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    • Meeting between AfDB delegation and Swiss ambassadors in the West Africa region, Friday 23 January 2023, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
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African Development Bank Group team meet Swiss envoys from West Africa to discuss Africa’s development agenda

The envoys held a working luncheon, hosted by the Swiss assistant state secretary for Sub-Saharan Africa, Siri Walt, on Friday 20 January

Swiss ambassadors meeting in the Ivorian commercial capital Abidjan invited a senior management team from the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) to exchange views on development and cooperation. The envoys held a working luncheon, hosted by the Swiss assistant state secretary for Sub-Saharan Africa, Siri Walt, on Friday 20 January.…

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    • Ghana signs grant agreement with African Development Fund, government of Switzerland, to support development of mini-grids and solar PV net metering
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Ghana signs grant agreement with African Development Fund, government of Switzerland, to support development of mini-grids and solar PV net metering

The agreements, for the development of 35 mini-grids and stand-alone solar PV systems, were signed on Wednesday 25 May at a short ceremony held on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Group’s 2022 Annual Meetings

The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund, and a financing agreement with the government of Switzerland, for the Ghana Mini Grid and Solar Photovoltaic Net Metering project. The project will benefit schools, health centres and communities across the country. The agreements, for the…

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Vice-President Jennifer Blanke bids farewell to the African Development Bank

Blanke joined the Bank in early 2017 and has overseen a number of the Bank’s key programs

The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) has announced that Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, will be leaving the Bank effective July 4, 2020. Blanke joined the Bank in early 2017 and has overseen a number of the Bank’s key programs. “I thank President Akinwumi Adesina…