18-Sep-2009 - Tunis, September 18, 2009 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Rwanda, on Thursday, 10 September 2009 in Kigali, signed two grant agreements of UA 16 million (US$ 25 million) to finance the second phase of Rwanda’s Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Sub-Program (PNEAR II) for the period 2009-2012.
17-Sep-2009 - Tunis, le 16 septembre 2009 – Le Conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de développement (FAD), le bras concessionnel du groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), a approuvé, mercredi 16 septembre 2009, à Tunis, un don de 12.750.000 UC, équivalent à près de 20 M d’USD, pour financer un projet d’assainissement dans les villes de Brazzaville et Pointe Noire en République du Congo.
17-Sep-2009 - Guinea Bissau’s Economy Minister and AfDB Governor, Maria Hélena Nosoline Embalo, and the AfDB Senegal Field office Resident Representative, Mohamed H’Midouche, on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, in Bissau, signed a grant agreement on a government capacity building support project (PARCA).
17-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 16 September 2009 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 in Tunis approved a US$10 million investment in the West Africa Emerging Market Fund (WAEMF). The investment makes the AfDB one of the lead investors in the Fund, at par with the CDC (Commonwealth Development Corporation) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
17-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 16 September 2009 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 in Tunis approved a US$175-million loan to finance the expansion of the Guelb El Rhein iron ore mine operations in Mauritania.
15-Sep-2009 - AfDB Vice President, Kamal El Kheshen, and the Chadian Agriculture Minister, Mbailou Naimbaye Lossimian, on Thursday, September 11, 2009, signed two Fragile States Facility grant agreements.
The first grant of UA 450,215.71, equivalent to US$ 706,839, will finance capacity building initiatives in the human resources and training department of the Chadian health ministry.
15-Sep-2009 - Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has approved a €1,430,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) for the implementation of the regional water policy within the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Estimated at € 2,263,000, the project will attract €1,430,000 from the African Water Facility, while IPPF-NEPAD will contribute €490,000.
11-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 9 September 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 in Tunis approved Mauritius’ Country Strategy Paper (CSP), which presents the Bank’s support program for the country from 2009 to 2013.
11-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 10 Septembre 2009- Le vice-président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), chargé des opérations sectorielles, M. Kamal El Kheshen, et le Ministre tchadien de l’agriculture, M. Mbailou Naimbaye Lossimian ont, jeudi le 10 septembre à Tunis, signé deux protocoles d’accords portant sur deux différents dons, octroyés conjointement par la Banque africaine de développement et le Fonds africain de développement, des ressources de la Facilité des Etats fragiles, ressources destinées aux assistances techniques à ces pays.
10-Sep-2009 - Le Conseil d’administration la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 9 septembre 2009, le cadre révisé de l’Évaluation de l’additionnalité et des résultats en matière de développement (ADOA), qui avait été approuvé initialement en septembre 2008.
10-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 9 September 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 in Tunis, a grant of US$ 23.6 million dollars (UA 15 million), to finance the Malawi Agricultural Infrastructure Support Project (AISP).
07-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 4 September 2009 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), on Friday September 4, 2009 in Tunis concluded bi-lateral consultations aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two institutions.
The two institutions signed an Aide-Memoire at the end of a three-day visit to the AfDB by the Secretary General of the IOC, Ambassador Calixte D’Offay and one of his advisers.
07-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 2 September 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$ 30 million loan to finance the Helios Shared Telecom Infrastructure Project in Nigeria.
The project consists of a countrywide expansion of a shared telecommunication infrastructure network. The provision of shared facilities by Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) provides the opportunity for wireless telecommunication operators to roll out their network for a larger geographical coverage, while at the same time reducing their capital investments...
07-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 7 September 2009 — Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved a grant of US$ 1,000,000 to AB Microfinance Bank of Nigeria (ABN) from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA).
03-Sep-2009 - Tunis, le 2 septembre 2009 – Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), a approuvé, mercredi 2 septembre à Tunis, un prêt de 42,34 millions d’UC, équivalent à 87,83 million de dinars tunisiens (DT) (66,306 millions de dollars) en vue de financer le projet d’assainissement et de restructuration des réseaux de distribution d’électricité.
03-Sep-2009 - Tunis, 2 September 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a loan of US$ 78 million, (50 million UA*), from the African Development Fund (ADF), to finance an Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (UWSSP) for Oyo and Taraba States.
The project has two broad objectives:
25-Aug-2009 - Tunis, 25 August 2009 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Seychelles on Monday, 25 August 2009 in Tunis signed a €15-million loan agreement to finance the country’s Economic Governance Reforms Program (EGRP).
31-Jul-2009 - Nairobi, Kenya – 31 July 2009- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed more than USD 38 million to Shelter Afrique in support of sustainable housing solutions in Africa. AfDB and Shelter Afrique signed a package of three financial agreements in Nairobi on 31 July 2009. Mrs. Domina Buzingo, Resident Representative of AfDB in Kenya, who signed on behalf of AfDB, indicated that the Bank “believes, it is through such collaboration that we can reach our development goals.”
31-Jul-2009 - Tunis, 31 July 2009 – The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has affirmed its Triple A ratings on the listed outstanding debts of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and assigned AAA ratings to its eight senior notes, with a stable outlook.
30-Jul-2009 - The mega Enfidha airport project, funded by the AfDB, features prominently on a new 50-dinar banknote, the highest current denomination put into circulation in Tunisia on July 25, on the occasion of the country’s Republic Day anniversary celebrations. Thus, the Tunisian Central Bank pays tribute to the € 70-Million airport project being funded by the Bank Group, by reproducing the miniature of the project on one side of the new bill. The 50-dinar bill will be gradually injected into the economy in order to manage domestic currency circulation...
