Africa: Interview With AfDB General Counsel, Kalidou Gadio

The AfDB General Counsel, Kalidou Gadio, attended a conference on Law and Development organized by Harvard University from 16 to 18 April 2010, where he presented a paper on "The… Read more »

Africa: ADEA: Educating for Sustainable Development

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), organized in Tunis, 19-21 April 2010, a seminar on the preparation of its Triennale on education in Africa, a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves CFAF 71.5 Billion for Higher Education and Vocational Training

The project, to be implemented over a five-year period, aims at the training of middle and senior-level personnel through reform of the training system, increase Schools' admission… Read more »

Africa: Pan-African Conference of African Finance And Education Ministers Opens in Tunis

Africa's tertiary and scientific education capabilities have to be rebuilt, because no nation can advance without that capability, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group… Read more »

Africa: Conference for African Ministers of Finance And Education - Sustaining Education Gains Amidst the Global Economic Crisis

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Africa: AfDB Attends World Conference on Higher Education

The AfDB will attend the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE). Organized by UNESCO, the event will take place from 5 - 8 July 2009 in Paris and the AfDB will be represented… Read more »

Africa: World Conference on Higher Education

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Africa: Burkina Faso - AfDB Participates in Fifth Edition of "Walk Against Hunger"

For the fifth time in a row, the World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with Burkina Faso's Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy and civil society organizations, on June 7,… Read more »

Morocco: Morocco-AfDB Approves 75 Million Loan for Education Programme

The National Education Emergency Support Programme aims at making education available to all and improving the quality of teaching and the system's performance by accelerating the… Read more »

West Africa: ECOWAS - AfDB Group Supports Science and Technology Education Project

The grant from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary window of the AfDB Group, was approved by the institution's Board of Directors on Wednesday in Tunis to finance… Read more »

Africa: ADEA Calls for the Reinforcement of Partnerships for Quality Education for All in Africa

The EFA High Level Meeting opened on December 16, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. Held annually, the meeting aims at reinforcing political will in order to accelerate progress towards… Read more »

Africa: Bank Group Grants U.S.$84 Million to Uganda for Education IV Project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the borrowing arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a UA 52 million loan, equivalent to US$… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Workshop on AWF-Financed Projects in Francophone Africa

Forty project managers from the Bank Groups French-speaking Regional Member Countries (RMCs) met on Monday, October 6, 2008, in Tunis for a project implementation review workshop… Read more »

Africa: The Bank and Literacy Promotion in Africa

To support its activities in promoting literacy in line with the UN 2003-2012 Literacy Decade, the African Development Bank developed a strategy to guide its interventions in the… Read more »

Africa: ADEA Explores New Opportunities for Education in Africa Offered By Digital Technology

Today saw the beginning of the digital summer school organized by the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and ADEA, in partnership with the government of Tunisia and with support… Read more »

Africa: Bank Group Education Experts Meet With Burkinabe Education Minister

Burkina Faso's Education Minister, Marie Odile Bonkoungou, on Friday in Tunis paid a courtesy call on the AfDB Vice President in charge of operations, Zeinab El-Bakri, and her… Read more »

Madagascar: Indian Ocean Countries Discuss the Integration of HIV/AIDS in School Curricula

Some twenty-four officials from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles met in January to examine sex education policies in schools in the sub-region. The officials, who have… Read more »

Tanzania: Development Bank to Support Agriculture, Education

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support agriculture and education programmes in Tanzania following the approval of two loans on Wednesday in Tunis by the Board of… Read more »