Press Releases
10/12/2012 - Le bureau de la Banque africaine de développement en Centrafrique a organisé, le 4 décembre 2012, un atelier de restitution de l’Etude sur la Mobilisation des Ressources Publiques intérieures et système fiscal en présence de toutes les structures gouvernementales (administration publique et régies financières) et de partenaires Techniques et Financiers.
Categories: Central African Republic, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development
06/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on December 5, 2012, approved a US $ 24.7 million (UA 16.12 million) grant to finance the Zimbabwe Capacity Building for Public Finance and Economic Management Project.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Economic & Financial Governance
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
29/11/2012 - The African Development Bank, represented by Vice-President Ndoumbe Lobé and the Tunisian Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Riadh Bettaieb, signed a 387.6 million euro loan agreement for the financing of the Economic Recovery and Inclusive Development Support Program (PARDI) for Tunisia. The loan was approved by the AfDB Board of Directors at its October 28 meeting.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
23/11/2012 - On Tuesday 20th November 2012, the AfDB signed a US$ 0.26 million protocol agreement with Mamaoun Beheiry Centre for Economic and Social Studies and Research (MBC), a policy think-tank in Khartoum named after the first President of the Bank. The grant was approved by the Nigeria Technical Cooperation Fund (NTCF). The agreement was then signed by the Bank’s Resident Representative for Sudan, Mr. Abdul B. Kamara, and the Director of MBC, Dr. Sayed Ali Zaki, at a special ceremony presided over by His Excellency Ali Mahmound Abdelrasoul, Minister of Finance and National Economy.
Categories: Sudan, Economic & Financial Governance
19/11/2012 - The African Development Bank Group approved Wednesday a grant of 1.88 million UA (US $2.9 million) to the Republic of The Gambia to finance the Economic and Financial Governance Operation (EFIGO) – Phase 1. The funding supports the implementation of a multi-year reform program to fund The Gambia’s implementation of its development strategy Program for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE).
Categories: Gambia, Economic & Financial Governance
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
07/11/2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Bank Group approved debt relief for Guinea under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). The provision of debt relief assistance by the Bank Group is aimed at reducing the country’s external debt burden to sustainable levels and enhancing its capacity to direct more resources to development programs
Categories: Guinea, Economic & Financial Governance
03/11/2012 - Participants at the closing session of the seventh African Economic Conference, on November 2, 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda, urged African leaders to put in place bold economic reforms, aimed at sustaining growth and boosting human development.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance
30/10/2012 - Opening an unprecedented gathering of experts in Kigali, present and former African Heads of State urged business, community and political leaders to help turn the continent’s impressive growth into economic opportunities for ordinary citizens.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance
