Press Releases
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
Liberia: AfDB Approves Urban Water and Sanitation Project to Benefit More than Half a Million People
19/05/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 19 May 2010 in Tunis, a grant of UA 24.63 million, equivalent to 37.22 million USD, and a Fragile State Facility grant of UA 1.46 million (equivalent to 2.21 million USD) to finance an urban water supply and sanitation project in Liberia.
Categories: Liberia, Fragile States Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation
14/05/2010 - Le Conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de développement (FAD) a approuvé, le 12 mai 2010 à Tunis, un projet d’alimentation en eau potable et assainissement afin d’améliorer les taux d’accès aux services d’eau potable et d’assainissement et de renforcer les capacités de gestion du secteur.
Categories: Cameroon, Water Supply & Sanitation, Health, Human and Social Development
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
15/04/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, approved an African Water Facility grant of 1,988,582 Euros to The Gambia to support a National Water Sector Reform project.
Categories: Gambia, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
19/03/2010 - President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, together with other African Heads of States, finance and planning ministers, and other high-level partners, will gather in Tunis on 23-24 March to discuss ways to build capacity in post-conflict countries. The meeting is a joint collaboration between the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) and will also be attended by heads of multilateral institutions; diplomats and development partners present in Tunisia, and AfDB and ACBF representatives.
Categories: Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
01/06/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on May 28 and 29, 2009, launched a water and sanitation project in Lilongwe. The 5-year project, estimated at US$47.2 million, is part of the national water development programme being implemented by the Malawian government under the Irrigation and Water Development Ministry.
Categories: Malawi, Water Supply & Sanitation
15/12/2008 - L’ancien directeur général du Fonds monétaire international (FMI), Michel Camdessus, a rendu, à Paris, un vibrant hommage à l’action du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) pour améliorer l’accès à l’eau potable en Afrique.
Categories: France, Water Supply & Sanitation
19/11/2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$ 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
01/07/2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Monday, June 30, 2008, said that «the AfDB looks forward to efficiently contributing to efforts aimed at overcoming the water and sanitation challenge faced by African countries." Mr. Kaberuka made the remark while addressing some fifty African heads of state and government during the eleventh summit of the African Union in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The summit was held on the theme: "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation."
Categories: Egypt, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation
