United Kingdom

Partnership overview

The United Kingdom joined the African Development Fund (ADF) on 20 June 1973 and became a member of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 29 April 1983. UK supported the 2010 General Capital Increase VI and ADF XII replenishment of the African Development Bank Group.

The UK provides financial and in-kind support to the initiatives like the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), Africa Water Facility (AWF), Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF), Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) and AfDB institutional reforms as well as its project cycle activities.

A senior team from DFID met with the Private Sector Department in July 2010 to discuss supporting private sector development in AfDB’s operations.

Joint Initiatives

The African Water Facilitate (AWF): The AWF was established in 2005 to assist African countries to meet the goals and targets for the water sector that were established by the African Water Vision (AWV) and the Framework for Action (FFA).

Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF): The CBFF was established in 2008 to support, primarily, innovative and transformational approaches geared to:

Developing the capacity of the people and institutions in the countries of the Congo Basin to enable them to effectively manage their forests;
Helping local communities find livelihoods that are consistent with sustainable conservation of forests; and
Reducing the rate of deforestation through new financial mechanisms and appropriate models.

Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA): ICA was launched at the G8 Gleneagles summit in 2005 to support the scaling up of investment for infrastructure development in Africa from both public and private sources.

NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Fund (NEPAD-IPPF) Special Fund: NEPAD-IPPF was established in 2005 to support, primarily, the preparation of viable and bankable infrastructure projects and programmes in Africa. The aim is to attract more public and private investments for the development of infrastructure to the benefit of the Regional Member Countries of the Bank (RMCs).