African Development Bank Group president Akinwumi A. Adesina is in #Brazil for a two-day official visit to discuss investment opportunities in #Africa . He’ll also witness a signing ceremony to formalise Brazil’s #LusophoneCompact membership: bit.ly/3wc3dWh
Electricity access is a human right and crucial for development. World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group aim to give power to 300M Africans by 2030.
Watch the #WBGMeetings event replay to learn more: wrld.bg/ENqR50RkrgB
📢Communities across Africa are calling on World Bank and IFIs like African Development Bank Group to invest in development that improves communities NOT impoverishes them and worse, saddles them with debt. Enough is enough!
#WorldBankWorldProblems #CancelTheDebt
Currently in Banjul, Gambia : Training of trainers underway in Infection Prevention and Control with the view to train 200 health workers supported by the African Development Bank Group. Develop expertise to improve healthcare standards. #IPC #HeathWorkers WAHO | OOAS ECOWAS Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control LOKOSSOU Kuassi Virgil
It's really great to see this World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group partnership to provide at least 300 million people in #Africa with electricity access by 2030. This is a game-changer for #energyAccess , and we at Sustainable Energy for All | #SDG7BeBold extend our support to #PoweringAfrica .
#WBGMeetings wrap up:
➡️Energy access for 300M Africans with African Development Bank Group
➡️Expanded health services for 1.5B by 2030
➡️$11B pledged by 11 countries for development
➡️New Collaborative Co-Financing Platform
➡️Becoming a Better Bank
➡️Report on IDA - World Bank
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Just crossed paths with the #AfDB President, Mr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, at the 'Power Up Africa' discussion held at the World Bank HQ in #WashingtonDC as part of the 2024 WB/IMF Spring Meetings!
Electricity access is a human right and crucial for development. World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group aim to give power to 300M Africans by 2030.
Watch the #WBGMeetings event replay to learn more: wrld.bg/ENqR50RkrgB
According to African Development Bank Group, women are under-represented in STEM fields across Africa where pay is generally better than in non-STEM jobs. Encouraging women into STEM fields can reduce skill shortages and improve economic empowerment while plunging them into the formal economy.
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Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 Eritrea abandoned use of plastic bags since 2005. Thank you 🇪🇷🙏🏾UNDP Eritrea Nashida Sattar UN Environment Programme African Development Bank Group @UN UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Marine Conservation Society Ocean Generation Nicolas Germain Rise Above Plastics António Guterres The Ocean Cleanup Greenpeace International Plastic Pollutes
#Ethiopia
More trees, better health , improved communities and air quality !
#HappyEarthDay2024
#Ethiopia #geography #geography teacher
Taye Atske Selassie African Hub Nebiyu Tedla ነብዩ ተድላ Andrew Korybko, PhD Nature is Amazing ☘️ UN Development African Development Bank Group
I welcome the World Bank's vision to provide electricity from renewables to 250 million Africans by 2030, alongside the African Development Bank Group's plans for 50 million more.
It's a crucial step to put SDG7 in reach. Only together can we light up Africa's sustainable future.
Exciting news! Just like the World Bank Group & African Development Bank Group, we at the Sustainable Energy for All | #SDG7BeBold believe that access to electricity is a fundamental human right and is crucial for development. We're proud to lend our support to #PoweringAfrica .
The leaders of 10 multilateral development banks ( #MDBs ), including African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina, announce joint steps to work more effectively as a system and increase the impact and scale of their work to tackle urgent development challenges: bit.ly/3Uqh84j
#AfDB held talks with Nigeria Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Honorable Wale Edun, during #SpringMeetings2024 . Our African Development Bank Group delegation included Senior Vice President Swazi Tshabalala, Vice President & Chief Economist Prof. Kevin Chika URAMA, and other senior staff.
La Banque africaine de développement inaugure à Yaoundé, #Cameroun , son bureau régional en Afrique centrale et renforce sa présence sur le terrain pour une meilleure efficacité de ses opérations : bit.ly/3W0ShoZ
#AfDBinCentralAfrica #IntegrateAfrica
