News & Events

20/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted, on December 19th 2012, a loan in the amount of USD 3 million to Comoros to support the energy sector reforms, particularly, the electricity sub-sector and financial governance.

Categories: Comoros, Energy & Power, Infrastructure, Economic & Financial Governance

19/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Group has approved US $125 million in funding for the first phase of a drought resilience project and provision of long-lasting means of subsistence to populations in the Horn of Africa.

Categories: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Transport, Infrastructure

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

10/12/2012 - Le Ministre d’Etat au Plan et à l’Economie, Abdou Karim Meckassoua et le Représentant Résident de la BAD en Centrafrique, Modibo Sangare, ont signé un accord de prêt et deux protocoles de don du premier sous-programme en eau potable et assainissement d’une valeur de 12 milliards de FCFA, en présence du Ministre de l’Hydraulique et de l’Energie, Léopold Mboli-Fatran, représentant le secteur bénéficiaire.

Categories: Central African Republic, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure

10/12/2012 - An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya’s Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit from a €690,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) signed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, December 7, after being approved on July 6, 2012.

Categories: Kenya, Environment, African Water Facility, Climate Change, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure

10/12/2012 - Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), representing the G8, the African Development Bank, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Development Bank of South Africa, and the European Union, met in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 29, 2012 to discuss the progress made by the Consortium and decide on future directions on moving forward the regional infrastructure development on the continent.

Categories: Mozambique, Infrastructure

06/12/2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution’s Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group’s Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Transition Fund.

Categories: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Information & Communication Technology, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport, Infrastructure

05/12/2012 - Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project was recently launched during two separate ceremonies held on November 25 in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and on November 29 in El Fasher, North Darfur State capital.

Categories: Sudan, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Infrastructure

22/11/2012 - Le Fonds africain de développement, le guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a approuvé, aujourd’hui, un prêt d’environ 73 millions USD destiné à développer la région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun par l’amélioration de la route qui relie Kumba à Mamfé.

Categories: Cameroon, Transport, Infrastructure