News & Events

09/01/2009 - The protocol agreement on a grant to finance the livestock and horticulture development project which was approved by the African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors on the December 26, 2008, was signed on Friday in Banjul, The Gambia.

Categories: Gambia, Agriculture & Agro-industries

05/08/2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) on Monday, in Tunis, signed a grant agreement of 14 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 23 million, to finance the West African Monetary Zone Payment System Development project, which aims at creating a single currency in the sub-region by standardizing the payment systems in The Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Categories: Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Regional Integration

23/11/2007 - The Board of Directors of the ADF approved a grant of US$ 2.2 million, to the Gambia to finance the country’s Institutional Support Project for Economic and Financial Governance.

Categories: Gambia, Economic & Financial Governance

25/01/2006 - The ADF approved a loans and grants amounting to US$ 30 million to finance the sustainable management of endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa.

Categories: Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Poverty Reduction, Food Production

19/05/2005 - Abuja, 19 May 2005 – On the fringes of the ADB Group Annual Meetings 2005 in Nigeria, the Acting Vice President for the West and Central operations of the ADB Group, Mr. Jaouad Mohammed Gharbi and the Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mrs. Margaret A.A Keita, signed in Abuja the loan and grant agreements for the amount of 5 million Units of Account (UA*) (about US$ 7.5 million) and the amount of UA 500, 000 (About US$ 760, 000), respectively, to finance the Farmer Managed Rice Irrigation Project (ASREP).

Categories: Gambia, Agriculture & Agro-industries