Africa
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African Development Bank appoints Abdourahmane Diaw as Country Manager for Egypt | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-10 00:00:00 ——————————————- The African Development Bank has appointed Abdourahmane Diaw as Country Manager for its Egypt Country Office, as of November 1, 2022. Diaw is a Senegalese national and has more than 28 years of experience in the implementation of development programs and projects. These range from identification to evaluation, supervision and monitoring of…
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African Development Bank Appoints Omar Sefiani Acting Director of Ministry of Finance | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-10 00:00:00 ——————————————- The African Development Bank has appointed Omar Sefiani as Acting Director of the Ministry of Finance from 1 November 2022. Sefiani is a Moroccan national and financial expert with more than 17 years of experience in international capital markets. He currently heads the Treasury Investments & Trading Division at the Bank. In…
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Sharm El Sheikh prepares for the annual meetings of the African Development Bank | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-09 00:00:00 ——————————————- After successfully hosting COP27 in November 2022, the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh is preparing for the annual meetings of the African Development Bank Group in May. A preparatory mission to Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh led by the Bank’s Secretary General, Vincent Nmehielle, expressed its satisfaction with the progress made…
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African economies remain optimistic despite multiple shocks, says VP Urama | of the African Development Bank African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-09 00:00:00 ——————————————- African economies remain resilient despite multiple shocks, with 53 of the 54 African countries maintaining positive growth and a stable outlook for the 2023/24 period, the African Development Bank forecasts. Lecturer. Kevin Urama, acting chief economist and vice president for economic governance and knowledge management at the bank, said that with Africa’s…
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Ireland and Austria join the Africa Climate Change Fund as donors with an initial contribution of €3 million | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-08 00:00:00 ——————————————- Ireland and Austria have joined the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) with contributions of €2 million and €1 million respectively to support the Fund’s work. The ACCF is a multi-donor trust fund that supports the African Development Bank Group’s goal of tripling its climate finance and increasing Africa’s climate…
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Regional Seminar on the African Development Bank’s Africa Information Highway (AIH) Initiative | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-07 00:00:00 ——————————————- What: Regional seminar on the African Development Bank’s Africa Information Highway (AIH) initiative WHO: The African Development Bank When: February 6-10, 2023 Where: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the International Monetary Fund, is organizing a seminar for regional member…
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Central African Republic: Government officials receive training in macroeconomic modeling and forecasting | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-03 00:00:00 ——————————————- Effective economic policy requires good quality data, robust models and the use of modern and adequate statistical software. Such a policy can only be made on the basis of the use of appropriate macroeconomic and forecasting models and well-tested analytical hypotheses, said Mamady Souare, the Country Manager of the African Development Bank…
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Cameroon: The Bank is training its regional Member States in the application of the Fragility Lens | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-02 00:00:00 ——————————————- The African Development Bank’s Transitional State Coordination Office organized a training workshop in Yaoundé to strengthen the capacity of regional Member States and regional economic communities in the strategic and operational application of the fragility lens. The training was led by bank staff from different departments with support from the bank’s Central…
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At the second African Infrastructure Financing Summit, $160 billion in projects on the table | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-02 00:00:00 ——————————————- The 2nd Dakar Financing summit For Africa’s Infrastructure Development has opened in the Senegalese capital with sixty-nine infrastructure projects worth USD 160 billion. African heads of government, the African Development Bank, development finance agencies and institutional investors will meet to define the modalities to complete the projects by 2030. The African Union…
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Dakar Financing Summit: $160 Billion in Infrastructure Projects for Africa | African Development Bank
Diplomat.Today The African Development Bank 2023-02-02 00:00:00 ——————————————- The 2nd Dakar funding summit for infrastructure development in Africa has opened in the Senegalese capital with 69 infrastructure projects worth $160 billion. African heads of government, the African Development Bank, development finance agencies and institutional investors will meet to define the modalities to complete the projects by 2030. The African Union…
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