News & Events
16/12/2011 - On 14 December, the African Development Bank hosted a panel discussion on the potential of Islamic finance in North Africa. Focus was on the Bank’s capacity to promote the development of the region following the financial strain North Africa has undergone as a result of this year's political instability.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
16/12/2011 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), is launching an Open Data for Africa platform. It aims at significantly increasing access to quality data necessary for managing and monitoring development results in African countries, including the Millenium Development Goals. The platform will also serve as a knowledge center for collecting, accessing, and sharing data and data-driven content. The initiative enhances and underpins the AfDB’s statistical strategy to improve data collection and dissemination inAfrica, and to promote statistical development on the continent.
16/12/2011 - Le gouvernement tunisien et la Banque africaine de développement ont officiellement lancé, le 14 décembre, le programme national d’alimentation en eau potable en milieu rural en Tunisie. L’accord de financement, de 183 millions de dinars tunisiens (95 millions d’euros) a été signé à Tunis, le 19 octobre 2011. Ce programme vise à soutenir la stratégie d’accès à l’eau potable dans les zones rurales, une des priorités de la Tunisie. Des représentants de la Direction générale du génie rural et de l’exploitation des eaux, ainsi que des Commissariats régionaux de développement agricole, étaient présents à la cérémonie.
Categories: Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
15/12/2011 - A Nordic Development Fund (NDF) delegation will visit the African Development Bank (AfDB) in mid-January 2012 to present its new strategy and operational guidelines for accessing funding for climate mitigation and adaptation activities. The NDF can provide grants of up to USD 4 million for project components covering both soft activities (technical assistance and capacity building) and hard investments where appropriate.
Categories: Norway, Korea, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change
15/12/2011 - After extended negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the groundwork for adopting a legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015. Governments, including those from 35 industrialized countries, also agreed on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol from 1 January 2013. Parties to this second period will submit their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives for review by 1 May 2012.
Categories: Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, African Carbon Support Program
15/12/2011 - In 2012, the African Water Facility (AWF) expects to commit about €25 million to 22 new projects that will contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation.
Categories: Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, African Water Facility
15/12/2011 - January 2012 will see the operational inception of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), with a call for proposals for up to a total of USD 8 million to be granted as seed funding for innovative small/medium-scale clean energy and energy efficiency projects in Africa. With financing from the Danish government, SEFA is a vehicle to enhance the commercial viability, as well as bankability, of smaller, private sector-driven projects.
Categories: Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Climate Change, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
15/12/2011 - Under the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) will continue to develop a pipeline in the areas of climate adaptation and mitigation, land degradation and international waters in 2012. One to watch is a USD 7.2 million GEF grant project that the Bank is helping the Mano River Union (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire) prepare to support conservation of the Upper Guinea Forest.
Categories: Climate Change, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
15/12/2011 - In 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) expects to approve approximately USD 600 million in co-financing and begin implementation of numerous projects and programs backed by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). Anticipated CIF approvals in 2012 are expected to reach about USD 175 million.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF)
14/12/2011 - On 12 December 2011, the president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, closed the first commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption organized by the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (IACD) calling for the cooperation of all Bank staff in fighting fraud and corruption in Bank-financed projects and for stronger integration of the Bank’s anti-corruption efforts in its operations. He assured IACD of the Bank’s full support in its efforts in combating illicit practices.
Categories: President's Corner, Integrity and Anti-Corruption
