News & Events
20/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the second call for proposals under the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). This second call for proposals, open from 15 April to 31 May 2012, is targeting project sponsors in Central Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Categories: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Madagascar, Burundi, São Tomé & Príncipe, Angola, Comoros, Mauritius, Migration and Development Initiative
14/03/2012 - Le séminaire régional de la Facilité africaine de soutien juridique (FASJ) et de l’Union panafricaine des avocats (PALU), organisé sur les négociations et autres transactions commerciales complexes, à Yaoundé, du 12 au 14 mars 2012, a été un franc succès, selon les avocats et comme en témoignent leurs réactions.
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
14/03/2012 - A group of more than 70 lawyers from west and central African lawyers attended a briefing on the working of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 13 March 2012. The event involved the AfDB’s African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU).
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
13/03/2012 - Un des thèmes qui ont capté l’attention des représentants des médias et de plus de 70 avocats et juristes africains, le mardi à Yaoundé, c’est «La clause de stabilisation dans les contrats d’investissements pétroliers», présentée par Aboubacar Fall, consultant au département juridique de la BAD.
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
13/03/2012 - As lawyers from central and west Africa meet in Cameroon this week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions, the African Legal Services Facility Director, Stephen Karangizi shares his perspectives on the functioning of the Facility, and its impact on African countries ten years after its creation was proposed. He also touched upon the ALSF’s partnership with the Pan African Lawyers Union. “One major impact of our actions is that we have contributed to raising awareness on the need for African countries to negotiate better contracts.” Read the interview.
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
12/03/2012 - Le séminaire régional de la Facilité africaine de soutien juridique (FASJ) et de l’Union panafricaine des avocats (PALU), s’est ouvert le 12 mars 2012 à Yaoundé, au Cameroun, sous la présidence de Me Akere Muna, président de l’Union panafricaine des avocats.
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 12/03/2012
- To: 14/03/2012
- Location: Yaounde, cameroon
Lawyers from central and west Africa are to meet in Cameroon next week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions.
Categories: Cameroon, African Legal Support Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
23/12/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), and other development finance institutions including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the Development Bank of Central Africa (BDEAC), Proparco, and a syndication of local banks led by Standard Chartered Bank signed on 22 December a loan agreement to provide a EUR 198 million to the Kribi Power Development Company (KPDC). KPDC is a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American global power company which provides affordable, sustainable energy to 27 countries worldwide, in partnership with the Government of Cameroon, which owns 44% of KPDC.
Categories: Cameroon, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power
23/11/2011 - At its 41st Council Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on 9 and10 November 2011, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved a grant of USD 20.5 million for the Lake Chad Basin Regional Program for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Efficiency.
Categories: Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Climate Change, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Energy & Power, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
11/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group today approved a USD 71.1- million loan from African Development Fund’s resources to finance the Lom-Pangar Hydroelectric project in Cameroon. The project estimated to cost USD 419.2 million is jointly financed by five donors including the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Development Bank of Central African States and the French Development Agency.
Categories: Cameroon, Energy & Power
