From 7 to 10 June 2022, the African Development Bank organized a training in Bujumbura, Burundi on the use of an IT solution for the preparation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of remote projects.  
RASME (Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation) uses new information and communication technologies to optimize the collection, analysis and management of data for the preparation, evaluation and supervision of Bank projects.,
Francis Kohoue, African Development Bank's Chief Regional IT Coordinator for East Africa, facilitating the training.

Representatives of Nigeria’s Diaspora, national networks, and youth and women groups have hailed the African Development Bank for supporting transformational projects in the country and across Africa.
The African Development Bank forum, which took place in early August, is part of the institution’s ongoing mid-term review of its country strategy for Nigeria. Over two days, more than 200 participants received updates on the bank’s work in Nigeria. They discussed projects in agriculture, on the digital economy, the creative industry, trade and private enterprise.

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On the day of Shinzo Abe’s assassination in early July, Akinwumi Adesina, the president of African Development Bank, mourned the death of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister by calling him “a great friend of Africa”.

Your Excellencies,
I’d like to congratulate the Government of Japan and the Government of Tunisia for hosting this TICAD-8 in Tunisia. Thank you for the great honor to speak at this plenary session.
These are challenging times for Africa. African countries know the problems, they feel the pain, so I will not go into any numbers. Pain is pain.
Fiscal deficits have increased, and debt service costs are rising fast as monetary authorities in developed economies raise interest rates to tame inflation.