Press Releases
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
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
06/12/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the Government of Kenya amounting to millions of dollars to finance a major regional hydroelectric power project and the enhancement of the country’s higher education system.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Energy & Power
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
30/11/2012 - The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing labor market.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Youth, Human and Social Development
09/11/2012 - The Presidents of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, have launched today “the most ambitious infrastructure project in Kenya’s history”: the Nairobi–Thika superhighway. This eight-lane ultra-modern superhighway stretching from the city of Nairobi all the way to the outskirts of Thika town some 50 kilometres away will deeply change the lives of millions of people.
Categories: Kenya, Transport, Infrastructure
09/11/2012 - The 50-km Nairobi–Thika superhighway, described by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki as a source of “national pride” during its launch on November 9, covers an area that lies within the Nairobi Metropolitan and Central Province, including large sections of the City and Thika district. The road traverses Kasarani, Githurai, Ruiru, Juja and ends at Thika River Bridge in Thika district. The total population living along the road is approximately 1 million.
Categories: Kenya, Transport, Infrastructure
08/10/2012 - Partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative convened in Nairobi on October 4 and 5, as a follow-up to the recent Tunis Ministerial Conference for African Health and Finance Ministers. Regional Directors, senior representatives and a multidisciplinary group of technical experts from the HHA partner agencies used the opportunity to discuss how to further strengthen their support to countries in providing quality and affordable healthcare to African populations, particularly the under-served.
Categories: Kenya, Health, Human and Social Development
20/09/2012 - The Board of the African Development Fund approved on Thursday, September 20, US $348 million in funding for a US $1.26-billion electricity highway project between Kenya and Ethiopia.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Energy & Power
17/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) have launched the Menengai geothermal project, designed to produce electricity for 500,000 households and displace two million tons of CO2 per annum.
Categories: Kenya, Energy & Power
