News & Events
20/04/2012 - Le président du Groupe de la Banque Africaine de Développement (BAD), M. Donald Kaberuka, a réaffirmé l’engagement de son institution à accompagner les efforts et la vision stratégique du Sénégal, dans la lettre de félicitation adressée au président de la république, M. Macky Sall, au lendemain de son investiture. La première institution de financement du développement en Afrique lui apportera tout son appui dans le contexte actuel des défis économiques et sociaux.
Categories: Senegal, President's Corner
28/03/2012 - Aquatic plant proliferation is an environmental scourge. These weeds invade waterways and irrigation channels, impeding their economic operation. Fishermen have suffered rising costs, and farmers have to spend more time cleaning their irrigation canals, resulting in lost production and productivity.
Categories: Benin, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Climate Change, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Agriculture & Agro-industries
29/02/2012 - The African Governance Outlook (AGO), a collaborative initiative between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) aims to provide an effective African-based diagnostic tool on financial governance on a regional scale. ACBF has a mandate to develop capacity in Africa across a spectrum of areas including financial management and accountability through good governance.
Categories: Mali, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Economic & Financial Governance, African Peer Review Mechanism
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
