.more_iteration {display: none;} Context Situation With over 300 days of sunshine per year, Ain Beni Mathar in Morocco, near the border with Algeria, was the perfect site to build a thermal and solar hybrid plant.The first of its kind in Africa, Ain Beni Mathar is a real opportunity...
10-Sep-2015
President Akinwumi A. Adesina pushes for a New Deal on Energy for Africa and Binding Agreement at COP21
Speaking to a delegation of Ministers representing more than 40 nations spanning the globe in Paris on Sunday, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, pushed for a New Deal on Energy in Africa to solve Africa’s energy crisis.
The audience included the host of the 2015...
The briefing note about Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) is the first briefing note of an AfDB-Climate Change series heading to COP21.
INDCs are the primary means for governments to communicate how they will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change...
02-Sep-2015
SEFA awarded “Power Transaction of the Year” for Jumeme rural energy supply project in Tanzania
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) was awarded “Power Transaction of the Year” by the East African Power Industry for its role in financing the development of an independent solar hybrid mini-grid project in rural Tanzania. The prize was received at the awards gala on August 27...
Through the SE4All Africa Hub, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is now supporting the development of the SE4All Country Action Agenda and Investment Prospectuses in four new countries: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zimbabwe, along with Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda,...
27-Aug-2015
First two projects of Africa Climate Change Fund approved to support climate finance readiness in Africa
The newly established Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) has approved its first two projects in the past month. One will support Mali with preparatory funding to advance its low-carbon, climate resilient development agenda, and the second will strengthen data and information on climate...
The ClimDev Africa Special Fund (CDSF) launched its first project in Ethiopia on August 3 to help the country cope with, and build resilience to, climate change by enhancing capacity in climate monitoring, data analysis, interpretation, forecasting and dissemination for use in...
24-Jul-2015
Green Bond Newsletter - Issue N°2 - July 2015
“We are pleased to present the second edition of the AfDB’s annual Green Bond newsletter highlighting recent developments and achievements in our SRI activities. Green Bond issuance has substantially increased over the past three years and we are delighted to have been one of the early issuers of...
At its governing body meetings mid-May, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed 9 African nations to serve as pilot countries for critical aspects of climate-smart development, with six pilot countries for climate resilience and three for sustainable forests. In addition, governments...