Loans & Grants
22/07/2009 - Gabon’s efforts to enhance technical skills in potential growth sectors received the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis, where the institution’s Board of Directors approved a loan of CFAF 71.5 billion, equivalent to 99.30 million Units of Account (US$154 million) to finance a Public Services Higher Education and Vocational Training Support Project.
Categories: Gabon, Education, Human and Social Development
24/06/2009 - The African Development Fund (ADF) the concessionary window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis, approved a grant of 15.5 million (10 million Units of Account (UA*) to finance a Job Creation Programme Support Project in Burundi.
Categories: Burundi, Human and Social Development
17/06/2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday in Tunis approved an investment of Euro 10 million in the Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA).
Categories: Private Sector Development, Health, Human and Social Development
12/05/2009 - The AfDB and Morocco on Friday, May 8, 2009, in Rabat, signed two loan agreements, one guarantee agreement and one grant agreement for three different operations in education, transport and water management sectors. The agreements are worth €317 million, €75 million of which is for the National Education Emergency Programme, € 240 million to finance the Third Airport Project and € 1.892 million grant resources from the African Water Facility to finance the Haouz Water Table Artificial Rehabilitation Pilot Project from the Ghmat water table.
Categories: Morocco, Education, Transport, Water Supply & Sanitation, Human and Social Development
31/03/2009 - The AfDB Group will support Morocco’s efforts to revamp its education system with a €75 Million loan approved by the institution’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, 31 March 2009, in Tunis.
Categories: Morocco, Education, Human and Social Development
18/03/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has re-affirmed its support to the development of science and technology education in Africa with the approval of a grant of 12 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 17.60, million to finance a Network of African Institutions of Science and Technology Project in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Categories: Education, Human and Social Development
13/03/2009 - The Bank Group and Rwanda on March 7, 2009, in Kigali, signed protocol agreements for two grants amounting to US$ 17.2 million to support the second phase of a Science and Technology for Skills Development and Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Projects in the country.
Categories: Rwanda, Education, Human and Social Development
04/03/2009 - Guinea-Bissau’s Economy and Plan Minister, Héléna Maria José Nosolini Embalo; the WHO Resident Representative in Bissau, Allarangar Yokouide; and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Regional Resident Representative in Senegal, Mohamed H’Midouche; on Friday, February 27, 2009, in Bissau, signed a letter of agreement for the implementation of a US$ 500,000 emergency aid grant in support of efforts at checking a cholera epidemic
Categories: Guinea-Bissau, Health, Human and Social Development
23/02/2009 - The Bank Group and Kenya on February 18, 2009, signed two loan agreements worth UA 42 Million for the Community Empowerment and Institutional Support Project (CEISP) and the Technical, Industrial, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TIVET) Programme.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development
19/02/2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a USD 30 Million Line of Credit and a USD 7.5 Million equity investment to Shelter-Afrique. The LOC will be used for on-lending to private real estate developers and housing finance companies to finance housing projects and related infrastructure services.
Categories: Kenya, Infrastructure, Human and Social Development
