October 05, 2015
Senegal: AfDB Hosts Dakar Workshop for Csos On the Role of Technology in Transparency
Civil society has a key role to play in fighting corruption - from monitoring public services, denouncing bribery and raising awareness, to contributing to the implementation of… Read more »
August 04, 2015
Africa: AfDB - Koafec Next African Leader Programme / 2016 Spring Graduate Admissions
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Government of the Republic of Korea signed a 2007 Technical Cooperation Agreement on Korea-Africa… Read more »
Africa: Digital Solutions to Steer Financial Inclusion in Africa
ICT can radically transform the market for financial products and services for poor Africans Read more »
July 27, 2015
Africa: AfDB in Talks On the Use of Technology to Empower Women in Agriculture
The African Development Bank held high-level consultations with the Dutch government about developing a platform for providing women with market information to enhance their… Read more »
June 03, 2015
Africa: Africa Told to Use ICT Model to Leap-Frog Energy Log Jam
If data is anything to go by, reports that some 750 million Africans rely on biomass for their daily energy needs clearly puts the energy sector on top of Africa's development… Read more »
March 16, 2015
Africa: Technology Transfer to Boost Sustainability of Water Supply and Sewerage Services
As part of the African Development Bank's efforts to increase the transfer of technologies and skills to the African continent, Malinne Blomberg, Chief Financial Analyst in AfDB's… Read more »
December 16, 2014
Ethiopia: Sefa to Support Dventus Technologies in the Manufacturing of Smart Meters in Ethiopia
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a US $842,000 grant to dVentus Technologies - a technology-based and knowledge-driven company focused on the development of… Read more »
November 02, 2014
Africa: Africa Must Meet the Challenge of the Technology and Skills Deficit, Says Panelist
"The future of Africa depends on Africans themselves and not on consultants, who should act solely as catalysts," said David Noko, Executive Vice-President of South African mining… Read more »
November 03, 2014
Africa: Africa Has Benefited From the Spread of World Technology in Terms of Economic Growth - Panelist
"As a public good, up-to-date technology can benefit other countries thanks to a process of distribution", explained Abdoulaye Seck, lecturer at the Faculty of Economic and… Read more »
November 01, 2014
Africa: Poor Technological Capability Undermining Africa's Growth Potential
African governments and all national actors must grasp the increasing opportunities that technology and innovation offer for human development and transformation of the continent. Read more »
October 15, 2014
Africa: Ministerial Forum On Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa - New Ideas and Formulas for Tangible Projects to Promote Green Growth
The Second Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa formally opened at the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Rabat, Morocco, on… Read more »
Africa: President Kaberuka Meets With Bill Gates and Gates Foundation Executives to Explore Opportunities to Work Together
African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka met with Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at his Seattle-area office on Tuesday… Read more »
July 07, 2014
Morocco: Rabat to Host 2nd Ministerial Forum On Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa
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June 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB Creates African Pilot Climate Technology and Finance Centre With GEF Support
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on June 27th the creation and management of a pilot Africa Climate Technology Finance Center and Network (ACTFCN) for a… Read more »
May 19, 2014
Africa: AfDB Envisages the Power of ICT for Africa's Transformation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) highlighted Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a vital tool that will contribute to the economic transformation of African economies. Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: First African Ministerial Forum On the Integration of ICTs in Education and Training to Take Place in Tunisia
The First Ministerial Forum on the Integration of Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) in Education and Training in Africa will be held in Tunis, December 9-11, 2013. Read more »
November 26, 2013
Africa: AfDB and African Virtual University Discuss Benefits of E-Learning
"We consider the African Virtual University (AVU) Project very critical to the effort to improve access to higher education in Africa and are pleased to learn that the… Read more »
November 12, 2013
Africa: AfDB Launches E-Consultation On Its New Governance Strategy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a Web consultation on its new Governance Strategy for 2014-2018 aimed at receiving feedback from all its stakeholders on their… Read more »
October 21, 2013
Rwanda: AfDB to Participate in Rwanda ICT and Innovation Summit
The African Development Bank (AfDB), will participate in "Transform Africa 2013 Summit" to be hosted by the government of Rwanda from 28 to 31 October in Kigali. This pan African… Read more »
August 05, 2013
Africa: African Virtual University - Transforming Africa Into a Global Knowledge Hub
The African Virtual University (AVU) has established the largest distance and eLearning network in over 27 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and produced more than 40,000 graduates. Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$45 Million Grant for Creation of Pan African University for Science, Technology and Innovation
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday, July 24 an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of US$ 45 million to support the creation… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$45 Million Grantfor Creation of Pan African University for Science, Technology and Innovation
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday, July 24 an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of US$ 45 million to support the creation… Read more »
July 18, 2013
Africa: Fostering Financial Inclusion With Mobile Banking
The annual growth rates of mobile phone penetration in the developing world have ranged between 30% and 50% or higher, and penetration has been rapidly increasing. Read more »
June 04, 2013
Africa: AfDB to Award Winners of E-Health Competition in Tunisia On September 23-24
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced ten winners of its eHealth competition after receiving more than one hundred proposals from innovators across Africa. Read more »
May 28, 2013
Africa: Technology Can Help Africa Leap-Frog Development Challenges
Appropriate deployment of technology can help African countries to solve some of their development challenges. This is the consensus view that emerged during discussions on a new… Read more »
