The Ninth African Development Forum (ADF) opened on October 13 in Marrakech with the call by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) for stronger emphasis on infrastructure and for ownership of the Africa50 Fund, “a profit-driven entity seeking to provide risk-adjusted returns to its...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 24, 2014 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 approved a US $29.49-million grant to help finance the first phase of the Nyakararo-Mwaro-Gitega (RN18) Road Improvement and Asphalting Project in...

The historic one-day UN Climate Summit opened on September 23 in New York City with 125 heads of state in attendance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama urged all nations – developed and developing – to agree on a global deal before the 2015 Climate Summit in Paris. They...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – The Republic of Benin will receive a combined loan and grant amounting to US$ 58.50 million to help finance the Parakou Urban Transport Project, approved by executive directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 19 September 2014 in Abidjan. The project...

Liberia has not had a good road network since its independence. Only a smaller percentage of the nations’ roads were paved, while majority of the road network remained unpaved. And with the advent of the civil crises, maintenance of the road network could not be undertaken due to lack of the...

Liberia has not had a good road network since its independence. Only a smaller percentage of the nations’ roads were paved, while majority of the road network remained unpaved. And with the advent of the civil crises, maintenance of the road network could not be undertaken due to lack of the...

Liberia has not has a good road network since its independence. Only a smaller percentage of the nations’ roads were paved, while majority of the road network remained unpaved. And with the advent of the civil crises, maintenance of the road network could not be undertaken due to lack of the...

The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) is intending to secure funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), for the upgrading of the 130Km road of the Fish Town to Harper City section of the proposed Zwedru-Harper Road Corridor. The study road lies within...

This document is the summary of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) relating the upgrading of the Tshikapa-Kamuesha Road (87 km) and rehabilitation of rural ancillary agricultural infrastructure project (including the reconstruction of 368km of feeder roads) in the Democratic...