La Banque africaine de développement va aider le Sénégal à poursuivre son Programme d’urgence de développement communautaire, destiné à développer l’agriculture en milieu rural et à offrir aux populations des contrées les plus reculées du pays un meilleur accès aux services sociaux de base. Pour ce...
13-Sep-2018
DRC - Green Mini-Grid Program - ESMF
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second biggest and fourth most populated country in Africa, which spreads over 2,345,441km² with a population of 78.7 million. Yet the DRC has one of the lowest rates of electrification in the world. Only approximately 10% of the population has access...
13-Sep-2018
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa grants US$ 1 million to stimulate renewable energy investments in Angola
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a US$1 million grant to Independent Power Producers (IPP) in Angola to encourage private investment in renewable energy.
The SEFA grant, approved in July this year, will be used...
Burkina Faso is a land locked sahelian country located in West Africa characterized by high proportion of rural population (77.3%). More than 80% of the rural population depends on subsistence farming involving small farms. Agricultural sector counts for 39% of the GDP. The poverty profile...
Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement burkinabè ont signé, mardi 28 août 2018 à Ouagadougou, des accords de financement du Programme d’appui aux réformes dans le secteur de l’énergie (PARSE). Ce financement, d’un montant de quelque 11,5 milliards de francs CFA, avait...
24-Aug-2018
Senegal - Project to Enhance Electricity Access in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas - SESA/ESMF Summary
This summary was prepared in accordance with the environmental and social requirements of the State of Senegal and the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Category 2 projects. The project description and rationale are first presented, followed by the legal...
16-Aug-2018
Central African Republic -Addendum - Central Africa Fibre-Optic Backbone Project (CAB) – CAR Component
The purpose of this Addendum is, first of all, to seek the approval of the Boards of Directors on the readjustment of the use of the African Development Fund (ADF) (country and regional envelop) and the Transition Support Facility (TSF) –Pillar I) allocations to Central African Republic in...
PARSE is a continuation of the Energy Sector Support Programme (PASE) financed by the Bank in 2015 through an energy crisis response budget support (CRBS) to Burkina Faso. PASE1 was the Bank’s rapid response to enable the country to mitigate the effects of the crisis that had seriously disrupted...
The Bank’s Tanzania Country Strategic Paper (CSP) 2016 - 2020 is based on two strategic pillars namely (i) infrastructure development and (ii) strengthening governance and accountability. In regard to infrastructure development, the Bank’s interventions are focused on improving both domestic and...