Loans & Grants

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Launching of the ADB Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative in Senegal

21-Sep-2005 - Tunis, 21 September 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved on Wednesday a loan of 25 million Units of Account* (US$ 36 million) to finance the rural water supply and sanitation (RWSS) sub-programme in Senegal. This programme will enable some 800,000 rural people to benefit from improved water supply and sanitation in the regions of Louga, Ziguinchor and Kolda in Senegal.

AfDB Supports Macroeconomic Stability Consolidation and Private Sector Growth in Tunisia

21-Sep-2005 - Tunis, 21 September 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a loan of 117 million euros to finance the Third Competitiveness Support Programme in Tunisia aimed at helping the country achieve an average annual GDP growth rate of 5.2% during the period 2005-2006. The programme will focus on the implementation of three fundamental and interdependent orientations of the Government’s policy in economic development, aimed at ensuring increased private sector investments within the framework of the...

ADF Supports Niger’s 5th Structural Adjustment Programme

21-Sep-2005 - Tunis, 21 September 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a loan of 18 million Units of Account* (US$ 26.3 million) to finance Niger's 5th Structural Adjustment Programme (2005-2006), aimed at improving management of public finance, promoting good governance, strengthening decentralization and the monitoring/evaluation of poverty reduction programmes.

ADF Supports Health Services Project in Sierra Leone with a grant of US$ 25 Million

07-Sep-2005 - Tunis, 7 September 2005 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis, approved a grant of 17 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 24.81 million, to finance the strengthening of the District Health Services Project in Sierra Leone.

ADF Supports Poverty Alleviation in Ghana with a loan of US $ 64 million

07-Sep-2005 - Tunis, 07 September 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis, approved a loan of 44 million Units of Account*, equivalent to US$ 64.23 million, to finance the second Poverty Reduction Support project in Ghana (PRSL-II).

ADF Supports Health Care Development in Burkina Faso

27-Aug-2005 - Tunis, 27 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, approved today in Tunis a loan of 25 million Units of Account* (US$ 36 million) to finance the Health Care development support project– Centre-East and North Regions of Burkina Faso.

Projet Routier et amélioration du système scolaire: le Fad soutient le renforcement des services publics en Guinée

22-Aug-2005 - Tunis, le 22 juillet 2005 – Le Fonds africain de développement (Fad), le guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (Bad) contribue à l’amélioration du réseau routier et du système de soin et d’éducation en Guinée.

La BAD octroie une aide alimentaire d’urgence au Niger

08-Aug-2005 - Tunis, le 8 août 2005 – La Banque africaine de développement vient d’octroyer un don de 500.000 US$ à titre d’aide alimentaire d’urgence aux sinistrés de la sécheresse et de l’invasion acridienne du Niger en réponse à l’appel à l’aide internationale lancé par ce pays.

La BAD contribue au renforcement de la bonne gouvernance au Gabon

28-Jul-2005 - La Banque africaine de développement (Bad) contribue à la consolidation de l’état de droit et à l’amélioration de la gestion des affaires publiques au Gabon. Le représentant régional résident de la Bad à Libreville, M.Mamadou Lamine N’Dongo et la représentante résidente du Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), Mme Fatoumata Bintou Djibo, ont signé à Libreville deux accords de don d’un montant total de 294 600 dollars EU soit 160 millions de FCFA pour la gestion des ressources accordés par la Bad au Gouvernement gabonais, en...

ADF Supports Economic Recovery in Sierra Leone

27-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 27 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved in Tunis on Wednesday a grant of 10,7 million Units of Account* (US$16 million) to finance the Third Economic Rehabilitation and Recovery Programme (ERRP-III) in Sierra Leone. The main objective of the Programme is to support the on-going initiatives of the Government to  improve the economic governance situation in Sierra Leone.

ADB Supports Fisheries and aquaculture Sector in Gabon

27-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 27 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday in Tunis, a loan of 14.30 million Units of Account* (US$ 20.83 million or CFA 11.3 billion) to finance a fisheries and aquaculture sector support project in Gabon.

ADF Supports Skills Training and Vocational Education Programme in Nigeria

27-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 27 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, approved in Tunis on Wednesday, a loan of  30 million Units of Account* (US$ 44.2 million) to finance a Skills Training and Vocation Education Project in Nigeria. The project, the first Bank Group operation in this sector in Nigeria, will contribute to poverty reduction through human resource development.

Le Fad soutient la réhabilitation du réseau routier au Sénégal

20-Jul-2005 - Tunis, le 20 juillet 2005 – Le Fonds africain de développement (Fad), le guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (Bad) contribue à l’amélioration du fonctionnement du système de transport, en vue de soutenir la croissance économique du Sénégal.

ADF Promotes Quality of Agricultural Production in Ghana

13-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 13 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, approved in Tunis on Wednesday, a loan of 17 million Units of Account* (US$ 24.7 million) to finance the Export Marketing and Quality Awareness Project in Ghana. The project will contribute towards the goal of increasing the export earnings of non traditional agricultural products. The objective of the project is to increase incomes of horticulture crop farmers and exporters and of cassava...

ADF contributes to Basic Education Development in Guinea

13-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 13 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, approved today in Tunis a grant in favour of Guinea of 14 million Units of Account* (US$ 20.6 million) to finance Support for Development of Basic Education (Education IV Project).

ADF contributes to Road Network Improvement in Guinea

13-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 13 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group,  approved today in Tunis a grant in favour of Guinea of 8.25 million Units of Account* (US$ 12.2 million) to finance Tombo-Gbessia Road Improvement Project.

Zambia Reaches Completion Point in HIPC Initiative: Obtains major debt relief from the AfDB

06-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 6 July 2005 –The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Development Fund (ADF) today agreed that Zambia had effectively met the conditions and reached the completion point under the enhanced framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The Bank Group will, as a result, provide irrevocable debt relief of US$ 224 million in nominal terms. Zambia will be released from up to 80 percent of annual debt service to the Bank Group until the entire amount is delivered in July 2025.

Rwanda Reaches Completion Point in HIPC Initiative: Obtains major debt relief from the AfDB

06-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 6 July 2005 –The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Development Fund (ADF) today agreed that Rwanda had effectively met the conditions and reached the completion point under the enhanced framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The Bank Group will, as a result, provide debt relief of US$ 224 million in nominal terms. Rwanda will be released from up to 80 percent of annual debt service to the Bank Group until the entire amount is delivered in July 2032.

ADF Supports Communal Forests Management in Benin

06-Jul-2005 - Tunis, 6 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group,  approved today in Tunis a loan in favour of Benin of 35 million Units of Account (UA*) equivalent to US$ 51.6 million to finance the Communal Forests Management Support Project (PAGEFCOM). The project will contribute towards poverty reduction. Its specific objective is to contribute to the sustainable management of forest resources and to the improvement of the population’s incomes and living...

AfDB Promotes Environment-friendly Industrial Development in Tunisia

29-Jun-2005 - Tunis, 29 June 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis approved a loan to Tunisia of 33 million Units of Account (UA*) equivalent to US$ 50 million to finance a Capacity Building in Environmental Protection and Phosphate Mining (CPG) project.