The Cameroon-Chad Power Interconnection Project stems from the desire of both countries to optimize the use of their energy resources by integrating their power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure. It will involve the construction of: (i) a 225 kV high-voltage (HV) main...
The project falls within the ambit of the electricity sub-sector development policy letters and the development strategies of the four countries concerned. It is aligned on the third strategic thrust of Burkina Faso’s National Economic and Social Development Plan for the period 2016-2020 (2016-...
The African Development Bank achieved a 100% investment in renewable energy in 2017, a major landmark in its commitment to clean energy and efficiency. Power generation projects with a cumulative 1,400 megawatts exclusively from renewables were approved during the year, with plans to increase...
21-Dec-2017
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa improves waste-to-energy electricity in Kenya with US $1 million grant
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a grant of US $ 995,000 to Asticom Kenya Ltd., to support the construction of a 10 megawatt (MW) grid-connected municipal waste-to-energy (WTE) plant.
The grant will fund the cost of...
20-Dec-2017
African Development Bank and Government of Mozambique light up 80,000 households and businesses
“The expansion of the Dondo substation will not just light up households and family units. It will also power the industrial growth of the Sofala and Manica provinces, creating more dynamic markets for agricultural commodities and ultimately contribute to job creation and the economic growth of the...
20-Dec-2017
Sustainable energy: African Development Bank approves US $ 20m support to Evolution Fund II
As part of its wider mandate under the New Deal on Energy for Africa, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on December 15, 2017, approved an investment of US $20 million in the Evolution II Fund −a Pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund.
The Bank’s...
Continental initiatives are driving the new growth in infrastructure demand in Africa. This was the message conveyed to donor partners at the 23rd Oversight Committee (OC or Board) Meeting of the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), a multi-donor Special Fund hosted...
714 km de ligne haute tension entre N’Zérékoré (Guinée) et Sanankoroba (Mali) 201 villages connectés au réseau électrique La Banque africaine de développement a validé, mercredi 13 décembre 2017 à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, le projet de financement de la construction, sur 714 km...
12-Dec-2017
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa Transmission and Distribution System Rehabilitation and Upgrading Project (AATDRUP)
The Addis Ababa Transmission & Distribution System Rehabilitation and UpgradingProject(AATDRUP) entails the rehabilitationandupgrading (in the shorttomedium term)of the transmissionanddistribution networks inthe capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, and itssurrounding urban areas within a 50-...