This document is the summary of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) relating the upgrading of the Tshikapa-Kamuesha Road (87 km) and rehabilitation of rural ancillary agricultural infrastructure project (including the reconstruction of 368km of feeder roads) in the Democratic...

The Tshikapa – Mbuji Mayi Project on the National Road 1 (NR1) NR1 is an integral part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) high-priority road network program. It is part of the ongoing NR1 rehabilitation program and complements the ongoing upgrading of the following road sections: (i) Batshamba-...

When it comes to growing a business, everyone from entrepreneurs to leaders of the biggest corporations will go wherever the best opportunities lie. That’s why more than 100 CEOs of US companies have descended on Washington to meet hundreds of African leaders from the public and private...

As part of the US-African Leaders Summit, on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, reaffirmed the AfDB’s support to advance the Power Africa initiative, with a commitment of $3 billion over a 5-year period. This support was originally...

At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka made an official visit to Bata and Malabo from July 30 to August 1, 2014. During an audience granted to him, Kaberuka...

The African Water Facility has offered a €1.2 million grant to the Kisumu Water and Sewage Company (KIWASCO) to support an innovative project that will provide sanitation services for residents in the Manyatta settlement in Kisumu, Kenya, while creating business through the...

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka expressed concern over the huge economic cost to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region caused by delays in constructing the Kazungula Bridge, during his visit to the project on Saturday, July 26, 2014. The President saw first-...

The 2nd East African Community/African Development Bank Technical Planning meeting to review the status of implementation of the ongoing projects financed by the Bank concluded on Friday, July 25 at the EAC Headquarters, in Arusha, Tanzania. The July 24-25, 2014 meeting, which attended by...

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, was received Monday, July 28 by the President of the Republic of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, at the Palácio da Cidade Alta in Luanda, where discussions focused on expanding cooperation between the AfDB and the Angolan...