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AfDB commits to support urban water supply and sanitation service delivery in Angola
25-Jun-2015 - The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Resident Representative, Septime Martin, and the Minister of Finance of Angola, Armando Manuel, signed a loan agreement on June 24, 2015 for the amount of US $123.77 million related to the Institutional and Sustainability Support to the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Service Delivery Project.New SEFA grant to promote scale-up of the nascent green mini-grid market
23-Jun-2015 - The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved on June 9 a USD 1 million grant to launch the first phase of a Green Mini-Grids (GMG) Market Development Program (MDP) which will be implemented by the SE4ALL Africa Hub in coordination with SE4ALL’s Clean Energy Mini-Grid High Impact Opportunity stakeholder group. The program aims to remove or reduce market barriers at regional scale and strengthen the ecosystem for the emergence of a thriving GMG sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Le Fonds d’assistance au secteur privé africain (FAPA) soutient les femmes commerçantes au Togo
19-Jun-2015 - Le 15 juin 2015 à Lomé, la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le Gouvernement du Togo ont signé un accord de don du Fonds d’assistance au secteur privé africain (FAPA), d’un montant de 817 146 dollars EU (488,6 millions de francs CFA), au titre d’appui à la reconstruction des marchés et aux commerçants de Kara et Lomé.AfDB provides support to strengthen economic governance and management in South Sudan
19-Jun-2015 - Construction of South Sudan Customs Service headquarters in Juba is underway. Funded by the African Development Bank, the activity is part of support provided through the Public Finance Management and Aid Coordination Project (PFAID).Africa’s infrastructure drive must take into account health and gender to be sustainable
19-Jun-2015 - Strengthened environmental and social impact assessments can improve access to health and improve gender equality As African countries undertake significant infrastructure development to transform their economies, it is critical that they take into account the impact of these capital projects on the health of workers and nearby communities, and on women and girls in particular, to ensure inclusive and sustainable growth.AfDB extends Horn of Africa drought mitigation project to Djibouti and Sudan
18-Jun-2015 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has extended its multimillion multi-phased Horn of Africa drought resilience programme with a US $16-million soft loan to Djibouti and a US $14-million grant to Sudan. The African Development Fund (ADF) loan and grant were approved by the AfDB Group’s Board on Wednesday, June 17 in Abidjan, to finance phase three of the Drought Resilience and sustainable Livelihoods Programme in the Horn of Africa (DRSLP III) in the two countries.
“Donald Kaberuka Auditorium” unveiled at International University of Grand-Bassam in Côte d’Ivoire
18-Jun-2015 - The President of the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB), Saliou Touré, accompanied by his close aides, and senior politicians and officials from Grand-Bassam, presented the "Donald Kaberuka Auditorium" in honour of the outgoing African Development Bank President. The event took place during a courtesy visit by Kaberuka to IUGB on June 18, 2015, located in Grand-Bassam, a town some 30 kilometres to the south of Abidjan, when he took the opportunity to visit the campus and meet with officials and students.Climate finance mobilized by the AfDB went up by 60% compared to 2013
18-Jun-2015 - Multilateral Development Banks provided US $28 billion in Climate Finance in 2014 The world’s six large multilateral development banks (MDBs) delivered over US $28 billion in financing last year to help developing countries and emerging economies mitigate and adapt to the challenges of climate change. The latest figures bring total collective commitments of the past four years to more than US $100 billion.AfDB President to pay courtesy visit to International University of Grand Bassam
17-Jun-2015 - Following a visit of the International University of Grand Bassam (IUGB) to the African Development Bank on May 22, 2015, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, will pay a courtesy visit to the University on June 18 for a tour of the campus and discuss extension plans of the university. He will also meet with students and alumni to discuss their aspirations and career plans. The tour will be followed by a short reception for both faculty and staff. When: Thursday, June 18, 2015 Time: 10:45 a.m. -12:30 p.m.AfDB approves €50.20 million loan for National Drainage Programme to boost agriculture in Egypt
17-Jun-2015 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Egypt’s National Drainage programme (NDP) to boost agricultural production and household income generation with a €50.20 million loan approved by AfDB Board on Wednesday, May 17 in Abidjan.AfCoP annual meetings conclude with renewed commitment to results-oriented regional integration
16-Jun-2015 - The second Africa for Results (AfriK4R) Forum and seventh annual meetings of the African Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results (AfCoP-MfDR) concluded on June 10, 2015 with a renewed commitment to advancing results-oriented regional integration and policy coherence in Africa.La Tunisie et la BAD réfléchissent sur les perspectives de coopération pour la période 2016-2020
15-Jun-2015 - Dans le cadre d’un processus participatif impliquant plus d’une soixantaine de parties prenantes représentantes les administrations, acteurs de la société civile et du secteur privé, partenaires techniques et financiers, institutions de recherche, …), le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) - département Afrique du Nord – a organisé jeudi 11 juin à Tunis un atelier de consultation sur la Revue de la Performance du Portefeuille et de la Stratégie Pays 2014-2015. La rencontre a porté également sur les perspectives de coopération...
Donald Kaberuka receives Special Valedictory Recognition for AfDB’s support to NEPAD
15-Jun-2015 - The African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka received a special Valedictory Recognition at the 33rd NEPAD* Heads of State and Government (HSGOC) orientation meeting on Saturday, 13 June 2015, at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa. Presenting a commemorative plaque to Mr. Kaberuka, the NEPAD HSGOC Chair and President of Senegal, Macky Sall, recognized “the effective collaboration and constant support of Dr. Donald Kaberuka at the head of the African Development Group (AfDB) during the past ten years.”
AfDB highly represented at the third International Conference on Financing for Development
13-Jun-2015 - A large African Development Bank delegation headed by the Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will take part in the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), taking place from July 13-16, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Eskom’s Sere wind farm in South Africa financed by the AfDB and CIF now in full commercial operation
12-Jun-2015 - The Sere Wind Farm from Eskom, the South African electricity public utility, recently achieved its full commercial operational capacity of a 100 MW .Member States Endorse the ECOWAS Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access
11-Jun-2015 - Countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), represented by the Ministries of Energy, validated on 4-5 June 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, the regional Policy to mainstream gender in all energy programmes, projects and initiatives implemented in the Member States, including large scale energy infrastructure projects and investments. This took place during the 2-day regional gender and energy workshop organized by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the ECOWAS Department of Social Affairs...
The African Legal Support Facility committed to supporting African governments in commercial negotiations
10-Jun-2015 - The Director of the African Legal Support Facility has called on international investors to secure business transactions that will be fair and balanced for company shareholders and stakeholders in government. He also said that a major contributor to the exorbitant cost and protracted nature of many African energy projects in Africa is inefficiency at the negotiating table caused by the fact that investors and government are not consistently speaking the same language or the lack of quality advice during negotiations of transactions.AfDB provides US $22 million to fund Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project in Seychelles
10-Jun-2015 - The Government of the Republic of Seychelles has received a loan worth US $ 20.6 million, in addition to a US $1.668 million grant, from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance part of the Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project. The accords were signed on May 27, on the sidelines of the AfDB’s 50th Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.AfDB commits to rehabilitate infrastructure for food security in São Tomé and Príncipe
10-Jun-2015 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will assist in tackling the prevailing food security and poverty challenges in São Tomé and Príncipe with a combined loan and grant of US $19.5 million approved by the Board of Directors on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The US $16 million African Development Fund (ADF) soft loan and the US $.5 million grant from the Global Environment Facility/Least Developed Countries Fund will be used to finance phase two of the country’s Infrastructure Rehabilitation for Food and Nutrition...