In a ceremony to mark the 28th graduation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), on Saturday, March 18, 2017, Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AfDB), was conferred with a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa. According to a citation read by...
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Adom to the position of Director of the Information Technology Department, with effect from 16 March 2017.
Roger Adom, a French national, joins the Bank from the Orange Group, in Paris, where he has worked since...
Your Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General and Chairman of the Africa Progress Panel,
Your Excellency, former President Horst Kohler of Germany, members of the Africa Progress Panel,
Eminent Members of the Special High-Level Panel of the Bank,
Your Excellencies...
13-Mar-2017
“Lights, Power, Action”: AfDB’s Adesina and Kofi Annan urge governments to close Africa’s energy deficit
The Chair of the Africa Progress Panel and former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, have called on African governments and their partners to do everything possible to close the continent’s huge energy gap. They made the...
Leading investors, business executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers in Africa gathered in London at the Dow Jones News Building on March 7, 2017, for The Wall Street Journal’s one-day “Investing in Africa” conference to discuss technology, infrastructure, policy...
08-Mar-2017
President Adesina announces gender innovation contest to promote gender equality in AfDB’s operations
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced on International Women’s Day the launch of a major gender competition in order to promote gender equality in its operations. “Following the successful internal idea competition in 2016 or ‘INNOPitch’, I am today officially launching in...
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina made a courtesy call on Suad Sayed Ali Omer Beheiry, widow of the first President and founding father of the African Development Bank Group, the late Dr. Mamoun Beheiry. Having been briefed of the presence of Mrs. Beneiry in...
03-Mar-2017
AfDB announces appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh as Director for Power Systems Development
The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh as the Director for Power Systems Development with effect from May 1, 2017. Baldeh, a Gambian, holds a Master of Business Administration from Boston University, Graduate School of Management, USA, and a...
03-Mar-2017
AfDB President concludes three-day official visit to Sudan with a meeting with the Minister of Finance
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina concluded his three-day official visit to Sudan with a wrap-up meeting with the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning. The meeting was attended by Senior Officials of Government, including the Undersecretary, Ministry of...