Africa: AfDB Grants U.S.$ 7m to Gambia for Rural Water and Sanitation Access

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed two grant agreements with the Gambian government totalling USD 7 million to improve access to clean drinking water and better… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Co-Hosts High-Level Debate On Water Security in Africa

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, will make the opening speech at a high-level event at the Sixth World Water Forum today, 14 March 2012, in… Read more »

Africa: Strengthening Water Security in Africa

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Progress to Better Water and Sanitation 'Slow' , Says AfDB

More Africans have access to safe, clean water, but progress has been slow and mixed across the continent, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »

Africa: First ICA Water Platform Meeting

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) will hold its first ICA Water Platform Meeting on 8 and 9 March 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. The purpose of the event is to identify… Read more »

Africa: ACSP Seminar On Carbon Market Encourages Bank Staff to Access CDM

The African Carbon Support Program (ACSP) held a seminar on 12 January 2012 for staff of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the outcomes of COP17 and how they relate to the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Makes U.S.$ 100m Loan for Better Water and Sanitation in Nigeria

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of U.S.$D 100 million to improve water and sanitation in the city of Zaria in northern Nigeria through the African… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Supports Peace-Building in Darfur

About 750,000 people in three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility grant approved by the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Support to Improve Health Services in Uganda

Kampala residents in Uganda will gain access to better healthcare with the implementation of the Mulago Hospital service delivery improvement project co-financed by the African… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Promotes Improved Access to Water, Sanitation and Health Services in Uganda

The African Development Bank and the Government of Uganda signed two separate agreements on 12 January to finance projects to improve health services delivery and access to water… Read more »

Africa: Sixth World Water Forum-Partnership for Strengthening Water Security in Africa (AfDB)

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Minister's Council on Water and the Government of France, is hosting a conference on… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Promotes Greater Access to Water for Rural Communities in Uganda

Up to 2.4 million people in rural areas and small towns across Uganda should have improved access to water supply and sanitation by 2016. This follows the African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility to Commit Approximately euro 25 Million in 2012 (AfDB)

In 2012, the African Water Facility (AWF) expects to commit about  €25 million to 22 new projects that will contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Puts Water On Top Table At Climate Change Forum in Durban

African Development Bank (AfDB) experts stressed the severity of the impact of climate change on water resources in Africa and the importance of putting water at the center of… Read more »

Africa: Switzerland Commits U.S. $20 Million to AfDB for Increased Access to Water

The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Trust Fund, a fund managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will receive a 20 million US dollar contribution from the Swiss Agency for… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Awarded U.S. $12 Million Grant From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (AfDB)

The African Water Facility (AWF), an initiative of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), is awarded a grant of US$ 12… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Participates in Major African Sanitation Conference in Kigali - Africasan 3

The Third Africa Conference on Hygiene and Sanitation (AfricaSan 3) is held from July 19-21, 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda. AfricaSan 3 is being hosted by the Government of Rwanda and the… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Water And Sanitation Crisis in Africa (AfDB)

It is shown that one third of the causes hampering achievement of the MDGs are water-related. Already, water poses a number of challenges for Africa like it does nowhere else in… Read more »

Africa: Accelerating Resource Mobilization for Water And Sanitation (AfDB)

The African Development Bank Group continues to place high priority on the water sector as a way of assisting Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to realize poverty reduction and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB-Ghana - President Atta-Mills Cuts Sod for Accra Road Project

Ghana's President John Atta-Mills on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Accra, cut the sod for the beginning of the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project. The project,… Read more »

Africa: AfBDExecutive Directors to Visit Angola

A 14-member delegation of the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will undertake a consultation mission in Angola from 28 February to 5 March 2011. 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: New AfDB Statistics Bulletin in the Service of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa

As part of its communication strategy to inform key stakeholders about progress in executing the Implementation Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy for Improving Agricultural… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors approved on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, a U.S.$ 655,000 emergency relief assistance grant for Somalia. Read more »

Africa: Two African Water Facility Projects Launched in Ghana

The African Water Facility (AWF), in line with its mandate to Improve Water Governance and Service Delivery as well as innovation-promoting investments, has launched two projects,… Read more »