News & Events
18/12/2012 - Le Directeur du Nepad, de l’Intégration régionale et du Commerce à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Alex Rugamba et le Ministre d’Etat centrafricain au Plan et à l’Economie, Abdou Karim Mékassoua, ont signé, le 17 décembre à Tunis, un protocole d’accord relatif à la première phase du projet d’interconnexion des réseaux électriques de la République centrafricaine et de la République démocratique du Congo à partir du système hydroélectrique de Boali.
Categories: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Energy & Power, Infrastructure
06/12/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the Government of Kenya amounting to millions of dollars to finance a major regional hydroelectric power project and the enhancement of the country’s higher education system.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Energy & Power
23/11/2012 - The Board of Directors approved, on 26 September 2012, the revised Bank Group Energy Sector Policy. This policy supersedes the 1994 Bank Group Energy Sector Policy and the 1985 Framework for Public Utility Tariff Policy previously applied to Electric Power, Telecommunications, Water Supply and Sanitation operations. It is the product of broad based and transparent consultations internally within the Bank Group and externally with key stakeholders including the regional member countries (RMCs), regional economic communities (RECs), the private sector, development partners and the civil society.
Categories: Energy & Power
22/11/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et l'Agence marocaine de l'énergie solaire (MASEN) ont procédé, sous la présence effective du Roi Mohamed VI, le 19 novembre à Rabat, à la signature des accords de prêts et de garanties relatifs au projet de la première phase de la centrale solaire de Ouarzazate. Les accords sont d’un montant de 238,12 millions d’euros, soit un total de 2.7 milliards de dirhams. Ce financement est constitué de 168 millions d’euros provenant des ressources propres de la BAD et d’un prêt concessionnel de 100 millions de dollars du Fonds pour les technologies propres (FTP), dont la BAD est l’agence d’exécution.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment
- From: 12/11/2012
- To: 16/11/2012
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have co-organized the second “All Africa Energy Week (AAWE)” event to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 12-16, 2012.
Categories: Energy & Power, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
01/11/2012 - The installation of wind power stations represents “an original approach” for African countries seeking to ensure sustainable economic growth. This was the message behind a study released on Wednesday afternoon during the African Economic Conference, which is taking place in the Rwandan capital of Kigali.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Energy & Power
01/11/2012 - Countries have the sovereign responsibility and their citizens expect them to use their natural resources responsibly, Roger Nord, the Deputy Director, IMF Africa Department, said on Wednesday, October 31, at the ongoing African Economic Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
Categories: Rwanda, Energy & Power, Economic & Financial Governance, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
24/10/2012 - In September, the Governments of Liberia and Tanzania opened their doors to officials of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and its implementing partners, including the AfDB, to begin exploring development of investment plans under the CIF’s Program for Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries (SREP).
Categories: Liberia, Tanzania, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
24/10/2012 - African Development Bank (AfDB) staff joined the Government of Egypt and development partners, including other Climate Investment Funds (CIF) partner development banks, at Egypt’s Zafarana and Gulf of Suez wind farms to learn from the country’s experience in managing wind energy project impact on birds and bats.
Categories: Egypt, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power
18/10/2012 - The African Development Bank’s “CIF in Action” is a semi-annual report on the Bank’s activities in implementing the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Africa.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power, Environment
