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01/01/1970
Launch of the 2020 North Africa Economic Outlook report
What? Launch of the 2020 North Africa Economic Outlook Report Who? African Development Bank, North Africa Bureau When?…
01/01/1970
Tribute: Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly
July 8 was all like every normal day, focused on work. I had no inkling there would be a storm, even though we have…
01/01/1970
Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Education: Reflecting on Promising Interventions and Challenges, towards a New Normal
What: Launch of a report that examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education. Who: Association for the…
01/01/1970
East Africa holds its ground as Africa’s fastest growing region, despite COVID-19 disruption
Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2…
01/01/1970
African Development Bank Regional Economic Outlook 2020: In West Africa, harnessing the youth workforce could speed economic recovery in the post-...
West Africa’s burgeoning youth population offers a strategic workforce which can be harnessed for employment and…
01/01/1970
Libya: African Development Bank grants $0.5 million emergency relief assistance for PPE protection against COVID-19
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved a grant of $480,000 to Libya under the Special…
01/01/1970
First flood, then drought: climate-resilience project helps farmers thrive in Mozambique
Mozambican farmer Alima Matusse is the head of a household of six and she used to worry that her children would go…
01/01/1970
Maroc : la station d’Oum Azza alimente en eau potable plus de cinq millions de personnes sur l’axe Rabat-Casablanca
Ahmed Attari est devenu propriétaire d’un appartement à Tamesna, une commune située à une vingtaine de kilomètres de…
01/01/1970
Weather data helps authorities respond to deadly floods in Abidjan
When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital, Abidjan, an African…
01/01/1970
Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, ImpactHER and UN Women Policy Brief exposes disadvantages to women entrepreneurs in post COVID-19 era...
Women-led businesses are more vulnerable to closure than those led by men in the era of the novel coronavirus, due to…
01/01/1970
South Africa: African Development Bank Board approves Fourth Monitoring Report on Management Action Plan for Eskom’s Medupi Power Project
The African Development Bank approved the recommendations of the Fourth Monitoring Report of the Independent Review…
01/01/1970
« Perspectives économiques en Afrique 2020 » : l’Afrique centrale devrait agir sur le développement de compétences et de capacités adaptées aux...
Confrontés à des prévisions de croissance revues à la baisse en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19, les pays d’Afrique…
01/01/1970
African education experts push for more virtual learning to cushion against pandemics - ADEA webinar
Africa must develop new education models that feature well-resourced virtual teaching and learning schemes to insulate…
01/01/1970
Video: Keeping economies stimulated is the main Bank’s goal this year, VP Khaled Sherif says
2020 can easily be characterized by the impacts felt from COVID-19. The AfDB Vice President of Regional Development,…