The African Development Bank assembled top representatives from African airlines, aviation industry organizations, civil aviation and regulatory authorities, airplane manufacturers, financiers and development partners to discuss the future of aviation in Africa. The Bank initiated the...
Partnerships have been crucial in the successful overall implementation of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) projects in Angola. It is to give an impetus to the Bank’s cooperation with the country that, the Bank’s Country Manager, Dr. Joseph Martial Ribeiro, on 29 March 2018 in Luanda, called...
19-Mar-2018
African Development Bank, partners fund construction of 208-kilometre regional road project in Rwanda
The African Development Bank, the European Union (EU) Delegation in Rwanda, Embassy of Japan in Rwanda and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) joined the Government of Rwanda to launch the rehabilitation and widening of the Kagitumba-Kayonza-Rusumo road works in the Eastern province of...
This document summarizes the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) of the Project to Rehabilitate the Senoba-Ziguinchor-Mpack Road and Open up the Southern Regions. In accordance with the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and national regulations...
09-Jan-2018
GHANA - Fufulso – Sawla Road Project
Ghana has developed the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II, 2006 – 2009),which anchored on three pillars: i) Private Sector Competiveness; ii) Human Resource Development; and iii) Good Governance. As in the GPRS II, the importance of transport infrastructure is highlighted as an enabler...
09-Jan-2018
CHAD - Koumra-Sarh road asphalting Project - PCR
The completion of the Koumra-Sarh road asphalting project is in line with the Bank's 2008-2012 medium-term strategy (MTS), the third of the 9 key commitments being "to give priority to infrastructure, governance, private sector development, higher education, technical education and vocational...
The Namibia Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project (NTIIP) encompasses two priority interventions in the rail and road transport sub-sectors: (i) Upgrading of the Walvis Bay – Kranzberg railway section (210km); and (ii) Upgrading of the Windhoek to Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA)...
20-Dec-2017
New Mozambican rail, port project to open new markets for farm produce, boost regional integration
The African Development Bank is taking the lead in facilitating the takeoff of one of Africa’s largest infrastructure project − the US $ 5 billion Nacala corridor rail and port project.
The Bank will support the project with US $ 300 million from its Private Sector Window.
After years of...
To help speed up travel and transportation in Namibia, the Board of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of ZAR 2,000 million (US$ 153 million) to the Government of Namibia to upgrade a 210km stretch of railway in the west of the country. The support will also finance the upgrade...