News & Events
11/02/2010 - The Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) is a component of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance Initiative (EPSA), a billion-dollar joint initiative of Japan and the AfDB to promote private sector development in Africa. The FAPA trust fund provides untied grants for studies, technical assistance and capacity building for private sector projects and African institutions.
Categories: Japan, Egypt, Central African Republic, Private Sector Development, Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa: EPSA Initiative, African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI)
14/01/2010 - Meeting in a regular session on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, in Tunis, the Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a loan of USD 70 million and a grant of UA 600,000 to finance projects in Egypt’s agricultural sector, as well as a UA 23.31 million African Development Fund (ADF) grant to Togo, equivalent to USD 36,6 million.
Categories: Togo, Egypt, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
11/11/2009 - The African Development Bank signed today a loan agreement at the Ministry of International Cooperation, with Minister Fayza Aboul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation. The Regional Director, Mr. Jacob Kolster signed on behalf of the Bank, and the Bank’s Resident Representative in Egypt, Mr K. C. Khushiram, was also present.
Categories: Egypt, Water Supply & Sanitation
- From: 27/10/2009
- To: 29/10/2009
- Location: Cairo, Egypt
The First Pan-African Forum on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) in response to the financial and economic crisis – jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) under the patronage of the First Lady of Egypt, Her Excellency, Madam Suzanne Mubarak, – will be held from 27-29 October 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.
Categories: Egypt, African Women in Business Initiative, Financial Crisis, Private Sector Development
07/10/2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 in Tunis, a loan of Euro 53.33 million, equivalent to 48.56 million Units of Account (UA) to finance the Gabal El Asfar Waste-water Treatment Plant (GAWWTP) Project in Cairo, Egypt.
Categories: Egypt, Water Supply & Sanitation
28/05/2009 - Mandla Gantsho, Vice President in charge of Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration and H.E. Ahmed Ismail, Ambassador of Arabic Republic of Egypt in Tunisia, signed today a loan agreement for up to USD 40 million to finance the Franchising Sector Support Program in Egypt.
Categories: Egypt, Private Sector Development
16/03/2009 - Tunis, 15 March 2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group affirmed its support to a major power project in Egypt on Sunday, 15 March 2009 in Cairo, with the signing of a US$ 450 million loan agreement for the construction of a 1300 MW (2x650 MW) steam turbine power plant near Ain Sokhna seaport on the Gulf of Suez.
Categories: Egypt, Energy & Power
26/02/2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$ 40-million loan to finance a Franchising Sector Support Program (FSSP) in Egypt. The Program seeks to promote franchising in Egypt as an effective business strategy for private sector development and SME growth.
Categories: Egypt, Private Sector Development, Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa: EPSA Initiative
18/12/2008 - The AfDB Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU) co-organized a civil society seminar with the Egypt Field Office and Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development (BLACD), a community-based organization based in the province of Minia in Egypt, on December 17-18, 2008 in Cairo.
Categories: Egypt
02/07/2008 - "This report is designed for Africans. We have to do all in our power to help African countries reach the MDGs," Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, said during the presentation of a UN steering committee for Africa report on MDGs.
Categories: Egypt, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
