Programme

Monday, 25 May 2015

07:30 - 17:00 Registration of Participants
09:00 - 10:30 High Level Event - African Economic Outlook – 2015 (Webstreaming Event)
09:00 - 17:00 Recording of Governors' Statements
09:00 - 17:00 International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding - Steering Group meeting (Closed session)
10:30 - 12:30 Economic Growth in Africa: Leaving No One Behind
10:30 - 12:30 African Leadership: A generational dialogue (50th Anniversary Event) (Webstreaming Event)
14:00 - 16:00 Africa without Borders: What will it take?
14:00 - 16:30 Gender Equality: Where are we? (Webstreaming Event)
17:00 - 17:30 Meeting of the Bureau of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session)
17:00 - 18:30 High Level Event - Are we Ready for the Next Epidemic? – Fixing Africa’s Primary Healthcare (Webstreaming Event)
17:00 - 18:30 The Future of Financing for Development in Africa
18:00 - 19:30 Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee of the Boards of Governors (Closed Session; open to non-member Governors as observers)
18:00 - 19:30 Vox Populi Vox Dei: Africa's Media, Speaking for Whom?
19:00 - 22:00 Partnership Program for Talent Mobility (Closed Session)
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner - High Level Seminars Speakers

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants
07:30 – 08:30 Financing for Gender Results (Breakfast closed session)
08:30 – 09:30 High Level Event - 50th Anniversary Forum1 - Presidential Forum 1: Our Bank@50 (Webstreaming Event)
09:00 – 18:30 MyAfricanStartUp – Annual Meeting of African Start Ups (Webstreaming Event)
09:45 – 11:00 Formal Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Annual Meetings (Webstreaming Event)
11:00 – 12:20 High Level Event - 50th Anniversary Forum2 - Presidential Forum 2: A Single Market for Africa in our Lifetime (Webstreaming Event)
12:30 – 14:00 Our Future Is Now! Launch of The African Ecological Futures Report (Luncheon)
14:00 – 15:30 High Level Event 1: Climate Change: The Last Mile to Paris (Webstreaming Event)
14:30 – 16:00 Meeting of the Steering Committee on the Election of the President
15:30 – 17:00 High Level Event 2: Financing Africa’s Transformation: Billions to Trillions (Webstreaming Event)
16:30 – 18:30 Deepening Africa’s Bond Markets
17:30 – 19:00 Development and Security: Dealing with New Threats
19:00 – 22:00 Association of African Development Finance Institutions (By Invitation Only)
20:00 - 23:00 50th Anniversary Dinner Gala (by invitation)

Wednesday, 27 May 2015

07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast Forum: Insuring Africa
07:30 – 10:00 President’s Dialogue with Governors
08:00 – 10:00 Trade Finance in Africa – What Next?
09:30 – 13:45 Africa-India: Rich Heritage, Rich Future
10:30 – 12:30 Launch of the AfDB/WB Joint Post-Ebola Economic Recovery Program
10:00 – 12:00 Agribusiness for Youth Employment
10:00 – 12:00 First Sitting of the Boards of Governors
12:00 – 13:30 Financial Presentation (Lunch)
14:00 – 15:00 Exim Bank Traditional Lunch (By Invitation)
14:00 – 15:30 Road to Sustainable Industrialization: What it takes?
14:00 – 18:00 African Business Law Firms Association Meeting (by invitation)
14:00 – 18:30 MyAfricanStartUp – Annual Meeting of African Start Ups (Webstreaming Event)
14:00 – 19:00 Governors’ Dialogue with the Candidates
14:30 – 17:30 CFO Forum on Local Currency Finance and Capital Markets Development (Closed door meeting)
15:30 – 17:30 High Level Event - Development Effectiveness Presentation by the Bank
16:00 – 17:30 Africa’s Stock Exchanges: State of Play
19:30 ‒ 21:00 BRICS Outreach to Africa
20:00 ‒ 22:00 Dinner: African Bankers’ Awards (by invitation)

Thursday, 28 May 2015

07:30 – 17:00 Registration of Participants
08:00 – 18:00 Civil Society Organization Forum
09:00 – 12:30 Second Sitting of the Board of Governors – Election for the Office of the President
10:00 – 11:30 Financing Infrastructure – Raising the Bar
10:30 – 12:00 Development Evaluation → Development Effectiveness
10:30 – 12:00 Energy for Africa: The Next Revolution
12:30 – 13:30 Governors’ Lunch
13:30 – 18:00 Second Sitting of the Boards of Governors – Election for the Office of the President
14:00 – 15:30 Commodities Boom and Bust: Where are We?
14:00 – 15:30 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for a Healthier Africa
14:00 – 15:30 Sovereign Debt in Africa : Options, Obstacles and Opportunities
15:30 – 17:30 Korean Miracle in Africa?
15:30 – 17:30 Investment Climate: The Journey So Far
17:00 – 18:30 Skills and Technology for Africa’s Transformation
20:00 Cocktail / Cultural Night

Friday 29 May 2015

07:30 – 16:30 Registration of Participants
08:30 – 10:00 Tech it! Leapfrogging the Digital Gender Gap
09:00 – 12:00 Special event : Consultation on Strategy of the African Natural Resources Centre (2015-2020)
10:30 – 12:00 Fashionomics: Creative Industries for the Continent’s Growth
13:00 – 14:30 Governors Closing Lunch (by invitation)
15:00 – 16:30 Third Sitting of the Boards of Governors: Closing Session of the 2015 Annual Meetings
16:30 – 18:00 Closing Press Conference

Sunday 24 May 2015

Monday 25 May 2015

09:00 – 12:00 Meeting of the organs of the African Legal Support Facility and Governing Council GC (By invitation)
11:30 – 14:00 General Assembly of Africa50 Shareholders
19:00 – 22:00 Partnership Program for Talent Mobility (Closed session)
19:30 – 21:30 Cocktail with journalists
20:00 – 22:00 Cuisinafrik

Tuesday 26 May 2015

08:30 – 13:00 Joint AfDB/AADFI Workshop Review of Studies
17:00 – 21:30 JP Morgan Cocktail
18:00 – 19:30 Commerzbank Cocktail
18:30 – 20:30 Cocktail for African Domestic Bond Indices
19:00 – 22:00 Association of African Development Finance Institutions (Dinner Event by invitation)
20:00 – 22:00 Cuisinafrik

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Thursday 28 May 2015

Friday 29 May 2015

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