Tunis, 7 August 2007 – South Africa’s national electricity company, Eskom Holdings Limited, will benefit from the biggest loan ever granted by the Private Sector window of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The US$ 500 million program loan approved by the AfDB Board of Directors will help enhance the capacity of the South African utility through investment in generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure.

Tunis, January 14, 2009 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a UA* 4.0 million grant, equivalent to US$ 6.16 million, for the Gambian government to finance its Poverty Reduction Budget Support Programme (PRBSP).

The grant, which runs from 2008-2010, is disbursed as follows: UA 3 million from ADF-XI resources, and UA 1 million from AfDB’s surplus account for the Bank’s response to the food crisis on the continent.

Tunis, 13 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group,  approved today in Tunis a grant in favour of Guinea of 8.25 million Units of Account* (US$ 12.2 million) to finance Tombo-Gbessia Road Improvement Project.

Tunis, 24 July 2007 – The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, will support a Post-conflict Socio-economic Reintegration Support project (PARSEC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a grant of 15 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 22.7 million approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors in Tunis on Tuesday.

Tunis, 13 July 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, approved today in Tunis a grant in favour of Guinea of 14 million Units of Account* (US$ 20.6 million) to finance Support for Development of Basic Education (Education IV Project).