The North-East Road Connectivity Support Project (PACR) is part of Tunisia's road sub-sector strategy and supports two of the five pillars of the country's Development Strategy Plan for the period 2016-2020. The PACR consists of the construction of a 9 km-long twoway, two-lane (2x2) suburban...
11-Dec-2017
Women, youth and SMEs to benefit from African Development Bank’s US $100-million loan to Mauritius
Thousands of small and medium enterprises in Mauritius will benefit from a US $100-million loan to the country from the African Development Bank.
The Bank approved the loan through its public sector window to MauBank Holdings Ltd. in Mauritius to expand its SME business across sectors and foster...
The 2017 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Week (PIDA Week) will take place from 10 to 14 December in Swakopmund, Namibia on the theme, “Regional infrastructure development for job creation and economic transformation.” The third edition of PIDA Week will be organized by the...
07-Dec-2017
Senegal’s New Airport Opens
Senegal’s new International Blaise Diagne Airport (AIBD), a 525 million euro infrastructure masterpiece, co-financed with the African Development Bank, opened on Thursday. The airport confirms the Bank’s commitment to Africa’s air transportation development, and a strategic component of the ...
07-Dec-2017
Tanzania: African Development Bank accelerates development pace with ‘High 5’ priorities
he African Development Bank’s 2017 Country Results Brief released recently is dedicated Tanzania. The report analyzes Tanzania’s economic situation as a country at the crossroads that has maintained an average growth rate of 6% over the last decade — supported by the industrial sector...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Commission on Monday 27 November 2017 signed five co-financing agreements to support road infrastructure projects in West Africa.
The total cost of the 5 projects co-financed by the Bank and EU is 652 million Euros (428 billion CFA francs). Of...
Efforts being made by Kenya’s government to make Nairobi an aviation hub has received a big boost from the African development Bank (AfDB) which approved a US$ 160m loan for the expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The project entails construction of a 4.9-km...
The Ministry of Public Works and the African Development Bank are in discussions to construct the first 50-km of Lot 3 from Fish Town to Kelipo Kanweaken. Therefore, Comptran Engineering & Planning Associates (COMPTRAN) was contracted to review and adopt the RAP report for Lot 3, prepared by...
The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a loan of €180 million to the Republic of Cameroon to finance the first phase of the government’s Competitiveness and Economic Growth Support Programme (PACCE).
PACCE is the first of a three-year programmatic general budget...