The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, attended the official opening ceremony of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which kicked off Monday in Addis Ababa. The meeting featured the announcement of the election of President Alpha Condé of Guinea as...
26-Jan-2017
Energy Week
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting and co-organizing the Energy Week, a series of events, including high-level discussions and partnerships focusing on lighting up and powering Africa, and unlocking the continent's huge energy potential. The Energy Week runs from Monday, March 27 to...
PARSE will have a positive impact on the entire national economy and the Malagasy population. The improved financial health of the National Water and Electricity Company(JIRAMA) will enable the State to gradually reduce subsidiesgranted to the latter anddevote its budget to investment expenditure...
05-Jan-2017
SEFA grants US $1 million to prepare an innovative community-owned hydropower project in Kenya
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a US $992,000-grant to support the preparation of 7.8-MW hydropower project (HPP) in Kenya. The project is based on standard run-of-the-river technology, but features an innovative...
The African Development Bank-hosted Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved on November 29, 2016 a US $870,000 preparation grant for Tanzania’s the Rural Energy Agency (REA) to structure the Renewable Energy Investment Facility (REIF), which will provide affordable finance to...
29-Dec-2016
Côte d’Ivoire - Power Transmission and Distribution Networks Reinforcement Project – Appraisal report
Between 2012 and 2015, Côte d’Ivoire posted sustained economic growth atan average rate of 9.4% due to the recovery of the main growth-bearing sectors of the national economy: agriculture, mining and services. In the electricity sub-sector, this economic growth has led to an annual increase in...
29-Dec-2016
Multinational - Interconnection of Electric Grids of Nile Equatorial Lakes Countries Project
Management submits this Memorandum and Recommendation to provide a supplementary loan of UA 5.840millionby re-allocating from 70% of cancelled balancesof loans of completed projects to the Republic of Uganda to financethe funding gapof the above project. The shortfall arose mainly from depreciation...
20-Dec-2016
Lesotho - Urban Distribution Rehabilitation and Transmission Expansion Project - Appraisal report
The Urban Distribution Rehabilitation and Transmission Expansion Project, comprising refurbishment of switching stations and transmission lines;the construction of an 8 km, 132 kV transmission line and expansion of the Khukhune substation, aims at improving the reliability and quality of...
The Liberia Energy Efficiency and Access Project (LEEAP) is part of a larger multi-donor programme aiming to improve the access to electricity in Liberia. The project involves the construction of 46.1 km of transmission line and 280 km of distribution line in the corridors of the Roberts...