January 30, 2008
Africa: AfDB Supports Microfinance Institutions in DRC-Approval of U.S.$1.1 Million Equity Investment in Advans Bank Congo
Micro-enterprises and SMEs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will benefit from an equity investment of US$ 1.1 million in Advans Bank of Congo (ABC) and a technical… Read more »
January 23, 2008
Africa: MDBs Meet On Climate Investment Facility
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) met in Washington DC from January 17-18 to discuss the establishment of a Climate… Read more »
January 16, 2008
North Africa: ADB Group Private Sector First Private Equity Investment in the Maghreb Region
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) approved an equity investment of EUR 20 million in the Maghreb Private Equity Fund 2 (MPEF-2). As one of the lead… Read more »
November 30, 2007
Africa: Financing Transport for Growth ICA Meeting From 3-4 December in Tunis
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) will from December 3-4, 2007 organise a meeting on the theme: "Financing Transport for Growth in Africa", in Tunis. Read more »
November 22, 2007
Africa: AfDB President And U.S. Treasury Secretary Call for Intensified Public Private Partnerships
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka and the United States Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson have called for intensified Public Private Partnerships… Read more »
November 20, 2007
Mozambique: Three Decades of Development Work
Mozambique and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are celebrating a thirty-year partnership that has registered over a billion dollars in development-related assistance to the… Read more »
November 14, 2007
Angola: AfDB Group Supports Financial Governance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support efforts by Angola's government to improve public finance management to sustain economic growth and reduce poverty, following… Read more »
Egypt: U.S.$ 325 Million AfDB Loan for Abu Qir 1300 MW Steam Power Project
In line with its increasing focus on infrastructure development, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Egypt's Abu Qir 1300 MW Steam Power Project following the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Group Supports Energy and Finance Management Projects in Egypt and Angola
The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved today in Tunis, loans amounting US$ 334.27 million to finance energy and financial management support… Read more »
September 12, 2007
Africa: Afdb Moves to Improve African Business Environment
In a bid to improve the African business environment, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis, endorsed a grant of US$ 15 million,… Read more »
September 05, 2007
Africa: AfDB Private Sector Paves Way for Increased Local Currency Lending
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), approved a US $ 25 million equity investment under its private sector window, on Wednesday in Tunis, to create a… Read more »
July 05, 2007
Madagascar: AfDB Approves \?6 Million Investment in Sahanivotry Hydroelectric Power Station
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a € 6-million private sector investment in the Sahanivotry hydroelectric power station in Madagascar. The investment,… Read more »
July 16, 2007
Africa: Official Visit of President Kaberuka to Libya
The President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB) will be on a two-day official visit to Tripoli, Libya, starting 15 July 2007. Read more »
July 06, 2007
Africa: AfDB Group Tops Billion Dollar Mark in Annual Private Sector Investments
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has made over a billion dollars in annual private sector investments in Africa for the first time since its founding in 1964. The Bank… Read more »
May 02, 2006
Africa: Time to Invest in Africa - African Development Bank President
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, has urged Korean businesses to take advantage of the vast improvements in Africa's investment climate and… Read more »
April 08, 2005
Africa: Cofinancing Opportunity: Creation of Sustainable Tsetse And Trypanosomiasis Free Areas in Africa
The "Creation of Sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Free Areas in West and East Africa" is a first phase project of a 37-country programme called the Pan-African Tsetse and… Read more »