The Government of the Republic of Benin has requested the African Development Bank Group to finance the Parakou Urban Transport Project. This project, which is located in an urban area, will have significant environmental and social impacts requiring the preparation of a Resettlement Action Plan (...
This document summarizes the report of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) completed within the framework of Phase 2 of the Diamniadio-AIBDAIBD section of the Dakar toll road project. The Dakar/Thiès highway project is in line with the government of Senegal's aim to develop the...
The Manzini-Mbadlane Road Highway Project comprises the dualisation of a 30km section between the city of Manzini and Mbadlane on Main Road 3 (MR3). The project involves dualisation from existing two-lane single carriageway to two-lane dual carriageways with controlled or limited access to local...
Applauding Cape Verde’s graduation to middle income status, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 approved a new Country Strategy Paper designed to support the Government in its efforts to lay the foundations for more inclusive and green...
23-Apr-2014
Launch of the AfDB 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth is part of a series on fragile West African states. Infrastructure in Liberia suffered severely from its fourteen years of conflict, and the nation’s stock of infrastructure remains inadequate and poorly maintained. There are, however, a number of...
Infrastructure and Inclusive Growth is part of a series on fragile West African states. Infrastructure in Liberia suffered severely from its fourteen years of conflict, and the nation’s stock of infrastructure remains inadequate and poorly maintained. There are, however, a number of...
More than 70 senior officials representing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) trade bloc, the Egyptian export and business council private sector, leading banks and related ministries, attended the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) forum held at the Four Season’s Hotel on...
14-Apr-2014
“Partnership and leverage is the model for supporting the transformation of Africa,” says Donald Kaberuka
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Africare signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding in Washington, D.C. on 12 April. Speaking at the ceremony – within a Bank-funded Summit on ‘Creating Opportunity for Africa’ in the margins of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings – AfDB President...