opening speech,...
The African Development Bank applauded the successes of Brazil’s agricultural transformation during the recent 4th Brazil Africa Forum in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil The event, which took place on November 3 and 4, 2016 and focused on Strategies for the Development of Agriculture in...
The 5th 2016 Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Ministerial Conference ended with strong calls for enhanced private sector involvement to achieve sustainable development in Africa.
At the KOAFEC Public-Private Partnership Forum, the African Development Bank emphasised that private...
The African Water Facility (AWF) held a one-day event on November 9, 2016 to launch the Upscaling Smallholder Irrigation (USI) project, which aims to help develop smallholder irrigation in Zambia. The AWF €1.4-million grant to finance a set of studies facilitating the upscaling of the USI project...
The second edition of the Climate Finance Day (CFD) was held on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. CFD 2016 was organized by the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) with the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the Main Sponsor. The conference was in line with the ...
Le gouvernement du Niger, le Groupe de la BAD et l’UNICEF ont signé, le 4 novembre 2016 à Niamey au Niger, une lettre d’accord tripartite pour un don d’un million de dollars EU à la région de Diffa au Niger. Le principal objectif de cette aide d’urgence est de contribuer à l’amélioration des...
Près d’une année après la signature, à Paris, d’un accord historique visant à limiter le réchauffement climatique, les 196 États acteurs des négociations sont réunis, depuis le 7 novembre, à Marrakech (Maroc), pour la 22econférence des Nations unies sur le climat (COP22). Objectif de...