Until three years ago, pupils at the Number One Evangelical Church of Chad primary school were forced to relieve themselves in the open air or go home to use the toilet. Now the school, in Moundou, Chad's economic capital, is equipped with latrines.,
The new toilets built at the primary school Eglise Evangélique de Moundou
The African Development Bank and several UN agencies - the UN Regional Office for Central Africa, the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - are joining forces to advance climate action in Central Africa. This region is highly strategic in the fight against climate change as it is home to the Congo Basin rainforest, the second largest tropical forest on the planet and the only remaining net carbon sink on earth.
The African Development Bank and the Portuguese government have signed a guarantee agreement to be extended to the African Development Bank under the Lusophone Compact. The Compact offers a big boost to business development initiatives for the Bank’s non-sovereign portfolio in its Portuguese-speaking African member countries.,
(l-r): AfDB Deputy Director General for West Africa, Mr. Joseph Ribeiro, Former VP for Human Resources and Corporate Services at the African Development Bank and actual Minister of Transport and Communication, Mr. Mateus Magala and AfDB Country Manager of Mozambique, Mr. Cesar Mba Abogo after signing the agreement
Your Excellencies,
I wish to thank you all for honoring the invitation from former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, Chairman of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), Prof. Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of GCA, and myself, to this Africa Climate Adaptation Summit.
I wish to thank Prime Minister Rutte for hosting us in Netherlands.
You are all here because you are friends of Africa!
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina will inaugurate the upgraded Port of Maio on Wednesday during a three-day visit to Cabo Verde.
The President will travel to Cabo Verde at the invitation of Prime Minister, Dr. José Ulisses Correia e Silva.
In 2018, the African Development Bank approved a $26 million facility to upgrade the ports of Maio and Palmeira. The European Union co-financed the project with a grant of €10 million.
ONGOING EVALUATION. Armenia’s energy sector has undergone a series of reforms that have significantly improved its performance. The reforms involved the unbundling of a vertically integrated electricity subsector and the privatization of power and gas distribution networks and most generating companies. In particular, the Government of Armenia privatized the Armenian electric distribution networks in 2002 to the Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC (ENA).
This ADBI virtual conference will feature new research on the role of farmers’ organizations in supporting sustainable development in the agricultural sector and rural areas in Asia.
Teresa Czerwińska – Vice-President of the European Investment Bank is participating in the 31st Economic Forum in Karpacz, in Lower Silesia (Poland), as a speaker in the opening session and she will be talking about EIB’s support for the green transition and EIB’s involvement in supporting Ukraine and EU countries hosting refugees.
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with Tonga
