News & Events
07/03/2012 - The African Development Bank‘s (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation and maintenance of the 1.9 km-long Henri Konan Bédié Toll Bridge to be built over the Ébrié lagoon in Abidjan, in what will be the Bank’s first private sector operation in the country in more than a decade. Today’s Board approval marks AfDB’s strong commitment to lead and actively contribute to Côte d’Ivoire’s reconstruction efforts following the decade-long political conflict that adversely affected the country’s essential infrastructure.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
02/03/2012 - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an equity investment of USD 50 million into the Carlyle Sub Saharan Africa Fund on 22February. This fund is the first investment vehicle that the US-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group has raised to pursue its geographical expansion into sub-Saharan Africa.
Categories: Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Private Sector Development
02/03/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a grant of approximately €25 million (CFA 16.4 billion) to Côte d’Ivoire to finance an agricultural infrastructure support project in the Indénié-Djuablin region.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Water Supply & Sanitation
04/01/2012 - The Migration and Development Fund’s oversight committee recently approved a series of grants amounting to € 1.4 million to six remittances funded local development projects across the African continent.
Categories: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Migration and Development Initiative
29/11/2011 - Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), concluded an official two-day visit to Côte d’Ivoire today. The AfDB chief executive and Daniel Kablan Duncan, Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, signed a revised Headquarters Agreement of the AfDB in Abidjan.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, President's Corner
23/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 16 November a €5 million equity investment in a private equity fund which will invest in key sectors with regional expansion potential in French-speaking West Africa.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
25/09/2011 - The World Bank and the African Development Bank co-chaired a roundtable today where they reaffirmed their commitment with other international partners to support Côte d’Ivoire’s post-crisis reconstruction and reconciliation program. The roundtable, held on the sidelines of the 2011 World Bank/International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, was aimed at bringing together key development partners and representatives of Côte d’Ivoire to follow up on the first roundtable that took place in April during the 2011 Spring Meetings.
Categories: United States of America, Côte d’Ivoire, President's Corner
10/06/2011 - «J’invite la communauté internationale, ainsi que les amis de la Côte d’Ivoire à soutenir le processus de réconciliation nationale », a déclaré le président Donald Kaberuka à Lisbonne.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire
09/06/2011 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), which pledged US$ 500 million in budget support for Tunisia in May 2011, is in discussions with Egypt for similar support, and is also willing to assist Libya “when the time comes”, the president of the AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, said on 9 June 2011 in a speech at the opening ceremony of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal. However, he also called for more European help for North Africa.
Categories: Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, President's Corner
04/06/2011 - Côte d’Ivoire has received significant financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The country will benefit from a 77 billion CFA program (equivalent to 150 million dollars—from Africa’s premier development institution, allowing it to better restore basic social and administrative services.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire
