The African Development Bank’s first Development Effectiveness Review focusing on the energy sector was launched on Tuesday, April 28 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan by the Bank’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department and Quality Assurance and Results Department. The...
Report examines challenges and opportunities in providing affordable and sustainable energy to African citizens On April 28, at the African Development Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan the Directors of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Quality Assurance and Results and the Energy, Environment...
On April 8-9, the Chief Economist Complex of the African Development Bank organized a Bank-wide seminar on the Housing Market Dynamics in Africa at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. The objective of this seminar was to share preliminary findings of the forthcoming study on the continent’s housing...
15-Apr-2015
COP21 in Paris: the CFA franc zone joins the AfDB in calling for an ambitious agreement for Africa
On April 9 and 10, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from CFA franc zone member states (Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC) met in Bamako to discuss sustainable growth, with a particular emphasis on environmental...
02-Apr-2015
Tunisia: AfDB grants €49.4 million loan to enhance natural gas supply to disadvantaged regions
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Abidjan, a €49.4-million loan to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Corporation, la Société tunisienne d’électricité et du gaz (STEG).
The project for the development of natural gas...
31-Mar-2015
Development partners work with Comoros to help repair the country’s ailing energy industry
Development institutions and power companies responded to a call made by the Union of the Comoros and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to attend a High-Level Consultation, which took place on March 25, 2015 at the AfDB’s headquarters in Abidjan. The meeting shed light on the crisis currently...
27-Mar-2015
SEFA to support Solar Power Plant in Chad
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has just approved a USD 780,000 preparation grant for the development of a first phase 40 MW of Starsol* Solar PV Plant near N’Djamena in Chad as the first Independent Power Producer (IPP) scheme to be connected to the national grid. Specifically, the...
A High Level Consultation gathering took place on Wednesday, March 25 at the African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan to discuss solutions to ending the energy problem in Comoros. The meeting has cited the important role the private sector can play in the country’s ailing energy industry...
A high-level Egyptian delegation led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab briefed Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday, March 20 in Abidjan, urging support to the government’s ongoing economic reforms and to its ambitious development and investment programme. Opening...