The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, will undertake an official visit to Angola from 28th to 30th July 2014. This visit aims at supporting the efforts of the Government of Angola in implementing its mega infrastructure program and the policy reforms...

This document is the Summary of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Phase 1 of the Transport Sector Support Programme involving the implementation of works on the 200.7 km Section 1 between Batschenga-Ntui and Yoko. This phase also takes into account related improvements and...

At the request of Cameroonian authorities, the African Development Bank will support the implementation of the “Transport Sector Support Programme,” Phase 1 of which consists in constructing the 200.4-km-long Batschenga-Ntui-Yoko road. From an environmental and social perspective, the project is...

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and International Growth Center (IGC) event...

The June 2014 issue of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) quarterly knowledge publication, eVALUation Matters, was released on July 11. This issue focuses on the transport sector in Africa, a sector that has long languished behind that of other world regions. The publication of this...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on June 26 a 7-year, non-sovereign guarantee, USD 75 million corporate loan to the Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP), the Tunisian state-owned oil and gas exploration and production company, to finance...

The Government of Rwanda, spearheading an African Union-led initiative, and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have signed an agreement aimed at providing at least EUR 50 million (approx. USD 70 million) within an Africa-wide resource mobilization initiative. The initiative will finance...