Loans & Grants
21/12/2012 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le Maroc ont signé, le 19 décembre à Rabat, trois accords de prêt et de garantie ainsi qu’un accord de don pour un montant global de près de 7 milliards de dirhams, soit l’équivalent de 533 millions d’euros. Les cosignataires étaient la représentante résidente de la Banque, Mme Amani Abou-Zeid et le Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances du Maroc, M. Nizar Baraka. La cérémonie s’est déroulée en présence du Directeur général de l’Office national de l’électricité et de l’eau potable (ONEE), M. Ali Fassi Fihri.
Categories: Morocco, Infrastructure, Water Supply & Sanitation, Energy & Power
06/12/2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution’s Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group’s Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Transition Fund.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Information & Communication Technology, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport, Infrastructure
22/11/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et l'Agence marocaine de l'énergie solaire (MASEN) ont procédé, sous la présence effective du Roi Mohamed VI, le 19 novembre à Rabat, à la signature des accords de prêts et de garanties relatifs au projet de la première phase de la centrale solaire de Ouarzazate. Les accords sont d’un montant de 238,12 millions d’euros, soit un total de 2.7 milliards de dirhams. Ce financement est constitué de 168 millions d’euros provenant des ressources propres de la BAD et d’un prêt concessionnel de 100 millions de dollars du Fonds pour les technologies propres (FTP), dont la BAD est l’agence d’exécution.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment
07/11/2012 - Guinea will benefit from assistance estimated at US $639.2 million in end-December 1999 net present value terms, aimed at reducing the country’s external debt burden to sustainable levels following the country’s attainment of the completion point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) Initiative. By reaching the completion point, Guinea also benefits from additional debt cancellation under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).
Categories: Guinea, Morocco, Economic & Financial Governance, Water Supply & Sanitation
16/05/2012 - The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today in Tunis approved the equivalent of USD 436 million for the financing of Morocco’s power project, and two other investments in Africa. The first approval is an AfDB loan of Euro 168 million and USD 100 million Clean Technology Fund concessionary loan to finance the first phase of the Ouarzazate solar power station in Morocco.
Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
24/11/2011 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé à Tunis, le 23 novembre 2011, un prêt de 224 millions d’euros pour financer le programme d’appui au développement du secteur financier – phase II (PADESFI II) du Maroc.
Categories: Morocco, Economic & Financial Governance
13/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €20-million equity investment in the Maghreb Private Equity Fund III (MPEF III). This third-generation multi-sector private equity fund will target investments in Small and Medium Enterprises in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and, according to emerging investment opportunities, Egypt.
Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
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
24/12/2010 - With a €300-million loan aimed at increasing capacity on the Tangiers-Marrakesh railway line approved on 17 December 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its position as Morocco’s leading partner in the transport sector.
Categories: Morocco, Infrastructure, Transport
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
