Pan-African conference for civil society organisations to promote public participation in natural resources policy

For two full days the African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) brought together 45 civil society organisations (CSOs) from 30 countries in Africa to discuss ways to foster inclusive and sustainable development through public participation in natural resources policy formulation.

AfDB approves over US $545 million for transport in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Tanzania; and economic governance in Cape Verde

At their regular meetings on Thursday, November 26, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved two major transport support and facilitation programmes for Tanzania, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali, as well as an economic governance support programme for Cape Verde to be financed with combined loans and grants totaling US $545 million.

AfDB mobilises 377 million euros to boost inclusive growth in Tunisia

On Thursday, November 19, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Tunisian Government signed six funding agreements in loans and grants to a total of €377 million, or about 830 million Tunisian dinars. The signing ceremony was co-chaired by Yassine Brahim, Tunisian Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, and AfDB North Africa Regional Director Jacob Kolster, in the presence of the Minister of Development, Housing and Spatial Planning, Mohamed Salah Arfaoui.