Updates

AfDB hosts high-level workshop to operationalise Bank’s knowledge product on road safety

November 10, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank hosted a two-day high-level regional road safety workshop in Abidjan recently to bring together top managements of road authorities and development partners to share and operationalize three road safety manuals recently prepared by the Bank. During his opening speech, Amadou Oumarou, Director of […]

The African Water Facility supports improved smallholder farmers resilience to climate change through irrigation upscaling

November 10, 2016/AfDB The African Water Facility (AWF) held a one-day event on November 9, 2016 to launch the Upscaling Smallholder Irrigation (USI) project, which aims to help develop smallholder irrigation in Zambia. The AWF €1.4-million grant to finance a set of studies facilitating the upscaling of the USI project […]

Climate Finance Day 2016: The African Development Bank supports green growth

November 10, 2016/AfDB The second edition of the Climate Finance Day (CFD) was held on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. CFD 2016 was organized by the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) with the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the Main Sponsor. The conference was in line with the […]