A major multi-stakeholder initiative is paving the way to improved infrastructure in Africa. Officially launched on 24 July 2010 in Kampala, Uganda, on the sidelines of the 16th African Union heads of state and government summit, the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) has entered the preparation phase.

African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka met with Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer and humanitarian, at the AfDB headquarters in Abidjan on Friday, November 14 to discuss ways to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

In their private meeting, Kaberuka and Drogba discussed a partnership between the AfDB and the Didier Drogba Foundation in an effort to respond to Ebola, a health crisis that according to the World Health Organization has infected more than 14,098 people since March 2014, resulting in 5,160 deaths.

La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement comorien ont signé, le 14 novembre 2014 à Abidjan, deux accords de don totalisant près de 6,5 millions de dollars EU. Objectif : dynamiser le secteur de l’énergie sur l’archipel.

Le premier don, de 6 millions de dollars EU, octroyé sous la forme d’un appui budgétaire, financera le Programme d’appui aux réformes du secteur de l’énergie (PARSE), exécuté sur les années 2014 et 2015.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated to the 6^th International Financial Institutions Career Fair from November 10-11, 2014 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on Wednesday, November 19 that it has offered a €3-million grant to the Republic of Somalia to support a project designed to build resilience to climate change and reduce water stress in Somaliland. The project is expected to improve the management of water resources and attract investments to build water infrastructure and improve water services.