24-Oct-2012
Burkina Faso - Telecel Faso - ESMP Summary
The private mobile telephone company “TELECEL FASO” approached the African Development Bank (AfDB) for assistance in implementing its 2012-2013 investment plan. The said plan is a project designed to enhance the country’s national rural coverage capacities and improve service quality. In total, 200...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) intends to contribute to the financing of the rural electrification project in Congo. The project aims to increase the population’s electricity access rate, with a view to improving its living conditions. The project’s specific objective is to connect four...
A supplementary Technical Cooperation Agreement of the Korea Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Trust Fund was signed on October 16, 2012, between Jaewan Bahk, Minister of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, during the...
23-Oct-2012
Increase Investments in ICT
Accelerated growth on the continent lies with increased investments in ICT infrastructure. According to Gabriel Negatu, the Director in charge of EARC, there are many new innovations in the field of ICT whose growth is hampered by dearth of capital. "The nexus between ICT and economic growth has...
19-Oct-2012
Burkina Faso - Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Programme - Project Completion Report (PCR)
The main challenge addressed by the Programme is to significantly improve access to drinking water and sanitation by the inhabitants of 13 provinces of Burkina Faso, as well as those of the country’s two main cities,Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. The programme is fully consistent with i) the...
Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited is the current Management of Eleme Petrochemicals Company Ltd (EPCL), having taken over management/ ownership of the company from Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in 2006. This major Olefins Plant (Eleme Petrochemical complex) situated on a...
12-Oct-2012
Uganda - National Livestock Productivity Improvement Project (NLPIP) - Project Completion Report (PCR)
The project objectives were to increase livestock productivity and marketing with a subsequent increase in household incomes of participating livestock farmers in Uganda. In line with GoU’s Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) the key focus was on: (i) developing livestock-related infrastructure...
The total coverage of the public road network in Malawi is approximately 15,451km, of which 28% is paved and the rest of the network is unpaved. The condition of the roads remain largely in good to fair condition, with 93% of the paved road network in good to fair condition, 65% of the unpaved road...
The Government of Malawi (GoM) through the Roads Authority (RA) plans to rehabilitate and widen the existing 46 km long Mzuzu- Nkhata Bay road. The road is classified as M5 and has a gazette road reserve of 60 m. Currently, the road has a narrow carriageway that is in poor condition rendering the...