May 10, 2009
Africa: AfDB: African Economic Outlook 2009 Launched in Dakar
The book, published jointed by the African Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, says the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Partners With International Agencies to Boost Agricultural Production
Mr Aly Abou-Saaba, Director of Agriculture and Agro-Industries of the ADfB said at the forum on "The challenges of food security in Africa" in Dakar on Sunday, on the sidelines of… Read more »
Africa: Delegates Converge On Dakar for AfDB's 2009 Annual Meetings
The Meetings, taking place at the King Fahd Complex Conference Center in the Meridian President Hotel, will be preceded by High Level Ministerial sessions and Seminars on current… Read more »
May 06, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Approves Over U.S .$235 Million for Five Operations in Sierra Leone, Kenya, DRC and Rwanda
The Boards approved 10 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 15 million, from the AfDB/ADF grant under the Supplemental Support Window of the Fragile States Facility… Read more »
May 04, 2009
Africa: AfDB Supports Liberia's Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project
The Board approved UA 6 million ADF and UA 0.5 million grants from the Fragile States Facility (FSF), for the Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project, which aims at increasing… Read more »
April 30, 2009
Africa: AfDB Group Supports Rehabilitation of Tombo-Gbessia Road
Le Conseil d'administration du Fonds africain de développement, le guichet concessionnel du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé… Read more »
April 14, 2009
Africa: AfDB Participates in the Gambia's 2008-2018 Reform Strategy Endorsement
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group recently attended the endorsement of The Gambia's 2008-2011 civil service reform strategy. The strategy was presented to the National… 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 »
March 18, 2009
West Africa: ECOWAS - AfDB Group Supports Science and Technology Education Project
The grant from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary window of the AfDB Group, was approved by the institution's Board of Directors on Wednesday in Tunis to finance… Read more »
March 10, 2009
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire Re-Engages with Development Partners
The first agreement was on the Bank's contribution worth CFAF 184 billion to the country's arrears clearance. The other agreements with a combined value of CFAF 64 billion aim at… Read more »
February 18, 2009
Senegal: One Million to Benefit from Rural Water Programme Supported by the AfDB
Nearly one million people will directly benefit from a rural drinking water and sanitation program initiated by the Senegalese government with the help of a loan of 30 million… Read more »
January 28, 2009
Africa: Cameroon - US.$ 61 Million Funding for Water and Sanitation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a loan of 40 million Units of Account (UA)*, equivalent to US$ 61.6 million, to help finance a Semi-Urban… Read more »
January 19, 2009
Africa: AfDB Organizes the Second Sub Regional Consultation Workshop in Accra, Ghana
The three-day workshop brought together almost 50 participants from West, Central, East and North Africa who made critical input to the draft Regional Report that will launched on… Read more »
January 09, 2009
Africa: AfDB: The Gambia - Grant Financing of Livestock And Horticulture Development Project
The protocol agreement on a grant to finance the livestock and horticulture development project which was approved by the African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors on the… Read more »
January 08, 2009
Africa: AfDB Provides U.S. $ 9.24 Million as Additional Support to Guinea Bissau's Health Programme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved the restructuring of the support programme to National Health Development Programme (Health-II) and… Read more »
December 24, 2008
Africa: Malian President Commissions Work on AfDB -Funded Road Project
Work on the Sékokoto-Bafing et Bafing - Kéniéba - Falémé roads in Mali, funded by the African Development Bank Group, was commissioned on Sunday,… Read more »
December 22, 2008
Africa: AfDB Provides More Than U.S.$ 17 Million to Liberia for Public Financial Management Reform
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of UA* 12 million, equivalent to US$ 17.86 million, for Liberia to finance the Public Financial Management Reform… Read more »
December 16, 2008
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 64 Million for Three Major Road Projects in Ghana
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved supplementary loans of 43.10 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 64.13 million, to help finance the rehabilitation and… Read more »
December 10, 2008
Africa: The AfDB to Mobilize U.S. $450 Million Financing for Guinea Alumina Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) authorized a financing package for the USD 6.3 billion Guinea bauxite mine and alumina refinery project in Guinea.… Read more »
November 25, 2008
Africa: Bank Group President Ends Visit to Niger
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Monday, November 25, 2008, ended his three-day official visit to Niger during which he was received by… Read more »
November 19, 2008
Africa: AfDB and Niger Sign Loan and Grant Agreements
The African Development Bank Group on Monday, November 17, 2008, in Tunis signed agreements for a loan and grant with Niger to finance the Kandadji Ecosystems Regeneration and the… Read more »
Africa: Senegalese Prime Minister Says Global Financial Crisis is Threat to Survival
Senegalese Prime Minister, Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, has said it is not an exaggeration to say that the world is fighting for its survival regarding the global financial… Read more »
Africa: Bank Reforms Boost Nigeria's Efforts to Mitigate Impact of Financial Crisis
"The Government of Nigeria will continue with its efforts to consolidate its financial and banking sector reforms in order to cushion the effects of the current global financial… Read more »
October 30, 2008
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 18.7 Million for Electricity Project in Guinea
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis approved a 12 million… Read more »
October 16, 2008
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 32 Million Loan for Ghana's Tema Power Project
The African Development Bank Group's Board of Governors on Tuesday 15 Oct. 2008 in Tunis, approved a US$ 32 million private sector loan to Tema Osonor Plant Limited, a special… Read more »
