Participants in the African Development Fund have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Africa’s continuing process of economic transformation, with a total replenishment amount of $7.3 billion for 2014 to 2016. Millions of Africans stand to benefit from improved energy supply, transport...
The African Development Bank and Made in Africa Foundation officially launched the fundraising for Africa50’s Project Development Vehicle on Thursday, September 26 at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in New York City. The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Made in Africa Foundation (MIAF) have...
26-Sep-2013
Power Africa Initiative Brochure
The United States of America (USA) became a member of the African Development Fund (ADF) in 1976 and of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 1983. The USA supported the 2010 General Capital Increase VI and ADF XII replenishment of the African Development Bank Group. They pledged a total of about...
The eighth African Economic Conference will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013 under the theme “Regional Integration in Africa”. The conference is organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United...
23-Sep-2013
Ghana - Electricity Distribution System Reinforcement and Extension Project - ESMP Summary
Ghana Energy Development Access Program (GEDAP) III project draws on the on-going GEDAP which is has been supported by the Bank and many other donors since 2007. The current project involves three components that will be financed by the Bank. These proposed project components include: (A)...
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved the conversion of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) – a bilateral trust fund established with funding from the Government of Denmark and administered by the AfDB – into a multi-donor trust fund with a wider remit. With this...
20-Sep-2013
South Sudan - Juba Power Distribution Rehabilitation and Expansion Project - ESMP Summary
Electricity supply in Juba is from 17 MW (10 MW operational) installed diesel power plant and is distributed in 11 kV and 415/230 volts networks. The existing supply is weak with: (i) shortage of generation to meet demand; (ii) marginal capacities of the distribution system to supply new customers...
20-Sep-2013
6ème Forum mondial Convergences - Développement : Rendre l’énergie plus accessible en Afrique
« Accès à l’énergie en Afrique : facteurs clés de succès pour le développement de projets durables », c’est le thème abordé lors d’un atelier, mercredi 18 septembre 2013, par la coordinatrice du portefeuille Climate Investment Funds à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Mafalda Duarte, et...
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 in Tunis approved Sierra Leone’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2013-2017, which outlines the Bank Group’s programmatic support to enable Sierra Leone to transition out of fragility while ensuring the...