News & Events
23/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 16 November a €5 million equity investment in a private equity fund which will invest in key sectors with regional expansion potential in French-speaking West Africa.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
28/07/2011 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement du Sénégal viennent de signer un accord de prêt d’un montant de 20,20 milliards de franc CFA (20 million d’unités de comptes) pour financer le programme d’appui aux reformes (PARE), décaissable en deux tranches, soit 75% en 2011 et 25% en 2012.
Categories: Senegal, Economic & Financial Governance
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
06/07/2011 - Le Conseil d'administration du Fonds africain de développement (FAD, guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement), a approuvé à Tunis, le mercredi 6 juillet 2011, un don de 27 millions d’UC, équivalent à 43 millions de dollars US, pour le financement du Programme d’appui aux réformes (PARE) en faveur de la République du Sénégal.
Categories: Senegal, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 18/04/2011
- To: 19/04/2011
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
The Dakar International Agriculture Forum, which took place from 18-19 April in Senegal, addressed the fundamental issues of global agriculture regulation and governance. The forum, initiated by President Abdoulaye Wade, comes a month before the next G20 meeting. According to its organizers, "the conclusions that emerge from the Forum will form, without doubt, an essential input to the current international negotiations in the G20, led by France.
Categories: Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries
31/03/2011 - The Oversight Committee of the Governance Trust Fund met for the first time this week. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Kamal El Kheshen, Vice President for Sector Operations, and took place at the AfDB’s Temporary Relocation Agency in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Mauritania, Malawi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Sector Operations, Board of Directors
03/02/2011 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a accordé au Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal, le mardi 1e février 2011, un prêt supplémentaire d’un montant de 9,5 millions d’euros, pour compléter le financement du Projet d’appui à la petite irrigation locale (PAPIL).
Categories: Senegal, Water Supply & Sanitation
23/12/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday 17 December 2010 in Tunis, a €70-million senior loan to finance construction of the Blaise Diagne International Airport on a new site located 45 km east of Dakar in Senegal. The Project is estimated at €525 million of which €379 million will be financed with senior loans.
Categories: Senegal, Infrastructure, Transport
20/07/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Monday, 19 July 2010 in Tunis, a €12-million senior loan with a 15-year tenor, including a 5-year grace period, to finance the Dakar-Diamniado toll highway in Senegal.
Categories: Senegal, Private Sector Development
- Date: 15/07/2010
- Location: Dakar, Senegal
The African Development Bank (AfDB) organized on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Dakar, a meeting for the dissemination of the institution’s capacity-building strategy. The meeting was opened by the AfDB Regional Resident Representative in Senegal, Mohamed H'Midouche, who described the meeting as a unique opportunity to analyze capacity issues from the operations angle, and to help countries put capacity building at the centre of their development strategies.
Categories: Senegal, Human and Social Development
