September 28, 2016

African countries will need better data, statistics, and policy coordination to ensure successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and congruence with the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This was the consensus of a high-level panel convened on September 21, 2016 in New York on the margins of the United Nations 71st General Assembly to…

  AfDB’s High 5s: A game changer in Africa’s development discourse In his inaugural address on September 1, 2015, the eighth elected President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, set down a new agenda for the Bank Group, building on its existing 2013-2022 Strategy. In his speech, he outlined the five development priorities for the institution.…