The project road is an important section of the Northern Corridor (NC) which links the port of Mombasa in Kenya with the land-linked eastern and central African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Mombasa-Mariakani road is situated in Mombasa and...
In accordance with the construction of the new terminal building (No.3) in the Sharm El-Sheikh Airport, an environmental and social assessment of the project was carried out. This executive summary provides the main conclusions of this environmental and social assessment and the main actions to...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published a new economic paper on the Middle East and North Africa, entitled "Trade Volume and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Goods or Services?"
In this paper, the African Development Bank underlines that the relatively high trade barriers in the...
13-Feb-2015
Road improvement and trade facilitation: AfDB and Guinea sign US $50 million in loan agreements
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Guinea on February 12 in Abidjan signed US $50 million in loan agreements to finance a road improvement and trade facilitation project. This Road Improvement and Transport Facilitation Project in the Mano River Union includes the tarring of 276.35...
Malawi President Peter Mutharika officially opened the 60-kilometre John Chilembwe Highway, formerly the Blantyre-Zomba road, on January 23, 2015, at Kachere Township in Blantyre. The project was financed by the African Development Bank Group, through an African Development Fund loan of...
The African Development Bank Group, on Friday, January 30, 2015 in Abidjan, received Hiroshi Kato, Japan International Cooperation Agency Vice-President, on a courtesy visit to the institution. Vice-President Kato and his delegation – which included JICA’s Representative in Côte d’Ivoire, Yonezaki...
23-Jan-2015
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta launches AfDB-financed Nairobi Outer Ring Road Improvement Project
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, accompanied by members of his Cabinet, officially launched, on Thursday, January 22, the commencement of the construction of the Nairobi Outer Ring Road Improvement Project, jointly financed by the African Development Bank and the Government of...
15-Jan-2015
Lesotho - Khamane-Oxbow Road Project - PPER
This Project Performance Evaluation Report (PPER) is concerned with the performance of the Khamane - Oxbow Road Project in Lesotho.
On 18 June 1986, ADF Loan Nº CS/LES/TR/86/18 in the amount of UA 6.424 million was approved by ADF for the Project. The loan was declared effective on 1 April 1987...
National Road 1 (NR1) is the backbone and main artery of the road transport system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It links the Banana and Matadi ports in the West to Lubumbashi in the South up to the Zambian border over a distance of about 3 130 kilometres. It mainly serves the Bas-...