August 02, 2017
Africa: Transformation of Cocoa Production, Rural Economy, Energy in Focus, As Adesina Visits Ghana
Ghanaian government pledges support for AfDB's High 5s Read more »
July 27, 2017
Ghana: AfDB President Adesina Visits Ghana to Strengthen Cooperation
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, will visit Ghana from 1-4 August 2017 as part of efforts to strengthen cooperation. Read more »
July 05, 2017
Ghana: AfDB Board Approves the Form Ghana Reforestation Project and the Southern Tunisian Gas Pipeline Project for Spot Check Advisory Review
On June 7, 2017, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved the Form Ghana Reforestation Project and the Southern Tunisia Gas Pipeline Project to undergo a… Read more »
July 04, 2017
Africa: Ghana's Northern Rural Growth Programme Is Transforming Agriculture
Since 2005, Ghana continues to show steady improvements in economic growth of over 7% per year on average, making it the first African country to meet the Millennium Development… Read more »
April 26, 2017
Ghana: Ghana's Northern Rural Growth Programme
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sought the African Development Bank's (AfDB's) financial support to implement the Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP)… Read more »
April 24, 2017
Africa: The African Development Bank Announces Expansion of Its African Bond Index
Zambia and Ghana join index family bringing transparency to the most liquid African bond markets Read more »
April 20, 2017
Africa: Ghana - Apesika Abom Feeder, the Story of an AfDB-Financed Feeder Road That Changed the Everyday Lives of Rural Households
One of the beneficiaries using the road Read more »
March 31, 2017
Ghana: AfDB Bolsters Efforts to Flight Cholera and Flooding in Accra
Low-income residents of the Ghanaian capital, Accra suffering from frequent cholera and flooding will soon experience some relief. Read more »
March 27, 2017
Ghana: AfDB Co-Organizes a Workshop On Actualizing Mini-Grid Policy and Advancing Universal Energy Access in Ghana
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Commission and other partners, organized a two-day… Read more »
March 15, 2017
Africa: Addis Ababa and Accra Workshops to Identify Urban Transport Development Opportunities
Workshops will take place in Ethiopia and Ghana this month to identify opportunities for investment to improve sustainable urban transport and mobility in the two cities. Read more »
March 07, 2017
Africa: African Development Bank and Forest Investment Program Sign Loan With Form Ghana Ltd to Restore Ghana's Forests
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/climate-investment-funds-cif/">Climate… Read more »
February 01, 2017
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S.$69.6 Million Risk Participation in Infrastructure Sector Investments in Ghana, Malawi and Mozambique
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has approved two transport sector investment risk… Read more »
September 29, 2016
Africa: Accra Urban Transport Project to Address the Challenges of a Rapidly Growing City
On September 28, 2016, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a USD 83.9 million (UA 60 million) loan for the Accra Urban Transport Project to… Read more »
July 18, 2016
Africa: AfDB Approves USD 14 Million for Its First Private Sector Direct Investment in Restoration of Degraded Forests Through Sustainable Forest Plantations in Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on July 13, 2016 approved a USD 14 million senior loan through its private sector window to Form Ghana Ltd for… Read more »
November 20, 2015
Africa: AfDB Approves Ghana's Public Financial Management and Private Sector Competitiveness Support Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 approved a US$ 56.2-million African Development Fund loan to support Ghana's Public Financial… Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Discusses Role of Agriculture in Africa's Transformation With Ghanaian Head of State
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina paid a courtesy call on Ghana's President, John Dramani Mahama, in Accra on Friday, October 16. Read more »
October 15, 2015
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 15 Million Trade Facilitation Loan for Unibank Limited, Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Abidjan, a US $15-million trade finance line of credit for UniBank Ghana… Read more »
October 12, 2015
Ghana: 2015 CNN Multichoice African Journalists' Awards
The judges of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalists of the Year 2015 have announced that Thomas Naadi Bitlegma of Ghana has won the prestigious African Development Bank (AfDB)… Read more »
October 01, 2015
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S. $120-Million Corporate Loan to Ghana Airports Company First Private Sector Investment in Ghana's Transport Sector
On September 30, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US $120-million corporate loan to support Ghana Airports Company Limited's (GACL)… Read more »
May 15, 2015
Ghana: Ghana Receives Resounding Endorsement of Investment Plan to Transform Its Renewable Energy Sector
At its governing body meetings this week, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) unanimously endorsed Ghana's ambitious investment plan to transform and promote its renewable energy… Read more »
January 09, 2015
Togo: Ghana and Togo Sign Project Agreement to Bring Drinking Water to Lomé and Ghana's Coastal Communities
The governments of Ghana and Togo signed on 12 December 2014 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an African Water Facility -supported pipeline to bring… Read more »
November 26, 2014
Ghana: African Development Bank to Support Business Linkage Program in Ghana
African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 signed a US $1 million Fund for Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant agreement with Invest in Africa (IIA)… Read more »
July 04, 2014
Africa: Nine Low-income African Countries Win Funding to Transform Renewable Energy Services
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings held June 25-28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, nine African nations were chosen to receive new funding and… Read more »
February 26, 2014
Ghana: Ghana Electricity Distribution Network to Be Reinforced and Extended With Afdb Support
In response to the significant increase in the demand for electricity in Ghana as a result of the fast growing urbanization and robust economic growth in the country, the Board of… Read more »
November 08, 2013
Ghana: African Water Facility Turns Waste Into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy
The African Water Facility (AWF) signed a €1 million grant in favour of the Ghanaian NGO Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) to support an innovative… Read more »
