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01/01/1970

8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joins AfDB President Adesina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other global leaders to launch...

WHAT: Launch of GCA Africa, the Global Center on Adaptation’s regional office and work program WHO: The Global Center…

01/01/1970

Nutrition experts discuss ways to advance nutrition and gender at the African Green Revolution Forum

A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups such as women…

01/01/1970

African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery

The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and…

01/01/1970

Global and African Leaders Welcome Launch of GCA Africa as “Historic Moment to Accelerate Adaptation” on the Continent

The Global Center on Adaptation today announced the launch of its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by the…

01/01/1970

Global Philanthropy Forum panelists call for ‘smarter’ collaboration among funders to meet ambitious targets for a climate-resilient Africa

Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the…

01/01/1970

Africa’s climate change fight gets a boost as Global Center on Adaptation sets up regional home at the African Development Bank

African leaders welcomed the opening of a regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday, voicing…

01/01/1970

Opening Speech by Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group at the Launch of the Global Center on Adaptation – Africa

PROTOCOLS • Your Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the African…

01/01/1970

GCA : des intervenants de haut niveau réclament un partenariat fort et efficient pour l’adaptation du continent africain face au changement climatique

Le lancement du bureau régional pour l’Afrique du Centre mondial pour l’adaptation (GCA) a eu lieu ce mercredi à…

01/01/1970

Mauritius: African Development Bank approves emergency relief to boost clean-up of marine oil spill

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $500,000 emergency assistance grant to…

01/01/1970

The Third Review of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

The Resolution of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, which established the Independent Review…

01/01/1970

GCA Africa launch: ‘Let’s save the planet’s second ecological lung’

The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.…

01/01/1970

Opening Speech by Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group at the Launch of the Global Center on Adaptation – Africa

PROTOCOLS • Your Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the African…

01/01/1970

Africa needs urgent trade finance boost in the wake of COVID-19, report finds

There is an urgent need for financing to reenergize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…