News & Events
23/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 16 November a €5 million equity investment in a private equity fund which will invest in key sectors with regional expansion potential in French-speaking West Africa.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
23/11/2011 - At its 41st Council Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on 9 and10 November 2011, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved a grant of USD 20.5 million for the Lake Chad Basin Regional Program for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Efficiency.
Categories: Central African Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Climate Change, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Energy & Power, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
22/09/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 20 September 2011 in Tunis approved loans and grants amounting to 160 million Units of Account* (USD 257.6 million) to finance public sector growth support as well as water and sanitation projects in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Niger.
Categories: Niger, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Water Supply & Sanitation, Human and Social Development
16/03/2011 - A delegation comprising three Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will undertake a consultation mission to Niger from 17-21 March 2011, as part of the Bank’s Executive Directors’ study tours to Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
Categories: Niger, Board of Directors
22/12/2010 - Le Groupe de la Banque Africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement du Niger ont signé le mercredi 22 décembre 2010 à Tunis, des protocoles d’accords de dons et de prêts. Les accords de don du Fonds africain de développement (FAD), de 4,03 millions d'unités de compte*, et de prêt de 23,97 millions d’unités de compte, sont destinés au financement du programme d’appui à la stratégie de développement accéléré et de réduction de la pauvreté (PASDRP-1) au Niger. Ceux concernant le don du FAD, soit 17,63 millions d'unités de compte, et de prêt, soit 7,87 millions d’unités de compte, sont destinés au financement du projet d’appui au développement de la formation et de l’enseignement professionnels et techniques pour le pays (PADFPT).
20/12/2010 - Le Conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de Développement (FAD), du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a accordé lundi 6 décembre 2010 à Tunis, un prêt de plus de 28 millions d’euros et un don de plus de 4,5 millions d’euros au Niger, pour financer le Programme d’appui à la stratégie de développement accéléré et de réduction de la pauvreté du Niger (PASDRP I).
Categories: Niger, Poverty Reduction
20/12/2010 - Le Conseil d’Administration du Groupe de la Banque Africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le mercredi 15 décembre 2010, l’octroi de prêt et de don pour plus de 39 millions de dollars. Le prêt porte sur 12 millions de dollars et le don est d’un montant de 27 Millions de dollars.
19/11/2010 - Niger is just one of the first three developing countries worldwide chosen to operationalize the CIF’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR). With a grant of USD 50 million and another USD 60 million in concessional funding, Niger plans to improve climate resilience and food security, with special focus on gender and the most vulnerable groups.
Categories: Niger, Climate Change, Environment, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
19/11/2010 - Nigeria and Niger are among the latest developing nations to gain financing support from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to advance their nations’ clean energy and climate resilience initiatives. Nigeria’s USD 250 million investment plan to develop renewable energy under the CIF’s Clean Technology Fund (CTF) was endorsed, and Niger was awarded USD 110 million in grants and highly concessional loans to improve climate resilience and food security under the CIF’s Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR).
Categories: Nigeria, Niger, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
04/11/2010 - The Global Agriculture and Food Security Fund (GAFSP) Steering Committee approved on, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 in Washington D.C., a USD 97-million grant allocations to three countries. The selected countries are: Ethiopia (USD 51.5 million), Niger (USD 33 million) and Mongolia (USD 12.5 million). For Niger, the implementation will be done by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and for Ethiopia, by the AfDB and World Bank.
Categories: Ethiopia, Niger, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, Sector Operations
