Press Releases

14/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 40-million loan to finance the Rift Valley Railways (RVR). The five-year USD 246 million capital investment program involves two concessions over a rail network running from Mombasa in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda.

Categories: Kenya, Uganda, Infrastructure

08/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of USD 88.8 million (UA 56 million) to finance The Improvement of Health Services Delivery at Mulango Hospital and the City of Kampala Project in Uganda. Mulago Hospital is the main National Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda

Categories: Uganda, Health, Human and Social Development

07/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved, during its regular session held on 6 July 2011, four development projects totaling USD 157 million.

Categories: Chad, Mali, Senegal, Uganda, Health, Infrastructure, Human and Social Development

10/06/2011 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the government of Uganda have signed a loan agreement for USD 60 million The loan is to be used for the community agricultural infrastructure improvement programme (CAIIP-3) in the country. The objective of the project is to improve access to transport services for the rural population in order to develop an adequate, affordable, safe, environmentally sound and efficient transport system within the context of a progressive and competitive market economy.

Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Infrastructure

05/05/2011 - The African Development Fund Board has approved a USD 64.8 million loan to Uganda to finance the country third Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CAIIP-3).

Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries

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

15/04/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Uganda have signed loan agreements amounting to USD 136.6 million (UA 90 million*) to fund two major projects in the country.

Categories: Uganda, Poverty Reduction

25/01/2008 - Officials of the Bank Group’s field office in Uganda (UGFO) on Thursday in Kampala received a Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) mission that called on the Bank Group’s office to discuss possibilities of developing a programme to support the organic agriculture sub-sector in Uganda. The mission briefed UGFO officials on ongoing SIDA-financed Export Promotion of Organic Products (EPOP) which has supported a number of export projects in Uganda and is contributing institutional development and capacity building support to organic farming.

Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries

29/10/2007 - Efforts to accelerate the implementation of the Bujagali Power Interconnection Project (BIP) in Uganda received a boost last week with the signing of a 19.21-million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 29.7 million agreement by officials of the African Development Bank Group and the Government of Uganda.

Categories: Uganda, Energy & Power