June 02, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 1.5 Billion Budget Support for Botswana
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved a loan of 1.5 billion US$ for Botswana, one of the best managed economies in Africa. The loan falls within the framework of the… Read more »
June 01, 2009
Africa: AfDB Launches Water and Sanitation Project in Malawi
The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched in Lilongwe on 28 and 29 May 2009 a Water and Sanitation project. The 5 year project with a total cost of US$47.2 million is part of… Read more »
May 26, 2009
Africa: Short-Term Strategy
The strategy, which covers the next 19 months to December 2010, is anchored on support to the Inclusive Government (IG) formed in February 2009 on the basis of a Global Political… Read more »
May 27, 2009
Africa: AfDB and Mozambique Negotiate Nacala Road Corridor Project
This multinational project will promote economic growth and regional integration within SADC, through the development of reliable, effective and seamless transport infrastructure.… Read more »
May 26, 2009
Africa: Support for AfDB Short-Term Support Strategy
The strategy, which covers the next 19 months to December 2010, is anchored on support to the Inclusive Government (IG) formed in February 2009 on the basis of a Global Political… Read more »
May 25, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Approves U.S.$ 36 Million for Road Projects in Malawi
Designed to improve transport services, the project will promote economic growth and poverty reduction through a coordinated transport environment that fosters safe and competitive… Read more »
April 30, 2009
Africa: U.S.$ 27 Million Loan for Water Supply and Sanitation Project
The Niassa Provincial Towns Water and Sanitation Project approved by the AfDB Board on Wednesday in Tunis, is designed to improve access, quality, availability and sustainability… Read more »
April 14, 2009
Africa: Bank Group and Zambia's Ministry of Works Discuss Major Multinational Operation
On the sidelines of the North-South conference which recently took place in Lusaka, Zambia, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Vice President for Infrastructure, Mandla… Read more »
Africa: Bank Group and Zambia's Ministry of Works Discuss Major Multinational Operation
On the sidelines of the North-South conference which recently took place in Lusaka, Zambia, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Vice President for Infrastructure, Mandla… Read more »
April 08, 2009
Africa: North-South Corridor Financing Conference Ends in Lusaka With Donors Pledging U.S.$1.2 Billion
A two-day conference on the financing of North-South Corridor activities ended on April 7, 2009, in Lusaka, Zambia, with donors and development partners pledging some US$1.2… Read more »
April 06, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 2 Million Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Djibouti, Mozambique, Togo and Zambia
Djibouti will use the assistance to provide food and other support to 55,000 drought victims in five districts (Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Tadjourah and Obock.) as well as 6,000… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Sees Impact of Financial Crisis in Zambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, who arrived in Zambia on April 4, 2009, to attend a two-day COMESA-EAC-SADC high-level consultative meeting on the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Partners Attend North-South Corridor Financing Conference
AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, attended in Lusaka, Zambia on April 6, 2009 a two-day high-level financing conference on the North-South Corridor. Read more »
March 12, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Supports Environmental Conservation in Angola
The Environmental Sector Support Project (ESSP) aims at strengthening the legal, policy, institutional and regulatory framework in support of environmental conservation and… Read more »
March 06, 2009
Africa: U.S.$ 14.67 Million ADF Budget Support for Poverty Reduction
The grant will support key reform measures aimed at enhancing the budget process, audit and procurement functions in order to improve transparency and accountability in the use of… Read more »
December 03, 2008
Africa: Zambia Signs U.S.$24 Million AfDB Budget Support Loan Agreement-Endorses African Legal Support Facility Agreement
Zambia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday in Lusaka, signed a US$ 24 million Loan Agreement to finance the country's Second Poverty Reduction Budget Support… Read more »
December 02, 2008
Africa: Botswana's Former President Visits AfDB
Under the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Eminent Speakers Program, Botswana's former President, Festus Mogae, has been invited to address a seminar at the Bank's Temporary… Read more »
November 20, 2008
Africa: AfDB and GoM Sign Poverty Reduction Support Loan Agreement for Mozambique
MZFO's Res Rep Alice Hamer, and Mozambique's Minister of Planning and Development, Minister Aiuba Cuereneia, the country's Bank Group Governor, signed on 17 November, 2008, the… Read more »
November 19, 2008
Africa: The Bank Group and Malawi Government Sign Loan and Grant Agreements Amounting to U.S.$ 60.2 Million
The Bank Group and the Malawi Government on Wednesday, November 18, 2008, in Lilongwe signed loan and grant agreements totalling US$ 60.2 million equivalent to UA 43.31 million to… Read more »
November 18, 2008
Africa: AfDB and Mozambique Sign U.S.$ 90 Million Budget Support Loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the government of Mozambique have signed a US$90 million budget support loan agreement to finance the country's second Absolute… Read more »
October 30, 2008
Africa: AfDB Finances Zambia's 2nd Poverty Reduction Budget Support Programme
The African Development Bank, through its soft loan affiliate, the African Development Fund, on Wednesday approved 15 million Units of Account*, approximately US$ 23.4 million, as… Read more »
October 23, 2008
Africa: AfDB Group Approves U.S.$ 293 Million for Infrastructure Development and Poverty Reduction
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis, approved US$ 293.4 million to Tunisia, Mozambique and Third Emerging Capital Partners… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 93 Million Loan for Mozambique
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a budget support loan of 60 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 93.4 million, to finance Mozambique's second… 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 »
Africa: AfDB President Welcomes the Agreement in Zimbabwe
The President of the African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka has welcomed the conclusion of the Agreement in Zimbabwe. Read more »
