October 18, 2010
Africa: Wole Soyinka - Reinforcing the Role of African Intellectuals in Development
Professor Wole Soyinka, first African Nobel Laureate in literature, will be the next guest of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Program on 25 October 2010 in… Read more »
September 23, 2010
Africa: AfDB And Sudan Sign US.$ 1 Million Emergency Relief Grant Agreement
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Sudan on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 in Khartoum, signed a US.$ 1million emergency relief assistance grant agreement to help Khartoum State… Read more »
August 02, 2010
Africa: Sudan Field Office Concludes Business Continuity Training
The Sudan Field Office (SDFO) successfully completed a two-day workshop on Integration of Field Offices to the Bank's Business Continuity program from July 19-20, 2010 in Khartoum,… Read more »
July 05, 2010
Africa: AfDB Organizes Training Program for University Officials
In collaboration with the Boston College's Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), the African Development Institute (ADI) on Monday, July 5, 2010, in Tunis started a… Read more »
June 22, 2010
Africa: AfDB Sees Education As Tool for Poverty Reduction - Education Expert, Frank Boahene
"Development is all about people and African Development Bank cannot afford to rest on its oars until majority of the people are equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills for… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank (afDB) Sees Education As Tool for Poverty Reduction
"Development is all about people and African Development Bank cannot afford to rest on its oars until majority of the people are equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills for… Read more »
May 19, 2010
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Contributing to Improving Access to Education
Costing 53 million units of account (equivalent to CFAF 39 billion), the project was approved for African Development Fund (ADF) financing on 24 September 1992 and was completed on… Read more »
April 29, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$20 Million Grant to Support Higher Education in Eritrea
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 approved a ADF grant of UA 12.9 million* (equivalent to USD 20 million) to support a higher… Read more »
April 27, 2010
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 »
April 21, 2010
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 »
July 22, 2009
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 »
July 16, 2009
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 »
July 15, 2009
Africa: Conference for African Ministers of Finance And Education - Sustaining Education Gains Amidst the Global Economic Crisis
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July 03, 2009
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 »
July 05, 2009
Africa: World Conference on Higher Education
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June 10, 2009
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 »
March 31, 2009
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 »
March 18, 2009
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 »
December 18, 2008
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 »
November 26, 2008
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 »
October 07, 2008
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 »
September 12, 2008
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 »
August 27, 2008
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 »
May 27, 2008
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 »
March 19, 2008
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 »