News & Events
23/11/2011 - In the coming year, pilot countries of the Climate Investment Fund’s (CIF) “Forest Investment Program” (FIP), including Burkina Faso, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo, can expect to see additional support for their REDD+ activities in the form of a Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. The proposed design of the mechanism was approved by the FIP Trust Fund Committee at the CIF Governing Bodies Meetings from 31 October to 4 November 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Categories: Ghana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
13/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) today in Tunis approved a loan of USD 70 million (UA 44 million) and a grant of USD 41.3 million (UA 26 million) to finance The Poverty Reduction and Business Environment Support Programme (PRBESP) in Ghana.
Categories: Ghana, Poverty Reduction
30/03/2011 - Ghana’s President John Atta-Mills on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Accra, cut the sod for the beginning of the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project. The project, which was approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board in 2009, involves constructing the 15 km road north-west of Accra. The civil works include secondary roads, and key community-upgrading infrastructure such as drainage, markets, water supply, schools, health centers and lorry parks.
Categories: Ghana, Infrastructure
13/01/2011 - The African Water Facility (AWF), in line with its mandate to Improve Water Governance and Service Delivery as well as innovation-promoting investments, has launched two projects, both co-financed through grants to the Water Resources Commission of Ghana.
Categories: Ghana, African Water Facility
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
29/09/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 18 million loan to GCC Resorts Limited Company for the construction of Kempinski Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The project, approved on 29 September 2010 in Tunis, includes the construction and operation of a 267-room 5-star hotel in Accra, which will deliver a world-class accommodation and congress facilities that are required to host the increasing volume of business, cultural and governmental activities.
Categories: Ghana, Private Sector Development
02/07/2010 - The grant will finance a project which will introduce a market and end-user oriented planning approach that simultaneously closes the water and nutrient loops called “Design for Reuse” in order to effectively capture the economic value of wastewater and faecal sludge nutrients to help finance, operate and maintain treatment facilities.
Categories: Ghana, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
20/05/2010 - The celebration of the final splice of the Main One submarine cable, a project financed in part by the African Development Bank (AfDB) through its private sector window, was held on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 at the Tema Port in Ghana. This landing marks the successful completion of phase one of this project.
Categories: Ghana, Nigeria, Private Sector Development, Information & Communication Technology
18/05/2010 - Since the Bank Group commenced operations in Ghana in 1973, it has invested over USD 1.6 billion on concessionary terms in all sectors of the country’s economy. In the transport sector, the Bank has financed four road studies, eight road projects, one railway project, and one Multinational road project (UEMOA-Ghana Road Program I) for a total amount close to USD 400 million.
19/03/2010 - Dans cette interview, Mamadou Lamine N’Dongo, économiste au département Assurance qualité et contrôle de qualité, BAD, explique comment le portefeuille du Groupe de la Banque est caractérisé par des retards importants, tant au niveau de la réalisation du premier décaissement des prêts et dons qu’au niveau de l’exécution des opérations sur le terrain. Aux termes de trois jours de travaux, qui ont mobilisé des chargés d’opérations de cinq pays pilotes, sur la mise en œuvre des projets axée sur les résultats rapides, «nous sommes parvenus à des résultats vitaux dans l’accomplissement de la missionde la Banque », estime-t-il.
