The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a technical cooperation agreement with the Government of Denmark for the establishment of a sustainable energy fund for Africa (SEFA) for capacity building and investment in sustainable energy over a five-year period. The budget for the fund is set at a DKK 300 million (equivalent to USD 57 million).

Ce message de soutien du président Donald Kaberuka a été transmis au président de la république des Seychelles, M. James Michael, par M. Peter Sinon, administrateur de la BAD, reçu en audience à la Présidence de la République.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 40-million loan to finance the Rift Valley Railways (RVR). The five-year USD 246 million capital investment program involves two concessions over a rail network running from Mombasa in Kenya to Kampala in Uganda.

Tunis, le 25 novembre 2008 -  Le conseil d’administration du Fonds africain de développement (Groupe de la BAD) a approuvé un prêt de 310 millions de dollars US (188,64 millions d’unités de compte - UC) en faveur du Cameroun et du Nigeria ainsi qu’un don de 26,5 millions de dollars US (16,16 millions d’UC) en faveur de la CEDEAO pour la mise en œuvre du programme de facilitation du transport sur le corridor Bamenda-Mamfe-Abakaliki-Enugu.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 13 July approved a USD 50-million line of credit in support of Tunisia’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), to help mitigate the funding challenges facing the country under difficult economic circumstances.