24-May-2013
Rwanda - Energy Sector Review and Action Plan
The Government of Rwanda recognizes that availability of effi cient and reliable energy supply is a pre-requisite for social prosperity, human development and economic growth. These are also the key objectives of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 whose overarching goal is to transform the country into a middle...
For the African Development Bank’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, transforming Africa means powering a climate-smart and greener continent. It entails supporting transformative infrastructure projects to increase energy access backed by both large-scale and off-grid solutions,...
The African Development Bank and the Government of Malawi (GoM) signed two grants amounting to UA 6 million (about US $9 million) on May 23, for budgetary support and a Hydroelectric Power Plant Feasibility Study. The US $6 million additional Crisis Response Budgetary Support follows the initial US...
The Electricity Authority of Benin–Nigerian Electric Power Authority power interconnection project, jointly financed by the African Development Bank, the West African Development Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States, is one of the sparkling flagship projects for regional...
19-May-2013
A Focus on Green Growth: the Green Morocco Plan
Context
In July 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted a EUR 105 million loan to the Green Morocco Plan Support Programme (PAPMV). Approved by the Moroccan authorities in April 2008, the Green Morocco Plan (PMV) will be spread out over twelve years (2008-2020).
The plan was...
The official launch of the first phase of the Ouarzazate solar power plant took place on Friday, 10 May 2013 in the Moroccan rural municipality of Ghessate (Ouarzazate Province). The event was attended by King Mohammed VI and representatives of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) and the...
The African Development Bank today launched the 1,068-kilometre high-voltage electricity highway to be built between Kenya and Ethiopia.
The project, which is expected to be completed in less than five years, involves the construction of transmission lines of about 437 km in Ethiopia and about...
Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations 2013 is an annual publication of the African Development Bank Group, presenting data on operational activities of the Bank Group. Part One gives cross-country statistics on Bank operations and Part Two provides country-specific information on each...
During a working visit to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis on 3rd May 2013 , Nizar Baraka, Moroccan Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the AfDB Board of Governors, welcomed the support of the Bank to his country’s quest for green growth. In his words, the...