Approvals
04/10/2012 - The Board of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, October 3, the Bank’s Framework for Enhanced Civil Society Organization (CSO) Engagement. This Framework is designed to better structure the AfDB’s broader and deeper engagement with CSOs both at the corporate, regional/country and project levels, through three dimensions: outreach, dialogue and partnership.
Categories: Tunisia, Civil Society, Human and Social Development
26/09/2012 - The African Development Bank approved on August 29, an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of €950,000 to support a project to help the Government of Zambia develop, test and adopt updated guidelines, which will be used as framework for programming as well as designing the financing, construction and operations of multi-purpose small dams. The dams are expected to directly improve the lives and livelihoods of an estimated 90,000 people, and indirectly benefit about a million people living in rural areas, thus enhancing water security in more vulnerable parts of the country.
Categories: Zambia, African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation, Climate Change, Environment
20/09/2012 - The Board of the African Development Fund approved on Thursday, September 20, US $348 million in funding for a US $1.26-billion electricity highway project between Kenya and Ethiopia.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Energy & Power
18/09/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 6 September 2012 a USD 7 million equity investment in the Pan African Housing Fund (PAHF), a private equity fund targeting the lower-middle and middle-middle class residential housing market in Africa. This contribution will allow PAHF to help grow the capacity of local developers to deliver housing development projects that address the severe shortage of housing and corresponding infrastructure required to keep pace with Africa’s fast-paced urbanization.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Infrastructure
14/09/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a octroyé, le 10 septembre 2012 à Tunis, au Sénégal, un prêt de 4,4 millions d’unités de comptes, soit environ 4,5 milliards de Francs CFA, en financement du Projet d’appui à la promotion du secteur privé dans le pays (PAPSP). Ce montant qui sera prélevé sur les ressources du guichet du Fonds africain de développement, et contribuera au développement du secteur privé sénégalais, et en particulier à l’épanouissement des PME-PMI.
Categories: Senegal, Private Sector Development
11/09/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le jeudi 6 septembre 2012 à Tunis, un prêt de 30 millions d’unités de comptes, soit environ 24 milliards de Francs CFA à la République du Bénin, en financement de l’appui aux réformes économiques et financières du pays.
Categories: Benin, Economic & Financial Governance
27/08/2012 - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), approved on August 17 its first grant of USD 825,000 to finance the concept phase of the Green Tech Financial Facility – a vehicle for investments in private-sector driven green technology projects – including market scoping and positioning studies, fund conceptualization and fund manager selection.
Categories: Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Climate Change, Environment
09/08/2012 - 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) approved by the AfDB on Friday, July 6.
Categories: Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Climate Change, Environment
24/07/2012 - The African Development Bank Group has made project approvals of approximately USD 3.45 billion, or Units of Account (UA) 2.27 billion, during the year 2012 so far.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Infrastructure, Environment
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved recently a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its capital base. This contribution will allow ATI to increase its provision of trade, credit and political risk insurance products that encourage foreign direct investment and trade in Africa.
Categories: Economic & Financial Governance
