This document is a summary of the Framework Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the NOOR Midelt Solar Power Complex Project - Phase I. The detailed design of the NOOR Midelt project’s power plants will be provided by the projects selected following an international competitive...

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has approved US $21.7 million for the United Republic of Tanzania to finance its Geothermal Energy Development Project. The project serves as a significant step in advancing the country’s plans to transform its national economy bolstered by an affordable and...

On Sunday 17 July 2017, The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, laid the foundation stone of the Lom Pangar Dam power plant in the département of Lom-et-Djerem in eastern Cameroon. The visit to Lom Pangar included top government officials,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen partnership at country level. Both parties have agreed to jointly pull together the sum of US $2 billion over the next three years to finance projects in agriculture and...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to fund the construction of a 32 megawatts solar plant to be constructed in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital. In addition to financing the 32 MW solar power plant, AfDB plans to support other projects such as the electrical interconnection project between...

Donors from Canada, Germany, UK and Spain have called on other countries to join them in increasing financial contributions to support infrastructure project preparation in Africa so as to accelerate Africa’s transformation and increased socio-economic development through enhanced infrastructure...

The Government of Japan and the African Development Bank have signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Japan-Africa Energy Initiative (JAEI) to provide significant support to the New Deal on Energy for Africa which aims to achieve universal access to energy by 2025, using available energy sources...

Excellencies, Ministers here present, Japanese Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E. Shinichi SAIDA and other Ambassadors, Colleagues, Media Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen,   Thank you all for being here today for the launch of the Japan-Africa Energy Initiative, in partnership...

Morocco received approval for a US $25 million loan from the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund (CIF CTF) for a project to generate solar power through an innovative hybrid Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) solution. The Midelt Phase I Concentrated Solar Power...