News & Events
01/12/2011 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé à Tunis, le 29 novembre 2011, un don de plus de 4,5 millions d’euros en faveur de la République du Rwanda, pour le financement du projet de gestion durable des boisements et de restauration des forêts naturelles du Rwanda. Ce projet est financé par le Fonds pour les forêts du bassin du Congo (FFBC).
Categories: Rwanda, Congo Basin Forest Fund
29/11/2011 - The new management board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) held its first talks on the key roles, actions and strategy of the facility on 23 and 24 November 2011 in Tunis.
Categories: Rwanda, African Legal Support Facility, Energy & Power
25/11/2011 - Successful implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and National Development Plans (NDPs) depends on effective resource mobilisation and utilisation.
Categories: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Poverty Reduction
17/11/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Bank of Kigali today signed a USD 12 million line of credit and a USD 500,000 grant agreement for technical assistance from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA). The AfDB’s line of credit will improve the Bank of Kigali’s liquidity and improve its ability to support key economic sectors, such as infrastructure, manufacturing, agri-business and tourism.
Categories: Rwanda, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development, African Private Sector Assistance Fund
24/10/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved funds totaling USD 124.3 million for ground-breaking ‘Centers of Excellence’ in higher education in Mali, Uganda and Rwanda.
19/10/2011 - Participants gathered at the Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda to celebrate a unique tripartite partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Government of Rwanda and Carnegie Mellon University and the planned opening of a Carnegie Mellon Campus in Rwanda in January 2012.
Categories: Rwanda, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology
- From: 08/11/2011
- To: 09/11/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Several Heads of State and Government will participate in a High-Level event on Post-Conflict Peace-building: the Experience of Rwanda, to be held in Kigali on the 8th and 9th of November, 2011.
Categories: Rwanda, Human and Social Development
26/08/2011 - The African Development Bank and other lenders have committed USD91.25 million to the development of the Kivuwatt power project in Rwanda, under a loan agreement signed with ContourGlobal, a project developer, on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 in Kigali. The project’s total cost is USD 142.2 million. Development Finance Institutions will contribute USD 91 million, of which the AfDB will provide USD 25 million.
Categories: Rwanda, Private Sector Development, Energy & Power
19/07/2011 - The African Water Facility (AWF), an initiative of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), is awarded a grant of US$ 12 Million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to finance projects to advance water and sanitation services across Africa.
Categories: Rwanda, African Water Facility, Water Supply & Sanitation
- From: 19/07/2011
- To: 21/07/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The Third Africa Conference on Hygiene and Sanitation (AfricaSan 3) is held from July 19-21, 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda. AfricaSan 3 is being hosted by the Government of Rwanda and the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW). AfDB is one of the conference sponsors.
Categories: Rwanda, Water Supply & Sanitation
