Gas consumption in Germany has fallen sharply as large industrial users cut back in response to soaring prices.

Arsène Koffi was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1990, in Sakassou, capital of the Baule kingdom in central Côte d'Ivoire.
The young man spent part of his childhood and adolescence with his grandparents. "My grandmother didn't have any grandchildren with her, so she asked me to come and help her," he says.
When he wasn't at school, Arsène did all the chores his grandmother asked him to do: shopping, household work, and working in the fields…

The African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General in the Cabinet Office of the Bank Group’s President, with effect from 16 August 2022.
Dr. Mubiru, a Ugandan national, brings close to 25 years of experience to the position, with a proven track record in the various positions he has held at the African Development Bank, and elsewhere.
Mubiru has been Acting Director General in the Cabinet Office of the President since December 2021 and Director of Strategy and Delivery, in the same office.

Launched in Côte d’Ivoire in 2019, the Project to Improve Access to Electricity in Rural Areas has already connected 260 localities to the national electric grid. At the conclusion of the works, which is scheduled for the end of 2023, a total of 460 localities will have access to electricity, according to the African Development Bank’s implementation and results report, published on 29 July 2022.

Date: Monday, 22 August 2022
Time: 19:00-20:30 (Japan) /10:00-11:30 GMT (Côte d'Ivoire) /11:00-12:30 (Tunisia)
Venue : Online (Zoom)
Organizers: African Development Bank, International Finance Corporation
Supporting organizations: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)  
Languages : Japanese, English and French (simultaneous interpretation to be provided)
 

A recent webinar hosted by the African Development Bank brought together experts to examine how Africa can become a hub for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries to store energy and electrify the transport fleet.

The African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook report 2022 (AEO) struck a chord with policymakers and other stakeholders during recent seminars in the United States and the United Kingdom.
An African Development Bank Group delegation, led by Acting Chief Economist and Vice President Kevin Urama, was in Washington D.C. 20-29 July, and London 1-2 August, to discuss the AEO, a flagship publication of the Bank, with global market players.

America’s largest organization of journalists and media professionals of color has named the African Development Bank a “Salute to Excellence” award winner for the Bank’s communication around its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program.

Alfredo Rompão is not a farmer like others: along with his ten brothers and sisters, he was born and raised in the city, in São Tomé, the capital of São Tomé and Principe, an island country in Central Africa. Light years away from the lush hills where he now lives, working the fertile land to which he is deeply attached.