News & Events
06/09/2012 - Representatives from the Industries and Services division of AfDB’s Private Sector Operations Department (OPSM.2) participated in the Rubber Plant & Palm Oil Africa conference from September 4-7 in Accra, Ghana.
Categories: Ghana, Private Sector Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
27/08/2012 - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), approved on August 17 its first grant of USD 825,000 to finance the concept phase of the Green Tech Financial Facility – a vehicle for investments in private-sector driven green technology projects – including market scoping and positioning studies, fund conceptualization and fund manager selection.
Categories: Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Climate Change, Environment
24/07/2012 - The African Development Bank Group has made project approvals of approximately USD 3.45 billion, or Units of Account (UA) 2.27 billion, during the year 2012 so far.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Infrastructure, Environment
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund (BPI SA). This contribution will allow BPI SA to increase access to finance and capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within various sectors in the southern Africa sub-region, thereby boosting income generation and job creation.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Youth, Human and Social Development
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a €7 million equity investment in the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs SME Fund (IPAE). This will allow IPAE to increase access to finance and capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small microfinance institutions (SMFIs) in western and central Africa, thereby boosting income generation and job creation in the region.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Human and Social Development, Youth
23/07/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund (BPI SA). This contribution will allow BPI SA to increase access to finance and capacity building for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within various sectors in the southern Africa sub-region, thereby boosting income generation and job creation.
Categories: Private Sector Development
09/07/2012 - Dans le cadre du projet d’appui budgétaire que la Banque africaine de développement et ses partenaires, notamment la Banque Mondiale et l’Union Européenne sont en train de préparer pour l’année 2012, une consultation avec le secteur privé tunisien a été organisée. L’objectif de cette rencontre était d’écouter la perspective du secteur privé par rapport aux actions et réformes prioritaires à mettre en place pour relancer l’économie tunisienne avec le soutien du gouvernement.
Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development
06/07/2012 - The financial closing ceremony for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Henry Konan Bedie Toll Bridge Project in Abidjan ('Abidjan’s 3rd bridge') was held at the White & Case law firm Paris on 28 June in a ceremony attended by the Ivorian Minister of Economy and Finance, Charles Koffi Diby and the Minister of Economic Infrastructure, Patrick Achi.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
21/06/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, a 1-billion South African rand (ZAR) (About USD 117 million) sovereign guaranteed line of credit to the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa for on-lending to the country’s emerging farmers, commercial farmers as well as to agricultural cooperatives and agri-related businesses. The support will help to mobilize financial resources for the agricultural sector, ultimately contributing to job creation and income generation.
Categories: South Africa, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Private Sector Development
19/06/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 35-million senior loan and a USD 3 million standby facility to Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation (ITPC) and a concessional loan of USD 18 million to the government as Zambia Electricity Supply Company (ZESCO)’s share of the equity to develop the Itezhi-Tezhi hydropower plant project that will provide reliable, low-cost power and sustainable energy to the country.
Categories: Zambia, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power
