The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch its Development Effectiveness Review 2015 on Ethiopia on Wednesday, November 18 in Addis Ababa.

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF); on November 6, concluded a five-day training workshop for government officials on negotiating financial agreements. 

Twenty officials representing the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation and other government agencies participated in the training designed to expose officials to aspects of negotiation of financial instruments so that they are better able to explore, develop, and implement strategies to conclude balanced agreements. 

A five-day training on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) organised by the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) started on November 2, 2015 at the African Development Bank offices in Abidjan.  The workshop is intended to provide 35 government officials from 10 francophone African States with the capacity to structure PPP projects in an effort to efficiently bridge Africa’s infrastructure financing needs.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), approved on July 9^th 2015 a EUR 500 million partial credit guarantee to cover the payment obligations of the Republic of Cameroon  related to the cross currency swaps executed with commercial banks to hedge the proceeds of a USD denominated Eurobond currently being marketed.  

On Monday, November 2, 2015, the Souk At-tanmia Partnership held its second awards ceremony at the highly symbolic Bardo National Museum in Tunis. The aim of this event was to deliver a message of hope and to celebrate inclusive employment in Tunisia.