Lusophone Compact: African Development Bank and IFC Partner to Advance Economic Development in Lusophone African countries
The African Development Bank and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement admitting IFC as the first institutional partner to the Development Finance Compact for Portuguese-Speaking Countries of Africa, or the Lusophone Compact.
The agreement was signed by African Development Bank Vice President for Corporate Services and Human Resources and Chair of the Lusophone Compact Steering Commitee, Dr. Mateus Magala and Sérgio Pimenta, Regional Vice President for Africa, IFC, in a brief ceremony in the Ivorian commercial capital Abidjan.
Mozambique conference calls for revival of fishing communities
African leaders and policymakers have called for strategies to harness the potential of the blue economy to achieve sustainable development. The call came at a high-level conference hosted by the Government of Mozambique on 18 and 19 November in the City of Vilanculos. The theme was Investing in Ocean Health is Securing the Planet’s Future.
Lecture by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group 51st Annual Accountants Conference Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Excellencies, distinguished Chartered Accountants, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a tremendous honour to be with you today on the occasion of the 51st Annual Accountants Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the President of ICAN, Mrs. Comfort Olajumoke Eyitayo, members of the Board of Trustees, and Executive Officers of ICAN for graciously extending this invitation to me.
Intégration régionale : les présidents de la Mauritanie et du Sénégal posent la première pierre du pont de Rosso entre les deux pays
Le président de la Mauritanie, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, et le président du Sénégal, Macky Sall, ont lancé, ce jour, les travaux de construction du pont de Rosso qui reliera les deux pays voisins.
Le vice-président chargé du Complexe du secteur privé, de l’infrastructure et de l’industrialisation de la Banque africaine de développement, Solomon Quaynor, l’ambassadrice de l’Union européenne au Sénégal (UE), Irène Mingasson et le représentant de la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), Ramon Ynaraja, étaient également présents à la cérémonie.
Blue economy in Africa: The African Development Bank explores the continent’s off-shore renewable energy potential
The African Development Bank’s African Natural Resources Centre and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa have hosted the first in a series of webinars discussing the potential of Africa’s blue economy.
The webinar, held on November 23, centered around a study on the potential of offshore renewable energy in Africa commissioned by the African Natural Resources Centre as part of a series to inform policymaking, planning, and investment in blue economy strategies in Africa. The findings were presented by Linus Hammar from Octopus Ink Research & Analysis, Sweden.