South Sudan: African Development Institute Empowers Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic, Somalia, and South Sudan Through National Capacity-Building Initiatives

The African Development Institute, the training and learning arm of the African Development Bank Group, recently conducted workshops in four member countries - Central African… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau - Energy and Transport Infrastructure At the Core of African Development Bank's 2022-2026 Country Strategy

To address Guinea-Bissau's development challenges, the African Development Bank's new strategy will promote economic diversification, structural transformation and lay the… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau - African Development Bank Project Strengthens Judiciary, Boosts Enrolment of Women Lawyers

Implemented between 2017 and 2021, the Guinea-Bissau Support Project to Build Institutional Capacity in the Justice Sector helped to improve the quality of training in the judicial… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea Bissau - African Development Bank Group President Announces $30 Million Package for Infrastructure, Budget and Governance Support

African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has announced a financial package of $30 million dollars to the West African nation of Guinea -Bissau. Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea Bissau - African Development Fund Approves $9.8 Million to Guinea-Bissau for Covid-19 Relief and Resilience

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund have approved a $9.8 million grant to Guinea Bissau for its national Control Support Project (PALPC), aimed at reducing the… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: African Development Bank Presents the Lusophone Compact to Private Sector At Economic Forum

The African Development Bank presented the Lusophone Compact to the private sector in Guinea-Bissau last month, during an event at the national Economic Forum. Read more »

Guinea Bissau: African Development Bank, Portugal and Guinea-Bissau Sign Compact to Accelerate Diversification, Private Sector Development

The African Development Bank and the governments of Portugal and Guinea-Bissau have signed a country specific memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the Lusophone… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Lusophone Africa Sets Sight On US$5 Billion in Projects Under New Development Finance Compact

Lusophone countries have identified a pipeline of more than US$5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP) projects to accelerate growth in their economies. Read more »

Guinea Bissau: With Alsf Support, Guinea-Bissau Successfully Renegotiates and Reduces Outstanding Debts By 90 Percent

Following an official request for support from the Government of Guinea-Bissau, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has provided creditor litigation support and advisory… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau's Rice Development Project Receives AfDB Support

Guinea-Bissau's proposed Rice Value Chain Development Project to be implemented in the Bafata and Oio regions of the country has received the African Development Bank Group's… Read more »

Cape Verde: AfDB Approves a U.S.$2-Million Grant to Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau to Fight the Zika Virus Outbreak

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on September 8, 2016 in Abidjan, approved two grants of US $1 million each, to Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau as… Read more »

Cape Verde: AfDB Approves a $2-million Grant to Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau to Fight the Zika Virus Outbreak

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on September 8, 2016 in Abidjan, approved two grants of US $1 million each, to Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau as… Read more »

Gambia: AfDB Supports Improved Electricity Access in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Senegal

The African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 a €121.5-million [1] package to the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG) to improve… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Sefa Grants U.S. $1 Million to Develop a Transformative Hydropower Project in Guinea-Bissau

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved on September 16 on the sidelines of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Energy Week a US $965,000 grant to support the… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: AfDB Approves €16.7 Million to Improve Electricity Access in Guinea Bissau's Capital

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announced on Wednesday, June 8 the approval of €16.7 million (a €9-million loan and a €7.7-million grant) in financing… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: AfDB Approves U.S $7-Million Emergency Budget Support

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US $7.03-million operation to support economic and financial reforms in Guinea Bissau. The US… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Guinea-Bissau During Its International Donor Conference

On March 25, Guinea-Bissau convened an international donor conference in Brussels in order to lay out its new strategic vision 2015-2025 "Terra Ranka" ("A fresh start"). The vision… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Board Approves Guinea Bissau's 2015-2019 Country Strategy Paper

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 approved Guinea Bissau's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for 2015-2019. The document… Read more »

Africa: Guinea Bissau - The AfDB Finances the Rehabilitation of the Agricultural and Rural Sectors

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Africa: Joint Statement of the AfDB and the World Bank On the Situation in Guinea-Bissau

The African Development Bank Group and the World Bank Group join the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in condemning the military coup in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Usd 8.7 Million Buget Support for Guinea Bissau

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group in Tunis approved a USD 8.7 million grant for Guinea Bissau, comprising USD 6.1 million from the Fragile States… Read more »

Africa: Afdb Approves Usd 8.7 Million Budget for Emergency Fiscal Reform Support in Guinea Bissau

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday 17 March 2010 in Tunis approved a USD 8.7 million grant for Guinea Bissau. The budget support grant… Read more »

Africa: Budget of US$8.7 Million Approved for Guinea Bissau Fiscal Reform

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday 17 March 2010 in Tunis approved a USD 8.7 million grant for Guinea Bissau. The budget support grant… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Guinea Bissau Sign Grant Agreement

Guinea Bissau's Economy Minister and AfDB Governor, Maria Hélena Nosoline Embalo, and the AfDB Senegal Field office Resident Representative, Mohamed H'Midouche, on… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 12 Million for Administrative Capacity Building Project in Guinea Bissau

The project is designed to improve the supply, conditions and quality of vocational training in administration; help to build capacity in the economic, financial and administrative… Read more »