News & Events
03/02/2012 - About 750,000 people in three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility grant approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 26 January 2012.
Categories: Sudan, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
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
25/09/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of South Sudan today signed a general cooperation agreement that will make it possible for the AfDB to extend financial and technical support to South Sudan pending its full membership of the African Development Bank.
Categories: Sudan, United States of America, Partnerships, President's Corner
19/07/2011 - South Sudan became an independent country and Africa’s 54th sovereign nation on 9 July, 2011. The Government of South Sudan looks forward to welcoming the thousands of South Sudanese across Africa and the Diaspora who wish to return home. In its efforts to encourage the people of South Sudan to take ownership of the governance and development of this new nation, the government and its international partners are proactively addressing the ‘human capacity gaps’ in the civil service in both federal and local government agencies.
Categories: Sudan
13/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) shared in the history making event in Juba last Saturday, as South Sudan became Africa’s newest sovereign state.
Categories: Sudan
20/05/2011 - The Government of Southern Sudan has formally applied for membership in the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The territory’s finance and economic planning minister, David Deng Athorbei, urged the institution to expedite action on the membership process, building on the positive and ongoing role the Bank Group is playing in South Sudan.
Categories: Sudan
18/04/2011 - A third Sudan Roundtable, a forum launched by the World Bank to promote broad partnership in support of Sudan’s development, was held during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. The event was co-chaired by the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, and the Vice President of the Africa Region of the World Bank, Ms. Obiageli Ezekwesili.
Categories: Sudan, President's Corner
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
- Date: 11/11/2010
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
An African Development Bank (AfDB) Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for Eastern Africa will be validated at a workshop scheduled to take place on 11 November in Nairobi, Kenya. The RISP covers Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is designed to support for regional infrastructure and institutional capacity building, including trade facilitation.
Categories: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Somalia, Seychelles, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Comoros, Burundi, Infrastructure, Regional Integration
23/09/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Sudan on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 in Khartoum, signed a USD 1-million emergency relief assistance grant agreement to help Khartoum State restore schools affected by floods.
