Press Releases

25/05/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has published an annual report for North Africa which highlights the importance of inclusive growth following recent changes in the region. Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria are among the highest beneficiaries of AfDB operations.

Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

11/05/2011 - The Report, titled, “The BRICs in North Africa: Changing the Name of the Game?” says the group, which comprised Brazil, Russia, India and China during the time covered by the report (South Africa joined in 2011) is drawn to the region due to a growing need for raw materials and minerals; an amenable investment and regulatory climate; its relatively large population and overall GDP; low production and labour costs, and geographical proximity to European and Middle East markets.

Categories: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Brazil, India, China, Regional Integration

24/03/2011 - The inaugural Africa Sovereign Funds Roundtable held on 15 and 16 March 2011 in Casablanca, Morocco, was organized by Institutional Investor’s Sovereign Investor Institute in association with the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Categories: Morocco, Private Sector Development

22/12/2010 - In line with the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2008-2012 Medium-Term Strategy which has transport as one of its core intervention areas in the Regional Member Countries, the institution’s Boards approved USD 806.1 million loans and grants to finance a number of national and multinational transport infrastructure and related project on the continent in the past two months

Categories: Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Infrastructure, Transport

07/07/2010 - The Bank Group and Morocco on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, in Tunis signed a €100 million agreement for the financing of the fourth phase of the country’s public service reform support project (PARAP IV). The project falls within the framework of the country’s public service and governance reforms that began in 2002.

Categories: Morocco, Economic & Financial Governance

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

12/05/2010 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 12 mai 2010 à Tunis, le projet de renforcement de l’alimentation en eau potable de la zone côtière Rabat –Casablanca, au Maroc.

Categories: Morocco, Water Supply & Sanitation

19/11/2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$ 97.2 million (33.84 million Euros and 53.34 million dollars) loan to finance Morocco’s 10th Drinking Water Supply Project, bringing the Bank Group’s overall commitment in the country to US$ 5.64 billion in 93 operations since the Bank started operations in the country in 1970.

Categories: Morocco, Water Supply & Sanitation