News & Events
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
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, Human and Social Development
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.
Categories: Uganda, Health, Human and Social Development
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, South 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
24/10/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved funds totaling USD 124.3 million for ground-breaking ‘Centers of Excellence’ in higher education in Mali, Uganda and Rwanda.
05/08/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed USD40 million to support a five-year capital investment programme for Rift Valley Railways, a consortium established to manage the parastatal railways of Kenya and Uganda.
14/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 40-million loan to finance the Rift Valley Railways (RVR). The five-year USD 246 million capital investment program involves two concessions over a rail network running from Mombasa in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda.
Categories: Kenya, Uganda, Infrastructure
08/07/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of USD 88.8 million (UA 56 million) to finance The Improvement of Health Services Delivery at Mulango Hospital and the City of Kampala Project in Uganda. Mulago Hospital is the main National Referral and Teaching Hospital in Uganda
Categories: Uganda, Health, Human and Social Development
