September 16, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves Usd 47.70 Million for Electricity Supply to 423 Localities in Cameroon
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved UA* 31.64 million (equivalent to USD 47.70… Read more »
September 06, 2010
Africa: AfDB Provides CFAF 13 Billion to Help Modernize Gabon's Fisheries Sector
The AfDB recently handed CFAF 13 billion worth of equipment to Gabon's fisheries and aquaculture directorate aimed at modernizing the sector. Read more »
July 01, 2010
Africa: AfDB and Cameroon Sign Loan for Water and Sanitation Programme
The AfDB and Cameroon on June 29, 2010, in Tunis signed an UA 10 million ADF loan agreement and a UA 5 million grant agreement. Read more »
June 22, 2010
Africa: AfDB Reforms Are On Track - Outgoing Executive Director Peter Sinon
Mr. Peter Sinon, who has just been appointed Minister of Investment, Natural Resources and Industry in his country, Seychelles, served the AfDB and the continent for six good… Read more »
June 16, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves Additional US$ 32.5 Million for Kenya
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a supplementary loan of UA 22.05 million* (USD 32.5 million) to Kenya under the African Development… Read more »
May 26, 2010
Africa: AfDB And BDEAC Sign a Technical Assistance Grant of Usd 1 Million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and la Banque de Développement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BDEAC) signed today 26 May 2010 a grant agreement amounting to USD 1… Read more »
May 21, 2010
Africa: AfDB Supports Economic Reforms in Burundi With U.S. $15 Million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 15 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi's Third Economic Reform… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations
USD 39.40 million ADF Grant for Liberia Water and Sanitation Read more »
April 06, 2010
Africa: Burundi Infrastructure Plan On Track
The Burundi infrastructure action plan was jointly presented by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the country's public works ministry on Friday, 2 April 2010 in… Read more »
April 02, 2010
Africa: AfDB/Burundi - Launch of Infrastructure Action Plan for Sustainable Development
The Government of Burundi and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will officially launch an "Action Plan for Infrastructure in Burundi" in Bujumbura on 2 April. Read more »
March 26, 2010
Africa: Artisanal Fisheries Project Improves Livelihoods in Angola
With a coastline stretching 1,650 km, Angola is rich in marine fisheries resources. The country's fisheries sector is potentially one of its most economically viable industries and… Read more »
March 10, 2010
Africa: N'sele Chickens Are Back On the Market" Food Crisis Response - AfDB Re-Launches N'sele Farms
Although modest in terms of investment, the resumption of poultry and piggery farms in the former N'Sele Presidential Agro-industrial Domain (DAIPN) in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
December 14, 2009
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Share Experience And Knowledge
In view of the forthcoming conference on Peace and State Building in Africa, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 16 to 19 February 2010, the second pre-conference consultation for… Read more »
November 19, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves Funding for Burundi-Rwanda-Tanzania Railway Project Study
The second phase of the Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Musongati Railway project study will cover the existing 970-km Dar es Salaam-Isaka railway link and its extensions. Read more »
November 09, 2009
Burundi: ICGLR Round-Table Ends in Bujumbura
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) ended on Friday, November 6, 2009, in Bujumbura, Burundi. The closing ceremony was presided over by the Burundian… Read more »
Central Africa: AfDB Provides Active Support to the Great Lakes Region
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Africa: President Kaberuka Reaffirms AfDB Support to the ICGLR
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has reaffirmed AfDB support to the Great Lakes Region and the region's eleven countries at the International… Read more »
November 05, 2009
Africa: AfDB Active Support to the Great Lakes Region
Une importante délégation de la BAD conduite par le président Donald Kaberuka assiste les 5 et 6 novembre 2009 à Bujumbura (Burundi) à la Table… Read more »
October 12, 2009
Africa: AfDB Organizes Conference on Women Entrepreneurship Development
Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon Read more »
September 28, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Approves U.S.$ 47 Million Grant for Bugesera Project
The overall objective of the project is to help reduce poverty. Its specific objective is to improve food security in Bugesera region by increasing agricultural production. PAIR… Read more »
Africa: U.S.$ 190 Million From the AfDB to Link Up Congo and Cameroon
The Ketta-Djoum Road and the Brazzaville-Yaoundé Transport Corridor Facilitation Project will assist in strengthening regional integration in Central Africa. It will enable… Read more »
September 18, 2009
Africa: AfDB and Rwanda Sign U.S.$ 25 Million Agreements for Rural Water Supply Project
Tunis, September 18, 2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Rwanda, on Thursday, 10 September 2009 in Kigali, signed two grant agreements of UA 16 million (US$ 25… Read more »
September 15, 2009
Africa: AfDB and Chad Sign Grant Agreements
AfDB Vice President, Kamal El Kheshen, and the Chadian Agriculture Minister, Mbailou Naimbaye Lossimian, on Thursday, September 11, 2009, signed two Fragile States Facility grant… Read more »
September 11, 2009
Africa: Doing Business Report 2010 - Rwanda Becomes World's Top Reformer
Location: Kigali, Rwanda Read more »
September 03, 2009
Africa: US Congressional Delegation Visits AfDB's Key Projects in Rwanda
A five-person US congressional delegation on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, visited two AfDB-financed projects on the outskirts of Kigali. The delegation, led by Representative Greg… Read more »
