Press Releases
20/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved two AFD financial support loans and grants amounting USD 76,5 million to the Ghana – Rural Enterprises Programme III (REPIII).
Categories: Ghana, Economic & Financial Governance
20/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved an ADF project in the amount of USD 10,744 million for the support project to the institutional capacity building of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
Categories: Economic & Financial Governance
20/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted, on December 19th 2012, a loan in the amount of USD 3 million to Comoros to support the energy sector reforms, particularly, the electricity sub-sector and financial governance.
Categories: Comoros, Energy & Power, Infrastructure, Economic & Financial Governance
19/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Group has approved US $125 million in funding for the first phase of a drought resilience project and provision of long-lasting means of subsistence to populations in the Horn of Africa.
Categories: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Transport, Infrastructure
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
12/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a seven-year multi-currency line of credit for an amount equivalent to USD 300 million to FirstRand Bank Limited (FRB) of South Africa to finance a wide range of projects in local currencies and across Africa.
Categories: South Africa, Private Sector Development
11/12/2012 - Representatives from governments, parliaments, CSOs, private sector; youth, and NGOs from the Central, West and North Africa are gathering on December 10-11, 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss top priorities to be included in the global development agenda beyond 2015, which will be debated at the UN General Assembly in September 2013.
Categories: Senegal, Human and Social Development, Youth, Education, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
10/12/2012 - Le bureau national de la BAD en Centrafrique a organisé, le 05 décembre 2012, en partenariat avec le département de la région centrale (ORCE)de la Banque et le Gouvernement, une session de dialogue autour du Document de Stratégie Pays 2013-2107 (DSP-2013-2017), élaboré courant Juillet 2012.
Categories: Central African Republic
10/12/2012 - Le Ministre d’Etat au Plan et à l’Economie, Abdou Karim Meckassoua et le Représentant Résident de la BAD en Centrafrique, Modibo Sangare, ont signé un accord de prêt et deux protocoles de don du premier sous-programme en eau potable et assainissement d’une valeur de 12 milliards de FCFA, en présence du Ministre de l’Hydraulique et de l’Energie, Léopold Mboli-Fatran, représentant le secteur bénéficiaire.
Categories: Central African Republic, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure
10/12/2012 - An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya’s Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit from a €690,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) signed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, December 7, after being approved on July 6, 2012.
Categories: Kenya, Environment, African Water Facility, Climate Change, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure
