Press Releases

20/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on 18 July 2012 in Tunis, a senior loan of €57.5 million to the Coder Hydropower Project for the design, construction and operation of two run-of-river hydro projects in Ngounie Province and North Gabon. The project consists of two run-of-river hydroelectric power plants, a 70 MW plant in the Ngounie Province and a 52MW plant in north Gabon.

Categories: Gabon, Energy & Power

20/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the second call for proposals under the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). This second call for proposals, open from 15 April to 31 May 2012, is targeting project sponsors in Central Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Categories: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Madagascar, Burundi, São Tomé & Príncipe, Angola, Comoros, Mauritius, Migration and Development Initiative

13/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has embarked on a consultation exercise across Africa on its proposed Integrated Safeguards System (ISS). It is conferring with governments and representatives of civil society and the private sector.

Categories: Kenya, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, Morocco, Private Sector Development, Civil Society, Environment

28/09/2011 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a, ce jour, à Tunis approuvé un prêt de 230 millions d’Unités de Compte (MUC) soit 370,3 millions de dollars EU, pour financer la deuxième phase du Programme Routier(PR2) au Gabon.

Categories: Gabon, Transport

28/04/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved its 2011-2015 Regional Strategy for Central Africa. The strategy is designed to reduce poverty through infrastructure development as well as institutional and human capacity building.

Categories: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé & Príncipe, Angola, Burundi, Regional Integration

12/04/2006 - The President of the AfDB Mr. Kaberuka Calls for Innovative Support to Middle Income Countries. The President has also lauded recovery efforts made by Gabon in the past two years.

Categories: Gabon

10/02/2006 - The state of ADB portfolio was at the centre of discussions the ADB Resident Representative in Gabon had with the new Prime Minister of Gabon.

Categories: Gabon