The African Development Bank Group has approved a grant for an assessment study of a water supply and sanitation program for 11 small and medium-sized towns in South Sudan.   The USD 5.4 million grant, extended from the Fragile States Facility, will benefit some 170,000 people living in...

The African Water Facility (AWF), jointly with the Government of Malawi, organized a two-day international workshop on monitoring and information management with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB).  Held in Lilongwe from 30th September to 1st October 2013, the event aimed at...

Financial resources from a variety of public and private sources have been, and will continue to be, committed to support climate change adaptation and mitigation. While there is a wide agreement that rapid and successful deployment of this international public finance is a critical first step in...

Despite the availability of surface and ground water resources, evidence suggests that two in three people in the country don’t have access to safe and potable water supply services. Even worse, more than eight out of ten people don’t have access to adequate sanitation services. This situation...

Several African countries have potentially viable shale gas deposits, which, if developed, could lead to lower gas prices, increased consumption of natural gas, reduced greenhouse gas emissions from power generation and substantial economic benefits to producer countries, finds a report launched...

In the late 1990s, Zimbabwe was among the top ranking countries in the provision of basic water supply and sanitation services in sub-Saharan Africa. In the following decade, due to the declining economy and political crisis,the country’s infrastructure collapsed with severe socio-economic impacts...

On Thursday, 10th October 2013, the African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, launched its inaugural Green Bond transaction. As the momentum in Africa builds toward development embedded with climate action, the AfDB Green Bond program is providing countries with financing for programs...

One of the success stories of Africa today is the socio-economic turnaround of a number of countries over the past decade, including Ethiopia, according to a recent African Development Bank publication entitled “AfDB and Ethiopia - Partnering for Inclusive Growth”. At an average annual growth rate...