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.

The MFF’s expected impact was sustainable economic growth through the provision of urban infrastructure services and the promotion of urban management improvement in the target towns, and other selected towns with tourism potential in the state.  The two intended outcomes were improved living environment and employment opportunities for the 2.4 million people in the target towns and other participating towns with tourism potential, and improved capacity of participating institutions in managing sector reforms and service delivery. Project 3’s expected impact was aligned with the MFF’s first

The program identified education and health sector reforms for ADB support through a policy-based loan. The program addressed four broad areas. The first two were reducing poverty and addressing inequalities, as well as accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment through better education and access to health services. The other two were making cities more livable by disallowing smoking in public places and supporting road safety through child-seat safety measures and strengthening governance and institutional capacity of the National Institute of Education.