News & Events

22/03/2011 - President Alpha Conde of Guinea made the African Development Bank the first port of call in his international engagements since being sworn in as Guinea's democratically elected president three months ago. AfDB President Donald Kaberuka received the Guinean Head of State at the Bank's Temporary Relocation Agency in Tunis on Monday, 21 March.

Categories: Guinea, Infrastructure, President's Corner

18/03/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Government of Morocco, today signed six loan and grant agreements amounting to €303 million (3.4 billion dirham). Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar and AfDB Regional Director, Nono Matondo Fundani co-chaired the signing ceremony in Rabat.

Categories: Morocco, Infrastructure

10/03/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 9 March 2011 in Tunis, a UA 21.8-million (USD 34.3 million) loan to Nigeria to finance capacity building for Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure sectors, particularly in power and transport.

Categories: Nigeria, Infrastructure

07/03/2011 - In January 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) accepted the Government of Zimbabwe’s request that it deepen and broaden its analytical knowledge base in Zimbabwe. That knowledge base had been depleted during the decade-long economic and political crisis in the country. The report, “Infrastructure and Growth in Zimbabwe: An Action Plan for Strengthened Recovery,” was released today, 7 March 2011, at an international investors’ conference in Harare.

Categories: Zimbabwe, Infrastructure, President's Corner

24/02/2011 - «La BAD est le partenaire privilégié dans l’appui de nos réformes économiques et dans la réalisation des principales infrastructures économiques du Burundi ». Mme Clotilde Nizigama, ministre des finances du Burundi et gouverneur de la BAD, a fait cette déclaration, le 23 février 2011 à Tunis, lors de la cérémonie de signature d’un protocole d’accord de don de 24,1 millions d’unités de compte, soit environ 40 milliards de Francs burundais avec la BAD.

Categories: Burundi, Infrastructure, Poverty Reduction

03/02/2011 - Le conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de développement (FAD), guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), a approuvé le 1er février 2011 un prêt d’un montant de 14,73 millions de dollars américains au gouvernement de la République du Tchad. Cette décision s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un prêt supplémentaire pour le financement du Projet de Gestion et de valorisation des Ressources Naturelles en zone soudanienne (PGRN).

Categories: Chad, Environment, Infrastructure

01/02/2011 - Heads of State of the African Union Assembly, who met from 30-31 January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, endorsed key priority projects identified by the NEPAD High-Level Sub-Committee on Infrastructure.

Categories: Ethiopia, Infrastructure, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)

31/01/2011 - A major multi-stakeholder initiative is paving the way to improved infrastructure in Africa. Officially launched on 24 July 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, on the sidelines of the 16th African Union heads of state and government summit, the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) has entered the preparation phase.

Categories: Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), Infrastructure

12/01/2011 - In 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group operations approvals by sector continued to reflect the institution’s 2008-2012 Medium-Term strategy, which set infrastructure sector as its operational focus, along with governance, private sector, higher education and technology. In 2010, the AfDB's investments in the infrastructure sector should account for two thirds of its total operations.

Categories: Infrastructure, Climate Change