Africa: AfDB Helps Morocco Improve Airport Efficiency

This project involves upgrading facilities at the Casablanca, Fez, Agadir, Marrakech and Rabat, airports, which handle the bulk of air traffic to and from Morocco. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Tunisia's Efforts to Integrate Into Global Economy

In line with the objectives of the country's 11th Plan (2007-2011), the government's program priorities and the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for the same period, the Integration… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Workshop on Financial Crisis Takes Place in Tunis

A workshop organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on the theme: "Financial Crisis - Strategies for Mitigating its Impact in Africa" took place on Friday, April 10,… Read more »

Africa: AFDB - Meeting on the Economic Crisis in Tunis

Organised on the theme, "Financial Crisis - Strategies for Mitigating its Impact in Africa", participants will consider how national governments, regional organisations and the… Read more »

Morocco: Morocco-AfDB Approves 75 Million Loan for Education Programme

The National Education Emergency Support Programme aims at making education available to all and improving the quality of teaching and the system's performance by accelerating the… Read more »

Africa: Donor Round-Table on Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project Ends on Positive Note in Tunis

A donor round-table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi railway project that started on Monday, March 16, 2009, ended on Tuesday in Tunis, Tunisia, on a positive note as the project was… Read more »

Africa: The Financial Crisis-Strategies for Mitigating Its Impact in Africa-Tunis, 10 April 2009

While the first round effects of the financial crisis on Africa were limited, there are genuine fears that the long-term impact will be more significant and will last longer than… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Organizes Seminar on Governance in Tunis

AfDB holds, on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Tunis, a seminar on the theme: "Measuring Governance in Africa". The event is part of a series of seminars organized by AfDB on good… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Egypt Sign U.S.$ 450 Million Thermal Power Project Agreement

The loan agreement was signed by Egypt's International Cooperation Minister, Fayza Aboulnaga, and the Bank Group's Regional Director in charge of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, Jacob… Read more »

Africa: Tav Tunisia Signs the Enfidha Airport Project With Its Lenders

The project consists of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the new Enfidha Zine El Abidine Ben Ali International Airport for an initial capacity of 7 million… Read more »

Africa: U.S.$ 40 Million AfDB Franchising Sector Support Program in Egypt

The Program seeks to promote franchising in Egypt as an effective business strategy for private sector development and SME growth. The proposed FSSP will encourage the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Addresses Diplomats - "We Need a Durable Solution to the Crisis"

In his New Year address to the ambassadors of AfDB member countries accredited to Tunis as well as to representatives of international organizations, on Tuesday, January 20 in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Tunisia's Largest Private Infrastructure Project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved financing for up to Euro 70 million to finance the Enfidha Airport Project in Tunisia. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 413 Million Loan to Finance Thermal Power Project in Egypt

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Monday, December 22, in Tunis, approved an ADB loan of 277.63 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to… Read more »

Africa: Libyan Leader Receives AfDB President

Cooperation ties between the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Libya have entered a new phase following a meeting between the AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, and Libyan… Read more »

Africa: Round-Table on Energy and Natural Resources in the Mediterranean in Tunis

A round-table on energy and natural resources in the Mediterranean opened on Wednesday, November 26, 2008, in Tunis with experts in the region's extractive industry in attendance.… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change - Outlines of the Algiers Declaration

The Algiers Declaration on climate change, adopted November 19, 2008 by the Conference of African Ministers of the Environment, will serve as the platform for African countries for… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves 10th Drinking Water Supply Project in Morocco

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$ 97.2 million (33.84 million Euros and 53.34 million dollars) loan to finance Morocco's 10th Drinking Water Supply Project,… Read more »

Africa: The African Economic Conference Opens in Tunis, Alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis

The African Economic Conference opened on November 12, 2008, in Tunis alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis. Read more »

Africa: Africa Confronts the Financial Crisis in Tunis

The African ministerial conference on the global financial crisis opened on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, with some 300 participants in attendance. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Hosts Third DFI Conference on Corporate Governance in Tunis

The Third Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) Conference on Corporate Governance opened on Tuesday in Tunis, under the auspices of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. Read more »

Africa: Tunisia - U.S.$150 Million Loan for Oil and Gas Field Development Project

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), through its Private Sector Window, has approved the provision of a senior loan of US$ 150 million to finance the Hasdrubal Oil and Gas… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Organizes in Tunis the 3rd Edition of African Economic Conference

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be organizing, from November 12-14, 2008, in Tunis (Ramada hotel), the 3rd edition of the African Economic Conference. Read more »

Africa: Transparency International Chief Visits AfDB

At the invitation of the Bank Group's Governance Department and the Chief Economist's office, Transparency International's Advisory Committee Chair, Peter Eigen, is scheduled to… Read more »

Africa: AHRMIO Holds Annual Conference in Tunis

The 2008 Annual Conference of the Association for Human Resources Management in International Organizations (AHRMIO) begins at the Renaissance Regency Hotel on Tuesday in Tunis,… Read more »