November 18, 2008
Africa: Africa Commission Holds Second Meeting in Addis Ababa - Improving Opportunities for Young Africans
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will attend the second meeting of the Africa Commission scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa on November 20,… Read more »
November 11, 2008
Africa: Tanzania - U.S.$ 42 Million for Zanzibar Water And Sanitation Project
Efforts to improve water supply and sanitation in Zanzibar have received strong support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group which on Tuesday in Tunis, approved a… Read more »
October 30, 2008
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 156 Million Budget Support for Tanzania
Efforts by the Government of Tanzania to enhance accountability and transparency in the allocation of its public resources received strong support on Wednesday in Tunis where the… Read more »
October 14, 2008
Kenya: AfDB Africa Food Crisis Response Initiative - Kenya Gets U.S. $12 Million
The African Development Bank Group has approved the immediate release of 7.71 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 12 million to Kenya to help the country tackle growing food… Read more »
October 08, 2008
Djibouti: U.S.$ 33 Million Approved for Ethiopia-Djibouti Power Interconnections Project
Prospects for the completion of the Ethiopia-Djibouti power interconnection became a reality on Wednesday in Tunis, where the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund,… Read more »
September 17, 2008
Uganda: Uganda to Improve Community Agricultural Infrastructure With U.S. $ 70.64 Million Loan
Uganda will receive 45 million Units of Account (UA*), or 'US$ 70.64 million loan to finance its second Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme ((CAIIP-II),… Read more »
September 16, 2008
Africa: AfDB and ICGLR Sign Trust Instrument
The Bank Group and the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, signed a trust instrument for the administration and management… Read more »
September 04, 2008
Madagascar: AfDB finances 1,250 Boreholes
Within the framework of the Bank’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI), the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has provided UA 51 million to help… Read more »
July 27, 2008
Africa: AfDB President Visits Seychelles
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, arrived in Seychelles on Saturday, July 26, 2008, on an official visit. While in the country, Mr. Kaberuka met with Seychelles' President… Read more »
June 25, 2008
Uganda: AfDB and World Bank Mission Discuss Agricultural Sector Support Operations for Uganda
Field office staff of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Uganda recently held a meeting with a World Bank mission to exchange ideas on the proposed agricultural… Read more »
June 20, 2008
Kenya: AfDB Approves US $ 500,000 Post-Conflict Emergency Relief for Kenya
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of US$ 500,000.0 million from its Special Relief Fund (SRF) to finance emergency relief… Read more »
June 17, 2008
Uganda: Bank Group and FAO Discuss Rising Food Prices
FAO's Assistant Representative in Uganda, Charles Owach, on June 13, 2008, held a meeting with officials of the Bank Group's field office in Uganda to exchanges ideas on rising… Read more »
May 15, 2008
Africa: AfDB Signs Loan Agreement With PTA Bank
AfDB continues to support Regional Development Finance Institutions with comprehensive financial support to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) Read more »
April 10, 2008
Africa: Uganda: Joint Review on Water and Sanitation Sector
African Development Bank Group experts together with Austria, Denmark, Germany (GTZ), Japan (JICA), Sweden and the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP-Africa)/World Bank, last week,… Read more »
March 19, 2008
Madagascar: Indian Ocean Countries Discuss the Integration of HIV/AIDS in School Curricula
Some twenty-four officials from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles met in January to examine sex education policies in schools in the sub-region. The officials, who have… Read more »
Uganda: Bank Group Participates in Joint Lenders Supervision Mission to Uganda
A Bank Group mission recently participated in a joint lenders supervision mission to the Uganda Bujagali Hydropower and Interconnection Projects. The mission included experts from… Read more »
March 07, 2008
Africa: Ghana, Tanzania and AfDB Sign U.S.$ 153 Million in Loans and Grants for Energy and Poverty Reduction
The Governments of Ghana and Tanzania this week signed loans and grants of a combined amount of US$ 98.8 million to finance energy projects, underscoring the African Development… Read more »
February 05, 2008
Africa: President Donald Kaberuka On Visit to Djibouti
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, paid an official visit from 3-4 February 2008. He was received in audience by Djibouti's President, Omar… Read more »
January 25, 2008
Africa: Bank Group and SIDA Experts Discuss the Development of Organic Agriculture Programme in Uganda
Officials of the Bank Group's field office in Uganda (UGFO) on Thursday in Kampala received a Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) mission that called on the Bank… Read more »
November 23, 2007
East Africa: Submarine Cable System Reaches Financial Close
The African Development Bank (AfDB), along with other participating development financial institutions (DFIs) have signed loan agreements for the East African Submarine Cable… Read more »
November 21, 2007
Kenya: U.S. $55 Million ADF Loan for Water Services Boards Support Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis a loan of 35.19… Read more »
Madagascar: U.S. $15 Million for Manombo Irrigation Area Rehabilitation Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday in Tunis approved A loan and a grant with a combined value of 9.5 million Units of Account (UA*) , about… Read more »
Africa: African Development Fund Approves U.S. $ 264 Million Loans And Grants for Kenya, Madagascar And the Gambia
Kenya, Madagascar and the Gambia are the beneficiaries of loans and grants with a combined value of 167.8 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$263.76 million, approved in Tunis… Read more »
Africa: Development Fund Approves U.S.$ 264 Million Loans And Grants for Kenya, Madagascar and The Gambia
Kenya, Madagascar and the Gambia are the beneficiaries of loans and grants with a combined value of 167.8 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$263.76 million, approved in Tunis… Read more »
November 01, 2007
Africa: Addis Ababa Hosts Second Economic Conference
More than 300 experts from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas will participate in the second African Economic Conference (AEC) on "Opportunities and Challenges of… Read more »
