.more_iteration {display: none;} Context The Congo River, one of the most powerful rivers in Africa, has very high hydropower potential that could contribute significantly to the needs of the continent. Currently, only the Inga site of the river is being harnessed for hydropower...
31-Jul-2013
President’s U.S.Treasury Awards Blog - Debating Africa and the Global Economy on US Public Radio
On Thursday, July 25, I was in Washington for an award ceremony at the US Treasury, in which two African Development Bank projects received recognition. Straight afterwards, I appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi show on Washington public radio alongside Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of State for...
On July 12, Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, launched the new national development plan for the period 2013-2018 called “Agenda for Prosperity” (A4P). The support provided by the African Development Bank in mainstreaming green growth in the A4P was largely acknowledged by the...
26-Jul-2013
AfDB President debates “The US, Africa and the Global economy” on the Kojo Nnamdi Radio Show in Washington
On the heels of the US Treasury Development Impact Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, joined a radio debate on “The US, Africa and the Global Economy” on American University Radio (WAMU 88.5FM). He was joined by Lael Brainard, Under...
26-Jul-2013
AfDB and UN University Institute to collaborate on getting fair deal for Africa from its natural resources
The African continent teems with valuable natural resources, but its people are not getting a fair share from this rich bounty.
This was a problem discussed during a three-day mission from the UN University Institute of Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) to the African Development Bank (AfDB...
25-Jul-2013
AfDB approves five new projects
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group chaired by Emmanuel Mbi, First Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer,on Wednesday July 24, 2013 in Tunis, approved five projects covering the following:
Côte d’Ivoire: CIPREL Power Expansion Project – An AfDB loan of 50 million...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, July 24, a senior loan of up to 50 million euros to finance the CIPREL Power Expansion Project to increase the existing plant capacity by 222 MW and thereby help Côte d’Ivoire to meet its growing...
African Development Bank experts in energy, transport, water supply and sanitation, agriculture, and forestry have begun hands-on training to implement a solid approach to track climate finance flows in Bank-funded development projects.
Climate finance concerns resources channeled by national,...
La Tunisienne Hela Cheikhrouhou a été désignée, le 26 juin 2013, première directrice exécutive du nouveau Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC), bientôt opérationnel.
Une reconnaissance amplement méritée pour cette experte reconnue des problématiques liées au changement climatique, qui a été...