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 in Tunis on Wednesday, a loan of 17 million Units of Account* (US$ 24.7 million) to finance the Export Marketing and Quality Awareness Project in Ghana.

The project will contribute towards the goal of increasing the export earnings of non traditional agricultural products. The objective of the project is to increase incomes of horticulture crop farmers and exporters and of cassava producers.

Tunis, 18 July 2007 – The African Development Fund  (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of UA 33 million (US$ 50 million) to help finance the second phase of  the  Poverty Reduction Strategy Support Program  (PRSSP II) in Rwanda.

Tunis, September 25, 2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group welcomes Canada's decision to temporarily make available USD$2.6 billion [CAD$2.8 billion] to AfDB to enable the institution address the challenges resulting from the impacts of the international financial crisis on African economies.

Tunis, 6 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 loan in favour of Benin of 35 million Units of Account (UA*) equivalent to US$ 51.6 million to finance the Communal Forests Management Support Project (PAGEFCOM).

The project will contribute towards poverty reduction. Its specific objective is to contribute to the sustainable management of forest resources and to the improvement of the population’s incomes and living conditions.

Tunis, 29 June 2005 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis approved a loan to Tunisia of 33 million Units of Account (UA*) equivalent to US$ 50 million to finance a Capacity Building in Environmental Protection and Phosphate Mining (CPG) project.