6th of June: African Development Bank President Dr. Adesina in Oslo
African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina will be in Oslo on Monday 6th of June as a part of his first tour to the Nordic countries.
NABA will hold a separate meeting with the President, and he will also meet government officials, the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense and take part in a leadership conference on the UN Sustainable Development Goals hosted by NABA members Yara International and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), as well as the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian ForUM for Development and Environment.
NABA’s Deputy Director Daniella Woldemichael has recently returned from the 51st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) held in Lusaka, Zambia, from the 23rd – 27th of May. The five days of intense programs focused on the Bank’s operations and development issues. The Meetings hosted more than 4,000 participants and some 6,000 virtual attendees, comprising Heads of State and Government and their delegations, Governors, Alternate Governors, members of the Boards of Directors and private sector.
The overall theme, “Energy and Climate Change,” focused on critical African economic and development issues, election of new executive directors and the approval of policies, strategies and the Group’s 2015 audited accounts and operations programmes.
The AfDB launched it’s “High-Fives” application, a tool for tracking progress on the Bank’s development priorities. The application tracks country progress in the High-Five areas identified by AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as critical for implementing AfDB’s Strategy 2013- 2022 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Light up and power Africa, Feed Africa, Integrate Africa, Industrialize Africa, and Improve the quality of life for people in Africa.
The application presents ranking tables, maps and charts, as well as detailed information on indicators, grouped according to the High-Five priority areas.
The High-Fives applicationcan be accessed from this link.
Use thislinkto download the African Economic Outlook for 2016.
Source: AfDB