Yearly Archives: 2015

SM15 Preview: Building African Participation in Global Value Chains

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Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | 16:30 – 18:00 GMT or convert time)
Location: World Bank Headquarters, JB1-080 & Online

Follow the event on Twitter by using #AfricaGrowthShare & #AfricaInvestor

African economies are experiencing a range of green-houseunprecedented challenges to their growth, competitiveness and opportunities for investment. Led by Africa Investor CEO Hubert Danso, a panel of global experts will explore how African companies and banks can work with governments, the World Bank and international companies to attract investment and mobilize capital in order to build African brands capable of creating jobs and increasing the continent’s role and influence on the global economic stage.

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SM15 Preview: Future of Food

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Future of Food: A Conversation with Jim Yong Kim & David Chang

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | 15:00 – 16:30 GMT or convert time)
Location: WBG Headquarters, Atrium & Online

  Join the conversation with @worldbanklive & #Food4All and follow @momofuku, @themadfeed, @chygovera, @Gastromotiva

People have different ideas about what the future of food will look like, but everyone can agree on what it should deliver: a food system that can feed everyone, every day, everywhere.

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SM15 Preview: The Power of Nutrition

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Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | 13:30 – 14:30 GMT or convert time)
Location: World Bank Headquarters, Preston Auditorium & Online

Follow the event on Twitter with #PowerOfNutrition

The Power of Nutrition is a new innovative financing facility dedicated to unlocking up to $1 billion of new private and public financing to improve child nutrition.

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SM15 Preview: Tax Evasion and Development Finance

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Date: Friday, April 17, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | 13:00 – 14:30 GMT or convert time)
Location: International Finance Corporation Headquarters, F Auditorium & Online  Follow the event with #TaxEvasion

As law enforcement agencies continue to crack-down on international tax evaders to promote transparency in the global financial system, a lot more needs to be done to ensure that financing for development efforts are not impacted.

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Spring Meetings 2015 – a preview

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The 2015 Spring Meetings (SM15) of the IMF and World Bank Annual meetingsGroup are upon us. This year, the meetings will take place from April 17-19. Although many events and (bilateral) meetings are behind closed doors, some are open to the public and/or will be broadcasted online.

Over the next few days we will be putting the spotlight on a number of events that could be of interest to your organization – either because they discuss the environment you operate in, the direction of the World Bank in the coming years, or because they discuss specific projects and investments. So make sure you check in regularly to see how the Spring Meetings affect your business!

World Bank President Outlines Strategy to End Poverty, Welcomes New Development Partners

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Article was published on April 7th, 2015 on the World Bank website.

To view the webcast of the speech which is referenced by the article given by Dr. Jim Kim please click here

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2015— World Bank Group

President Jijyk-curtain-sm2015-large_0m Yong Kim today announced a broad strategy to end extreme poverty by 2030, and he welcomed emerging players such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank, established by the BRICS countries, as potentially strong allies in the economic development of poor countries and emerging markets.

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Development of National Disaster Risk Profiles for Sub-Saharan Africa: Volcanic Risk Modelling

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See full tender here: # 1178995 Development of National Disaster Risk Profiles for SubSaharan Africa Volcanic Risk

Expression of Interest Deadline:  30-Apr-2015 at 11:59:59 PM (EST)

eConsultant2 website: https://wbgeconsult2.worldbank.org

Tender notification: # 1178995

Assignment Countries:

• ET – Ethiopia
• KE – Kenya
• UG – Uganda

Steward Redqueen / NABC Event: Managing and measuring impact; the private sector in Africa

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Information retrieved from the Steward Redqueen website.

Steward Redqueen invites you for the Africa Business Club.The event will take place on Thursday 23 April 2015 in Amsterdam.

The theme of the event is ‘Managing and measuring impact; the private sector in Africa’. In recent years we have seen a positive trend emerge of companies increasingly measuring their societal impact in Africa. On the one hand this helps companies obtain, maintain and strengthening their license to operate on the other hand these impact assessments help identify new business opportunities.

Two of our business partners will talk about this. First Jacco Knotnerus (FMO) will share FMO’s experience with managing and measuring impact of its investments. Subsequently Suzanne Vlakveld (Dadtco) will talk about Dadtco’s impact in their value chain.

The programme will start around 16:00, will take place at the KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen) and we’ll finish around 17:30 with drinks.

If you are a member of the NABC you can subscribe here, if you’re not a member and want to subscribe please send an email to info@stewardredqueen.com.