African leaders laud African Development Bank President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis
South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nobel peace laureate and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have commended Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, for his visionary leadership and bold initiatives to accelerate Africa’s development and to support the continent through the COVID-19 crisis.
Au Maroc, la santé pour tous est une priorité
Loubna Karba, 32 ans, mère de deux enfants, remplit une fiche à la réception de l’hôpital public de Rabat, la capitale du Maroc. Elle s’y rend pour soigner une blessure au bras. Loubna détient une carte d’assurance maladie, délivrée aux bénéficiaires du régime d’assistance médicale (RAMED), qui lui permet d’accéder facilement aux soins de santé, sans être confrontée à l’obstacle des frais médicaux.
Egypt’s Gabal El-Asfar wastewater project: a model for sustainable development
Bright sunshine has replaced the rosy light of dawn. But Abel Gaber has no time to admire the view of Cairo on this spring morning. Now in his fifties, the agronomic engineer is too busy supervising his employees on his 130-hectare farm.
His is an unusual – and experimental – farm in the Egyptian landscape, in the governorate of Al Qalyubia in Cairo. As he explains, “The farm is irrigated using treated wastewater from the neighbouring treatment plant” in Gabal El-Asfar, the next-door district.
African Development Bank debars Sinotec Company Limited for 36 months for fraudulent practices
The African Development Bank Group, on 20 April 2020, announced the debarment of Sinotec Company Limited, an energy solutions company registered in China. Pursuant to a decision by the Bank’s Sanctions Appeals Board, the company will be debarred for a period of 36 months for engaging in fraudulent practices.
Corridor routier Abidjan-Lagos : la Banque africaine de développement accorde plus de 12 millions d’euros supplémentaires
Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le 17 avril dernier, un financement supplémentaire de 12,33 millions d’euros en faveur de la Commission de la CEDEAO pour couvrir une partie des frais liés à l’étude du projet de développement du corridor autoroutier Abidjan–Lagos.