Benin: AfDB Approves Us$ 58.50 Million for Parakou Urban Transport Project

The Republic of Benin will receive a combined loan and grant amounting to US$ 58.50 million to help finance the Parakou Urban Transport Project, approved by executive directors of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Independent Development Evaluation Releases Transport Issue of Evaluation Matters

The June 2014 issue of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) quarterly knowledge publication, eVALUation Matters, was released on July 11. This issue focuses on the transport… Read more »

Nigeria: Lekki Deep Sea Port - A Multi-purpose Port in the Heart of a Free Zone Area

A consortium of private investors including AfDB Private Sector Department, the Federal Government of Nigeria and Lagos State are jointly constructing Nigeria's deepest sea port at… Read more »

Africa: Mainstreaming Climate Change in Bank Operations

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in conjunction with International Development UEA and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia UK,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 251 Million Funding for Roads in Tanzania

The African Development Bank Group has approved USD 250.95 million (UA 162 million) for road construction projects in Tanzania and Sierra Leone. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds Workshop in Nairobi On Its East African Transport Portfolio

The African Development Bank (AfDB) held a workshop on decentralization and transport projects with its development partners in East Africa in Nairobi on 21 and 22 March, where it… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S. $40 Million Loan for Rift Valley Railways

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 40-million loan to finance the Rift Valley Railways (RVR). The five-year USD 246 million capital… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Loans U.S.$ 60 Million to Improve Agricultural Infrastructure in Uganda

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the government of Uganda have signed a loan agreement for U.S.$ 60 million The loan is to be used for the community agricultural… Read more »

Africa: AfDB 2011 Annual Meetings Are Carbon-Free

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has officially made this year's Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, carbon friendly. Read more »

Africa: Leveraging Transport Infrastructure for Trade And Economic Integration

One only needs take the Nairobi-Arusha shuttle to realise the importance of the Arusha-Namanga-Ati River road project as a strategic road transportation hub in East Africa. It had… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 40 Million Loan to Ethiopian Airlines

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 in Tunis, a U.S.$ 40-million second lien corporate loan to Ethiopian Airlines to… Read more »

East Africa: AfDB And Comesa Sign Airspace Integration Project Grant Agreement

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed in Lusaka on Thursday, 24 February 2011, a protocol agreement for a USD… Read more »

Africa: AfDB 2011 Partnerships Forum to Focus On Regional Integration

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold its 2011 annual Partnerships Forum on 28-29 April 2011, at Hotel Ramada Plaza-Gammarth in Tunis, Tunisia, with a focus on regional… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves 5th Line of Credit to Dbsa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Thursday, 3 February 2010 in Tunis, a USD 300-million line of credit (LOC) to the Development Bank of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Euro 300 Million for Tangiers-Marrakesh Railway Project

With a €300-million loan aimed at increasing capacity on the Tangiers-Marrakesh railway line approved on 17 December 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests Euro 70 Million in Senegal's New Airport Project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday 17 December 2010 in Tunis, a €70-million senior loan to finance construction of the Blaise… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests U.S.$ 806 Million in African Transport Sector

In line with the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's 2008-2012 Medium-Term Strategy which has transport as one of its core intervention areas in the Regional Member Countries,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Promotes Regional Integration - U.S.$ 95.6 Million to Zambia for Nacala Corridor

Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Monday, 27 September 2010 in… Read more »

Africa: Enhancing Ghana's Transport Sector

Since the Bank Group commenced operations in Ghana in 1973, it has invested over USD 1.6 billion on concessionary terms in all sectors of the country's economy. In the transport… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Tanzania Sign U.S.$ 233 Million Loan Agreements for Transport Sector

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Tanzania have signed two loan agreements amounting to USD 233.3 million to finance a major rail and road transport project in the… Read more »

Africa: Car - AfDB Approves U.S.$ 12 Million for Community Development Project

Designed to improve the supply of basic social services at community levels in order to raise the living conditions of the people, especially the vulnerable groups, the project… 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 Grants U.S.$7.45 Million to DRC and Congo for Transport System Improvement Project Study

The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group met on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, and approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of UA* 5 million, equivalent to US$… Read more »

Africa: Financing Transport for Growth in Africa-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 »

Egypt: U.S. $150 Million Loan to Damietta Container Terminal

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Tuesday in Tunis, a USD 150 million loan to finance the Damietta container terminal situated on… Read more »