Approvals
05/04/2013 - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors on April 3, 2013 approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of USD $ 25.7 million and an ADF loan of USD 12.6 million for a Skills, Employability and Entrepreneurship Program (SEEP) in Rwanda.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development, Youth
14/03/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, March 13, a loan in the amount of US $144.89 million in support of the Uganda road sector.
Categories: Uganda, Infrastructure, Transport, Youth, Human and Social Development
12/02/2013 - The African Water Facility (AWF) offers a €1.2 million grant to the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to support a project aimed at increasing access to sustainable and affordable sanitation and hygiene services to over 800,000 urban slum-dwellers in Monrovia, Liberia.
Categories: Liberia, African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation, Human and Social Development
05/02/2013 - La BAD a alloué en janvier dernier à l’Union des Comores un don de 2 millions d’Unités de compte, soit environ 3 millions de dollars pour appuyer les réformes dans le secteur de l’énergie et de la gouvernance financière (PARSEGF).
Categories: Comoros, Human and Social Development, Economic & Financial Governance, Energy & Power
05/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on November 21, approved the Uganda Support to Higher Education, Science and Technology Project, a key Human Development operation that will contribute to the economic and social transformation of Uganda and the East African sub-region. In line with Uganda’s National Development Plan for 2011-2015, the project aims to turn the country into a regionally competitive industrial economy by 2025 by developing skills and investing in science and technology.
Categories: Uganda, Education, Human and Social Development
30/11/2012 - The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing labor market.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Youth, Human and Social Development
19/11/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a consenti le mercredi 14 novembre 2012 à Tunis, un prêt d’environ 17 milliards de FCFA à la République du Niger. Ce montant qui sera prélevé sur les ressources du Guichet FAD, contribuera au financement du Programme d’appui à la croissance inclusive et au renforcement de la sécurité alimentaire (PACIRSA).
Categories: Niger, Food Production, Health, Human and Social Development
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
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund (BPI SA). This contribution will allow BPI SA to increase access to finance and capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within various sectors in the southern Africa sub-region, thereby boosting income generation and job creation.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Youth, Human and Social Development
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a €7 million equity investment in the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs SME Fund (IPAE). This will allow IPAE to increase access to finance and capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small microfinance institutions (SMFIs) in western and central Africa, thereby boosting income generation and job creation in the region.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Human and Social Development, Youth
