July 15, 2016
South Sudan: AfDB Approves € 6 Million Grant for Water Project to Improve Livelihoods in South Sudan
The Board Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at its seating on 14th July 2016 approved a grant of Euro 5.9 million from the Transition Support Facility-Trust… Read more »
Ethiopia: AfDB Boosts Ethiopia's Power Industry With a U.S.$ 104 Million Loan
The African Development Bank has approved a USD 104 million loan to the Government of Ethiopia for a project which will sustainably extend power to industries, small businesses to… Read more »
July 13, 2016
Rwanda: AfDB-Rwanda - Board Approves U.S.$50 Million for Skills, Entrepreneurship Development and Job Creation Programme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of USD 50 million to finance the third phase of the Skills,… Read more »
Tanzania: Official Launch of the Tanzania Sustainable Energy for All (Se4all) Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus
Tanzania's Minister of Energy and Minerals, Sospeter Muhongo, with the participants to the official launch of national Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agenda and… Read more »
June 27, 2016
Kenya: AfDB Loan to Provide Power to 1.5 Million Kenyans
The African Development Bank on Monday, June 27, 2016, approved a USD 135-million loan to launch the second phase of an energy project that is expected to benefit a minimum of… Read more »
June 22, 2016
East Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 245 Million to Finance Uganda-Rwanda Transport Project and Boosts Regional Trade in East Africa
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, the African Development Bank approved USD 245 million in loans and grants to the Governments of Uganda and Rwanda to finance a transport project that… Read more »
April 07, 2016
Kenya: Kenya to Tap Into Rift Valley Geothermal Resources and Strengthen Private Sector Investment in Renewable Energy
With African Development Bank (AfDB) support, Kenya has received approval from the Climate Investment Funds' Clean Technology Fund (CIF-CTF) for a US $29.65-million concessional… Read more »
April 06, 2016
Comoros: AfDB Approves Country Strategy Paper 2016-2020 for the Comoros
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the Comoros' Country Strategy Paper 2016-2020, designed to enable the country achieve diversified… Read more »
April 01, 2016
Southern Africa: AfDB Group Announces Us $549-Million Drought Response Package for Eastern and Southern Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, announced Friday a relief package of US $549 million in support of 14 countries most affected by the ongoing… Read more »
June 13, 2016
Africa: Speech Delivered By President Akinwumi At the 7th African Agricultural Science Week
Good morning Your Excellency President Paul Kagame ably represented by the Prime Minister, Honorable Anastase Murekezi, the AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and… Read more »
June 07, 2016
Uganda: AfDB-Funded Water and Sanitation Project to Improve Lives in Uganda
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May 19, 2016
Tanzania: AfDB Approves U.S. $ 120 Million Line of Credit to Tanzania's Crdb Bank PLC
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window has approved a USD 120-million line of credit (LOC) to CRDB Bank Plc ("CRDB")… Read more »
May 11, 2016
Rwanda: Rwanda Gets Green Light to Prepare Plan to Sustainably Enhance Its Forest Resources
With support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Rwanda has won approval of a US $250,000 grant under the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP) to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Pushes Energy and Youth Job Creation Agenda At World Economic Forum in Kigali
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May 06, 2016
Tanzania: AfDB Approves a Partial Credit Guarantee to Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company
The African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Board of Directors, on May 5, 2016 approved a Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) of up to US $4 million in local currency to Tanzania… Read more »
April 28, 2016
Kenya: Training of Law Enforcers to Stem Rising Gender-Based Cyber Violence Kicks Off in Kenya
An African Development Bank-supported training for the Kenya Police and Judiciary in handling gender-based cyber violence kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 25, 2016. Read more »
April 16, 2016
Nigeria: AfDB Governors From Rwanda and Nigeria Paint Realistic - and Optimistic - Picture of Africa
The 'High 5s' - the African Development Bank's top five priorities for Africa - came through loud and clear when two of the Bank's Governors discussed the economic state of the… Read more »
April 11, 2016
Tanzania: Prize-Winning Sefa-Financed Jumeme Rural Electrification Project in Tanzania Begins Operations
JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd. (JUMEME) has just celebrated the operational launch of its project, which will bring solar hybrid mini-grids to electrify more than 100,000 people… Read more »
April 05, 2016
East Africa: East Africa Leads the Way in Regional Integration, Says Index
The Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) Report - Africa's first effort to measure progress on regional integration - was launched Saturday, April 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,… Read more »
March 31, 2016
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $228-Million Loan to Rehabilitate Strategic Road Linking Kenya and Tanzania
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, March 30, a US $228-million loan to the Government of Kenya to rehabilitate 172-kilometre road,… Read more »
March 30, 2016
Sudan: Sudan Government Launches Online Stock Market With Support From the AfDB
The Government of Sudan inaugurated an online trading system of its stock market on March 24, 2016 in the country's capital, Khartoum - a landmark development in the Sudan's… Read more »
March 17, 2016
Rwanda: AfDB Approves Loan for Rwanda's First Regional Hydropower Public-Private Partnership Project
The African Development Bank Group announced on 16 March a US$ 24 million loan to support Rwanda's contribution to the development of the Multinational Ruzizi III Hydropower… Read more »
March 09, 2016
Djibouti: AfDB Approves Over U.S. $36 Million Support Package for Djibouti
The African Development Bank Group will help Djibouti to diversify its economy, improve governance and create employment for the country's young population. Read more »
March 08, 2016
Sudan: The AfDB and UNDP Discuss Collaboration On Increasing Energy Access in Sudan
On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) met in the Bank's Sudan Field Office in Khartoum to explore… Read more »
March 07, 2016
Kenya: Fact-Finding and Business Development for Private-Sector Projects in Kenya
On February 29, 2016, during the joint business development mission between the African Development Bank's Infrastructure Finance and PPP Division and the International Finance… Read more »