News & Events
10/06/2011 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) signed on 8 June in Lisbon an equity commitment of USD 30 million in Helios Investors II, L.P. (“Helios II”), a private equity investment fund managed by Helios Investment Partners. Helios II, focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. The fund will invest growth capital in companies seeking to expand regionally and acquire large scale businesses in a variety of sectors, ranging from infrastructure (telecommunications, transport) to financial services and insurance, agro-industries and consumer products.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Transport, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure
06/04/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved the 2011-2012 Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa. Regional integration is one of the organisation’s priorities, , as reflected in its 2008-2011 Medium-Term Strategy, its Strategic and Operational Framework for Regional Operations and the its 2009-2012 Regional Integration Strategy.
Categories: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Transport, Information & Communication Technology, Regional Integration, Energy & Power
24/03/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 in Tunis, a USD 40-million second lien corporate loan to Ethiopian Airlines to support the purchase of five Boeing 777-200LR passenger jets. As part of the Ethiopian Airlines’ investment plan for 2010-2018, the aircraft will replace old aircraft and expand its capacity on long haul routes to and from Africa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Transport, Private Sector Development
24/12/2010 - With a €300-million loan aimed at increasing capacity on the Tangiers-Marrakesh railway line approved on 17 December 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its position as Morocco’s leading partner in the transport sector.
Categories: Morocco, Infrastructure, Transport
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
22/12/2010 - In line with the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2008-2012 Medium-Term Strategy which has transport as one of its core intervention areas in the Regional Member Countries, the institution’s Boards approved USD 806.1 million loans and grants to finance a number of national and multinational transport infrastructure and related project on the continent in the past two months
Categories: Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Infrastructure, Transport
- From: 01/12/2010
- To: 02/12/2010
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce the organization of the 2nd edition of Africa Public Private Partnership (APPP) Conference, a platform for all stakeholders to promote infrastructure development, examine challenges and opportunities in Infrastructure: Energy, Transport, Telecoms & Water sectors in Africa. The conference will take place from 1-2 December 2010 at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Tunis, Tunisia.
Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development, Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Water Supply & Sanitation, Transport
15/11/2010 - La Banque africaine de développement et la Tunisie ont signé aujourd’hui à Tunis une série d’accords de financement d’un montant total de près de 240 millions d’euros (environ 500 millions de dinars tunisiens). Ces financements incluent un prêt pour le Projet routier VI et deux accords de don pour financer des études sur le système d’informations sur l’eau et sur le développement des industries culturelles.
18/05/2010 - Since the Bank Group commenced operations in Ghana in 1973, it has invested over USD 1.6 billion on concessionary terms in all sectors of the country’s economy. In the transport sector, the Bank has financed four road studies, eight road projects, one railway project, and one Multinational road project (UEMOA-Ghana Road Program I) for a total amount close to USD 400 million.
23/04/2010 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement béninois ont signé, jeudi 22 avril 2010 à Tunis, un protocole d’accord de don (22,18 millions d’unités de compte-UC) et un accord de prêt (11,5 millions d’UC), d’un montant global de 33,68 millions d’UC (24,88 milliards de Francs CFA), pour le financement du projet de bitumage de la route Ndali-Nikki-Chicandou-Frontière du Nigeria dont le coût total s’élève à 36,85 millions d’UC (27,2 milliards de Francs CFA).
Categories: Benin, Transport, Regional Integration
