Press Releases

21/12/2010 - In line with its strategy to boost energy infrastructure to accelerate Africa’s development, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved over USD 1 billion in energy projects across the continent during the last few weeks of 2010.

Categories: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Energy & Power

10/12/2010 - Malédiction pour certains, bénédiction pour les autres, la découverte de gisements d’hydrocarbures (gaz, pétrole) ne manque jamais de soulever la controverse. Si la perspective de revenus gigantesques peut sembler enivrante, elle pose aussi l’enjeu de la bonne gestion de cette recette stratégique, un élément crucial du fait que certains pays, même dotés d’abondantes ressources hydrocarbures, n’ont pas encore emprunté, loin s’en faut, la route du développement durable.

Categories: Energy & Power

03/11/2010 - Energy sector specialists and African decision-makers are participating in the 1-5 November event jointly organized by the African Union, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and hosted by the Mozambican government.

Categories: Mozambique, Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Environment

09/07/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Tunisia State oil corporation, the Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP), signed on Thursday, 8 July 2010 in Tunis, a USD 150-million corporate loan agreement, to support its 2009-2010 investment plan including financing the country’s Hasdrubal oil & gas field development project.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power

16/06/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a supplementary loan of UA 22.05 million* (USD 32.5 million) to Kenya under the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the Group. The additional loan will finance the Kenya-Uganda transmission line and sub-station reinforcement within Kenya. The Kenya-Uganda transmission line is part of the Nile Equatorial Lakes (NEL) Countries Electric Grids Interconnection Project.

Categories: Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Energy & Power

20/05/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a senior loan of EUR 15 million to Cabeólica wind power project in Cape Verde.

Categories: Cape Verde, Energy & Power

20/05/2010 - The African Development bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors met on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis and approved over USD 313 for five operations. Under the approvals Liberia will received USD 39.40 million comprising an ADF grant and a Fragile States Facility (FSF) grant: to finance the country’s urban water supply and sanitation project. The provision of water supply and sanitation on a sustainable basis to rural and urban dwellers in Liberia constitutes a priority development objective for the government, which significantly contributes to the fight against poverty and disease.

Categories: Liberia, Burundi, South Africa, Cape Verde, Economic & Financial Governance, Fragile States Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation, Energy & Power, Agriculture & Agro-industries

17/05/2010 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a participé, le mercredi 12 mai 2010, à l’inauguration par Sa Majesté le Roi Mohamed VI de la centrale thermo-solaire de Ain Beni Mathar, située à 86 km au sud de la ville de Oujda dans l’Est du Maroc.

Categories: Morocco, Energy & Power

29/04/2010 - Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé le 28 avril 2010 à Tunis un prêt senior équivalant à 26 millions d'euros pour financer un projet d'énergie Dibamba, au Cameroun. Ce prêt est réalisé au titre des opérations du guichet du secteur privé de la Banque.

Categories: Cameroon, Energy & Power