Loans & Grants
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
30/05/2012 - Le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a bénéficié, ce mardi à Arusha, en Tanzanie, d’un don du Groupe de la BAD, équivalent à 12 millions d’euros, en financement du projet d’appui à la modernisation des finances publiques (PAM-FP).
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Economic & Financial Governance
11/11/2011 - Agriculture has been identified as a priority sector for economic growth and poverty reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To this effect, a grant for a Rural Infrastructure Development Support Project approved on 11 November 2011 in Tunis by the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, will enhance the government’s effort to improve food security and poverty reduction.
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Infrastructure, Poverty Reduction
08/04/2011 - Le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a conclu, lors de sa séance de ce jour, que la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a rempli les conditions et les exigences requises pour bénéficier d’un allègement irrévocable de sa dette dans le cadre de l’Initiative en faveur des pays pauvres très endettés (PPTE).
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo
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
09/11/2010 - The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) will provide a USD 500,000 grant to fund services of a reputable international law firm in connection with the dispute between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a renowned vulture fund, FG Hemisphere. The ALSF Acting Director, Mamoudou Deme, revealed his institution’s support to DRC, on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 in Tunis, following the grant’s approval by the ALSF Board on 8 November 2010.
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, African Legal Support Facility
21/10/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday 20 October 2010 in Tunis, a USD 15-million equity investment in Catalyst Fund, a 10-year multi-sector private equity based in Kenya primarily covering the East Africa Community (EAC) as well as DRC, Ethiopia and Zambia. The target market has a population of 280 million, with a USD 126 billion combined GDP.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Private Sector Development
28/09/2010 - Le conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de développement (FAD), guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la BAD, a approuvé, le lundi 27 septembre 2010, un don de 88,6 millions d’unités de compte*, soit l’équivalent de 137,43 millions de dollars américains à la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) pour financer le projet prioritaire de sécurité aérienne.
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Infrastructure
07/05/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors approved in Tunis on Wednesday, an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of UA 65 million (US$ 97.18 million) to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to finance the country’s Emergency Programme to Mitigate the Impacts of the International Financial Crisis (PUAICF).
Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Financial Crisis
06/05/2009 - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group held their regular sessions on Wednesday in Tunis, where they approved over US$ 235 million to finance operations in Sierra Leone, Kenya, DRC, and Rwanda.
Categories: Sierra Leone, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power, Financial Crisis
