News & Events
14/03/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, March 13, a loan in the amount of US $144.89 million in support of the Uganda road sector.
Categories: Uganda, Infrastructure, Transport, Youth, Human and Social Development
14/03/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved, on March 13, 2013, grants and loans amounting to US $73 million to finance irrigation and road rehabilitation projects in Malawi.
Categories: Malawi, Infrastructure, Transport, Water Supply & Sanitation
28/02/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, a loan of US $300 million to finance the Transport Sector and Economic Governance Reform Program and the Nigeria Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for the period 2013-2017.
Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport
22/02/2013 - The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has approved a grant of US $950,000 to help Nigeria prepare for a proposed project to revamp Abuja’s mass transit system. The request for the project preparation money was submitted to the CIF by the Government of Nigeria and the African Development Bank (AfDB). This is the first time the CIF has approved a sustainable transport project preparation grant within Africa, and marks the way forward for the transport sector as part of the AfDB and CIF work to help Africa move toward low-carbon and climate-resilient development.
Categories: Nigeria, Transport, Infrastructure, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
21/01/2013 - Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda and Kenyan President Mr. Mwai Kibaki, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, officially launched the construction of the ADF financed Lilongwe West By-Pass Road Project, at a colourful ground breaking ceremony held on 17th January 2013 in Lilongwe.
Categories: Malawi, Kenya, Transport, Infrastructure
27/12/2012 - The Governor of the Bank of Zambia, Michael Gondwe, commended African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka for his outstanding leadership and the Bank’s positive contribution to the economies of the continent. Gondwe’s comments came during a Bank of Zambia luncheon hosted in honour of Kaberuka, which was attended by former AfDB Bank President, Willa Mung’Omba (1980 to 1985), the former Governor of the Bank of Zambia, and former Government of Zambia Finance Ministers, among others.
Categories: Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance, Infrastructure, Transport
27/12/2012 - On an official visit to Zambia, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka paid a courtesy call on Zambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Given Lubinda, on December 20. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Efron Lungu; Zambia’s Resident Representative, Freddie Kwesiga; and other Government and Bank officials.
Categories: Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport, Infrastructure, Regional Integration
19/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Group has approved US $125 million in funding for the first phase of a drought resilience project and provision of long-lasting means of subsistence to populations in the Horn of Africa.
Categories: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Transport, Infrastructure
06/12/2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution’s Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group’s Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Transition Fund.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Information & Communication Technology, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport, Infrastructure
22/11/2012 - Le Fonds africain de développement, le guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a approuvé, aujourd’hui, un prêt d’environ 73 millions USD destiné à développer la région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun par l’amélioration de la route qui relie Kumba à Mamfé.
Categories: Cameroon, Transport, Infrastructure
