News & Events
13/03/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Categories: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, Namibia, Ghana, South Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Economic & Financial Governance
19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries in their efforts to improve data quality and dissemination for better policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation. The program was launched in November 2012 as part of the Bank’s broader statistical capacity building program in Africa.
Categories: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
11/02/2013 - La Facilité africaine de l’eau (FAE) vient d’octroyer un don de 1.1 million d’euros au Gouvernement du Congo pour accroître l’accès à l’eau potable et l’assainissement à environ 100.000 personnes de cinq centres semi-urbains.
Categories: Congo, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
17/08/2012 - Poor infrastructure, high transport costs and the loss of technical capacity will hinder the Republic of Congo’s growth as well as efforts to achieve regional economic integration, according to a recent African Development Bank study, Infrastructure Development in Congo: Constraints and Medium-Term Priorities.
Categories: Congo, Infrastructure
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
09/12/2011 - Le conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé le 05 décembre 2011, un don de plus de 2,4 millions d’euros en faveur de la République du Congo pour financer un inventaire forestier au niveau national par le Fonds pour les forêts du Bassin du Congo.
Categories: Congo, Congo Basin Forest Fund
28/04/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved its 2011-2015 Regional Strategy for Central Africa. The strategy is designed to reduce poverty through infrastructure development as well as institutional and human capacity building.
Categories: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe, Angola, Burundi, Regional Integration
22/12/2010 - In line with the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2008-2012 Medium-Term Strategy which has transport as one of its core intervention areas in the Regional Member Countries, the institution’s Boards approved USD 806.1 million loans and grants to finance a number of national and multinational transport infrastructure and related project on the continent in the past two months
Categories: Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Infrastructure, Transport
06/11/2009 - The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) ended on Friday, November 6, 2009, in Bujumbura, Burundi. The closing ceremony was presided over by the Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, who is also the ICGLR’s current chairperson. Speaking during the conference, Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, reaffirmed his institution’s support to the Great Lakes region, recalling that the Bank Group was a co-organizer of the roundtable.
Categories: Burundi, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Regional Integration, Fragile States Facility
05/11/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has reaffirmed AfDB support to the Great Lakes Region and the region’s eleven countries at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) taking place in Bujumbura, Burundi, where the AfDB is attending as a member of the conference and a bilateral partner.
Categories: Burundi, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan, Zambia, Regional Integration, Fragile States Facility
