Dakar, Senegal – 14 May 2009 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the government of Sierra Leone have signed a 10-million Units of Account (US$ 15.4 million) grant agreement to finance the country’s Economic Governance Reform  Programme (EPRG).

The agreement was signed on Thursday in Dakar, Senegal, by Vice President Zeinab El-Bakri for the AfDB Group and Sierra Leone’s Finance and Economic Development Minster, Samura Kamara, on the sidelines of the institution’s Annual Meetings.

Tunis, 31 October 2006 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), has approved a loan of 15 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 22 million for the financing of the national Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme in Zambia.

The objective of the program is to increase access to safe, reliable and regular supply of water from current levels of 37% to 55% of the rural population by 2010; and to increase access to proper sanitation from 13% to 33% of the rural population by 2010.

Tunis, 8 November 2006 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), has approved a loan of 20 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 29.6 million, to finance the second Health Sector Strategic Plan Support Project (SHSSPP II) in Uganda.

The objective of the project is to reduce maternal mortality in selected districts in Uganda and to contribute to the reduction of mental health disorders in the country.

The project has the following components:

Dakar, May 14, 2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Republic of Liberia, today, signed two agreements totaling UA 6.5 million, equivalent to US$ 10 million, for the implementation of an Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project and financing training and technical skills needed for the project’s execution in the country. The signing took place during the 2009 AfDB Annual Meetings in Dakar.

Tunis, 25 June 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support the third phase of Morocco’s Public Administration Reform Support Programme (PARAP III) with a €66 million loan approved on Wednesday in Tunis, by the Bank’s Board of Directors.