News & Events
04/05/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has received approval from the Government of Uganda to issue bonds denominated in Uganda Shillings on the Ugandan capital market. Pierre Van Peteghem, Treasurer of the African Development Bank Group, said that following the Government’s authorization, the multilateral bank is currently processing all regulatory steps required for the launch of a Note Program.
26/03/2012 - A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The banks surveyed in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia view SMEs as ‘highly profitable’. They are also important providers of employment in the region.
Categories: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance, Chief Economist's Office
02/03/2012 - A group of nine Executive Directors undertook a consultation mission to Uganda from 22 to 28 February 2012. The mission held meetings with the minister for finance, planning and economic development; sector ministers; the speaker of the National Assembly; chairpersons of five parliamentary committees, development partners and representatives of the private sector and civil society.
Categories: Uganda, Board of Directors
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
17/02/2012 - Nine members of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will visit Uganda from 23-28 February to consult with the authorities on AfDB-funded programmes in the country.
Categories: Uganda, Board of Directors
18/01/2012 - The African Development Bank and the Government of Uganda signed two separate agreements on 12 January to finance projects to improve health services delivery and access to water and sanitation in both urban and rural areas of Uganda, with a total investment of USD 155.8 million. This double deal is expected to boost the country’s efforts to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals for health, water and sanitation.
Categories: Uganda, Water Supply & Sanitation, Health
18/01/2012 - Kampala residents in Uganda will gain access to better healthcare with the implementation of the Mulago Hospital service delivery improvement project co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group to the tune of USD 98.8 million.
12/01/2012 - Up to 2.4 million people in rural areas and small towns across Uganda should have improved access to water supply and sanitation by 2016. This follows the African Development Bank (AfDB) signing on 11 January of USD 67 million package to finance the implementation of Uganda’s Water and Sanitation Programme. The project aligns with Uganda’s national goal to increase access to water supply and sanitation services, to achieve 100 percent coverage by 2035.
Categories: Uganda, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
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
23/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 23 November a USD 20 million line of credit over 10 years to Housing Finance Bank Limited (HFB) Uganda to support residential and commercial real estate development aimed at benefiting low and medium income earnings through decent housing, as well as small and medium enterprises through commercial property and office space.
Categories: Uganda, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development, Board of Directors
