Loans & Grants
31/01/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) will work together to enhance the capacity of customs administrations in Africa. The declaration was made yesterday evening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions, on the margins of the 18th African Union Summit.
Categories: Ethiopia, China, Regional Integration, Partnerships, President's Corner
11/11/2011 - Enhanced linkage of regional markets, support to regional research and training centers, capacity building, as well as regional transport infrastructure are among key provisions of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) newly approved strategy, which is designed to strengthen regional integration in West Africa.
Categories: Regional Integration, Economic & Financial Governance
15/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €60-million loan for the construction of a new container terminal at the Lome Port in Togo.
Categories: Togo, Regional Integration
08/04/2011 - In an effort to strengthen the quality of its direct on-the-ground support to regional member countries, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors today approved a roadmap for decentralization of its operations over the next five years. The exercise revolves around three key pillars: strengthening the Bank’s existing field offices, expanding its presence in fragile states, and consolidating regional capacity.
Categories: Fragile States Facility, Regional Integration, Country & Regional Programs & Policy, Board of Directors
06/04/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved the 2011-2012 Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa. Regional integration is one of the organisation’s priorities, , as reflected in its 2008-2011 Medium-Term Strategy, its Strategic and Operational Framework for Regional Operations and the its 2009-2012 Regional Integration Strategy.
Categories: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Transport, Information & Communication Technology, Regional Integration, Energy & Power
25/02/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed in Lusaka on Thursday, 24 February 2011, a protocol agreement for a USD 8.625-million grant to finance the COMESA Airspace Integration project. The agreement was signed by AfDB Zambia Field Office Resident Representative, Freddie Kwesiga and the COMESA Secretary-General, Sindiso Ngwenya, two days after COMESA signed an agreement with Rwanda to host the project management unit in Kigali.
Categories: Regional Integration
23/06/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved today, 23 June 2010, in Tunis, an equity investment of USD 50 million in the 8 Miles Fund which aims to invest equity and quasi equity in Greenfield and Brownfield projects in Africa.
Categories: Poverty Reduction, Regional Integration
23/04/2010 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement béninois ont signé, jeudi 22 avril 2010 à Tunis, un protocole d’accord de don (22,18 millions d’unités de compte-UC) et un accord de prêt (11,5 millions d’UC), d’un montant global de 33,68 millions d’UC (24,88 milliards de Francs CFA), pour le financement du projet de bitumage de la route Ndali-Nikki-Chicandou-Frontière du Nigeria dont le coût total s’élève à 36,85 millions d’UC (27,2 milliards de Francs CFA).
Categories: Benin, Transport, Regional Integration
25/09/2009 - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved today an important financial package worth USD 190 million to link up Congo and Cameroon. This funding from the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the AfDB Group, comprises a grant of 61.9 million Units of Account (USD 97 million) and a loan of UA 59.27 millions (USD 93 million).
Categories: Congo, Cameroon, Infrastructure, Regional Integration
24/06/2009 - As part of the strategy to boost infrastructure development and regional economic integration in Africa, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis, approved two loans amounting to US$ 181 million, (117.04 million Units of Account UA*) to Mozambique and Malawi to finance the construction of the first phase of the Nacala Road Corridor, which links the two countries and Zambia.
Categories: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Regional Integration, Transport
