Côte d’Ivoire has joined the Partnership on Illicit Finance. The announcement was delivered by Fiacre Adopo, Adviser to the Minister of Budget, who represented the Ivorian Government during a workshop on tackling corruption, illegal trade and other forms of illicit financial flows (IFF), hosted by...
More than 120 stakeholders from Government, private sector, civil society, academia and development partners gathered in Harare on October 20, 2016 for the validation workshop of Zimbabwe’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agenda.
Opening the workshop with a keynote address, the Deputy...
The Deep Ocean Water Applications (DOWA) project in Mauritius supported by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)marked a new milestone last week by welcoming the largest marine engineering platform of its kind – ‘Joseph Plateau’ – in Port Louis. The vessel will carry out detailed...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) hosted a seminar on Private Sector Assistance: Current Evidence on Additionality on Monday, October 24 in Oslo.
The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) of the African Development Bank...
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AfDB approves Somalia Infrastructure Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a framework document for the establishment of the AfDB Multi-Partner Somalia Infrastructure Fund.
The political and economic situation in Somalia in the last two decades has severely affected all sectors in the country, including...
The African Water Facility is hosting a consultative workshop its Long Term Strategy, 2017-2025 on Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, 2016 at the Heden Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The AWF will undertake close consultation with the African Ministers’ Council on Water Technical...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance have signed an Exchange of Letters announcing Korea’s replenishment of a grant of USD 18 million to the KOAFEC Trust Fund for the year 2017-2018. The KOAFEC Trust Fund is AfDB’s largest bilateral fund. Under the...
During ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Week held in Accra, Ghana (October 17-19), the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) launched its third annual West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF-3) business competition. The competition is open to all businesses and entrepreneurs operating and...
Your Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister, the President of the Korea Export-Import Bank, Honorable Ministers, Executive Directors of the African Development Bank, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank the Government of Korea for hosting this 5th KOAFEC Ministerial Meeting and for...