May 24, 2013
Africa: AfDB Returns to the Ugandan Capital Market With Its Second Shilling Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched its second Uganda-shilling denominated bond on the domestic capital market. The UGX 12.5 billion bond is opened for subscription… Read more »
May 16, 2013
East Africa: Regional Community of Practice to Strengthen Results Management in COMESA Region
To overcome challenges in achieving regional integration results, 150 delegates from eighteen countries met in Lusaka, Zambia, from May 14-17, 2013, and established the Regional… Read more »
May 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB Renews Support of Climate Change Resilience With Additional Resources From Least Developed Countries Fund
The African Development Bank, renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola in accessing US $17.8 million of adaptation finance in the form of… Read more »
May 07, 2013
Africa: From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia
It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one. Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al… Read more »
May 08, 2013
Africa: AfDB Pledges U.S.$18 Million in Support of Somalia's Reconstruction
The African Development Bank pledged its support to Somali's reconstruction on May 7 with a commitment of US $18 million over three years. Read more »
May 07, 2013
Africa: Strong Leadership Needed for Inclusive Growth, Experts Say
Inclusive growth has attracted considerable attention in recent years, and certainly at the African Development Bank the discussion has reached a fevered pitch. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches Us$1.26b Kenya - Ethiopia Electricity Highway
The African Development Bank today launched the 1,068-kilometre high-voltage electricity highway to be built between Kenya and Ethiopia. Read more »
April 26, 2013
Africa: AfDB Facilitates Energy Diversification and Access to Clean Energy With the Approval of a €115 Million Loan to Turkana Wind Power Project in Kenya
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved €115 million in financing for a wind power project in Kenya's Lake Turkana region. The project will add… Read more »
April 18, 2013
Africa: AfDB Provides U.S. $38 Million for Skills Development and Job Creation
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the government of Rwanda, on April 16, 2013 in Kigali, signed financing agreements amounting to UA 25.61 million (USD 38 million) for… Read more »
April 17, 2013
Africa: AfDB Reinforces Regional Integration Support
The African Development Bank has approved two loans totalling USD 232.5 million for the 157.5-kilometre road project from Arusha to Holili in Tanzania, and Taveta to Voi in Kenya,… Read more »
April 09, 2013
Africa: Sudan - Donors Pledge U.S.$ 3.6 Billion for the Reconstruction of Darfur
A two-day donor conference on Sudan ended on 8 April in Doha, Qatar with a pledge of USD 3.6billion. The amount, which will be paid over six years, will be devoted mainly to the… Read more »
April 05, 2013
Africa: The ADF Approves Us$ 38 Million to Support Rwanda's Progress in Skills, Entrepreneurship and Jobs
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors on April 3, 2013 approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of USD $ 25.7 million and an ADF loan of USD… Read more »
March 25, 2013
Africa: Tanzania's Geothermal Roadmap to Tap Renewable Energy Resources With AfDB Support
On March 13-14, 2013, a wide range of stakeholders gathered in Dar-es-Salaam for a Tanzania Government-hosted workshop to consider the country's "Geothermal Legal and Regulatory… Read more »
March 14, 2013
Africa: AfDB Road Improvement Project to Benefit 800,000 People, Create 12,000 Jobs in Uganda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, March 13, a loan in the amount of US $144.89 million in support of the Uganda road… Read more »
March 11, 2013
Africa: AfDB Grants U.S.$ 0.34 Million to Sudan's National Energy Research Centre
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Republic of Sudan on February 28, 2013 signed an agreement for a grant of US $0.34 million to the National Energy Research Centre (NERC)… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB's Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program in the Horn of Africa
A team from the African Development Bank Group, led by Abdoulaye Dagamaissa, Manager, Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (OSAN), and comprising Harouna Dosso, Senior… Read more »
February 25, 2013
Africa: First Meeting of General Assembly of Regional Platform On Drought Resilience and Sustainability
To address the recurrent droughts and related human, production and environmental concerns in a sustainable manner, the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of countries in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Re-Engages With the Federal Government of Somalia
An African Development Bank Group mission led by Abdirahman Beileh, Acting Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, and comprising members of the Fragile States… Read more »
East Africa: Landmark Workshop On Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program
The workshop on the Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP) in the Horn of Africa (HoA) commenced on Friday, February 22 at the African Union Headquarters in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Debt Relief for Comoros
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved debt relief for the Union of the Comoros following the country's attainment of the completion point under… Read more »
February 15, 2013
Africa: AfDB to Champion Upcoming Donor Conference for Darfur in Doha
The Chairman of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Eltigani Seisi Ateem, called on the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on February 14, 2013 in Tunis.… Read more »
February 06, 2013
Africa: Us $1 Million Sefa Grant to Provide Reliable Energy Services
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US $1 million grant to finalize pre-investment activities for a hybrid renewable energy project in Nosy Be Island in… Read more »
East Africa: African Development Bank Poised to Boost Geothermal Development in East Africa
Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal… Read more »
February 05, 2013
Africa: African Water Facility to Support Access of Urban Poor to Sanitation in Uganda
The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement… Read more »
January 25, 2013
East Africa: Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, has an estimated combined population of 210 million people and… Read more »