The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting and co-organizing 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. Energy Week runs from Monday,...
Members of the African Community of Practice (AfCoP) Steering Committee met on September 14 in Abidjan to review performance and provide strategic guidance on the African Development Bank-executed AfCoP project. The AfCoP project, valued at US $12.6 million, is geared at promoting results-based...
On September 10, 2015, African Development Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, Solomon Asamoah, participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, titled: The US-Africa Leaders’ Summit One Year On:...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the Climate Technology Initiative - Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI-PFAN), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
The African Development Bank has lauded the development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agendas, and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member countries, and urged them to now turn those plans into action...
10-Sep-2015
AfDB approves US $22-million grant to break “triangle of thirst” in West Kordofan, Sudan
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, September 9 committed a grant of US $22-million to finance water and sanitation facilities in the West Kordofan State of Sudan and a country-wide Institutional Capacity Development Program.
More than 130,000 people (69,000 women) in the...
10-Sep-2015
President Akinwumi A. Adesina pushes for a New Deal on Energy for Africa and Binding Agreement at COP21
Speaking to a delegation of Ministers representing more than 40 nations spanning the globe in Paris on Sunday, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, pushed for a New Deal on Energy in Africa to solve Africa’s energy crisis.
The audience included the host of the 2015...
On September 8, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan signed the sixth private sector assistance loan under the joint initiative titled Enhanced Private Sector Assistance (EPSA) for Africa. The loan, worth JPY 35.88 billion, equivalent to USD 300 million, is intended...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Access Bank Rwanda Ltd. signed a loan agreement for the equivalent of US $6 million under the Africa SME Program on September 3, 2015 to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda.
Access Bank Rwanda is a member of the Access Bank Group,...