Continent prepares for the launch of the Africa Regional Integration Index

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have joined forces to produce an Africa Regional Integration Index.

The Index, the first systematic, quantitative, continent-wide monitoring system for regional integration in Africa, is designed to track the progress of African countries and regional economic communities (RECs) towards achieving their shared regional integration goals. It will also track and document the impacts of regional integration in Africa.

AfDB participates in Rockefeller Foundation Africa Partnership Forum held in Nairobi

On December 8-9, 2014 the Africa Forum on Inclusive Economies was held in Nairobi, Kenya. This year's forum was the second bi-annual convening of the Rockefeller Foundation Africa Partnership Forum and was co-convened by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

The Forum was opened by Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya. Kenyatta emphasized the importance of inclusivity in Africa and Kenya’s role as one of five pilot countries in the recent launch of Social Development Index.

The end of the 2nd cycle of Rapid Results Initiative in Madagascar

On December 14 and 17, 2015, Madagascar government held its final review of the second cycle of the Rapid Results Initiatives (RRI) conducted as part of the African Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results (AfCoP-MfDR), a project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) since its launching in 2007. Under the leadership of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the Madagascar government pledged its commitment to adopting Results Based Management as a strategy to implement its country national development plan.