Ethiopia: ADF Approves $118 Million Grant for Protection of Basic Services

The Board of Directors of African Development Fund (ADF) the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday in Tunis approved a grant of 78.49… Read more »

Ethiopia: $131.5 Million ADF Loan for Electricity Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support the Ethiopian government's rural electrification project with a loan of 87.20 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to… Read more »

Uganda: Road Sector Support Project

Supplementary ADF Loan of US$ 50 million Tunis, 20 December 2006 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) today approved in Tunis a supplementary loan of… Read more »

Africa: AFDB/ICA Hosts Conference On Electricity Funding

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) held on Wednesday 12th in Tunis a conference on the theme "Financing… Read more »

Tanzania: ADF Approves $80 Million for Kenya-Tanzania Road Link

Efforts to provide a reliable road link between neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania got a boost from the African Development Bank Group with the approval of a loan and a grant… Read more »

Ethiopia: $98 Million ADF Loan for Upgrading Jima-Mizan Road

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support the Ethiopian government's proposal to upgrade the Jima-Mizan road in the south-western part of the country with a loan of 65… Read more »

Africa: Governance Leadership In Africa

Statement by Donald Kaberuka, President African Development Bank at The Montreal Conference on Governance Leadership In Africa Read more »

Africa: Seizing the Opportunity in Partnership and Global Prosperity

Statement by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group at the Conference de Montreal, 5-8 June, 2006 on Seizing the Opportunity in Partnership and Global… Read more »

Africa: 'Africa is Clearly Turning the Corner,' Says AFDB President

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, has underscored the positive economic developments in Africa and stressed the need to sustain and deepen… Read more »

Africa: Time to Invest in Africa - African Development Bank President

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, has urged Korean businesses to take advantage of the vast improvements in Africa's investment climate and… Read more »

Africa: African Development Fund Approves US$ 8.5 billion for Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) and the African Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday, 19 April 2006, have approved US$ 8.5 billion for financing debt… Read more »

Africa: Statement Issued by the President of African Development Bank

Today 19th April, the Boards of the African Development Bank Group approved debt cancellation for 33 regional member countries under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI),… Read more »

Africa: Rwandan Finance Minister Elected President of the African Development Bank

Rwandan Finance Minister, Mr. Donald Kaberuka (54) was on Thursday in Tunis elected President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB) during the extraordinary Meeting of ADB… Read more »

Africa: ADB Supports African Women in Business

A Pan-African conference on "Promoting the Development of African Women in Business (AWIB) 1: Towards Economic and Social Leadership", opens at the Hotel Hilton Yaoundé in Cameroon… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Would Host the Annual Meetings of the ADB in 2006

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) and the African Development Fund (ADF) will submit to the Boards of Governors of the ADB and the ADF, a proposal to… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: ADB Reduces Insecurity Alert Level in Abidjan

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group have lowered the Bank Group's insecurity alert level in Abidjan from Phase IV to Phase III. Read more »

Africa: Cofinancing Opportunity: Creation of Sustainable Tsetse And Trypanosomiasis Free Areas in Africa

The "Creation of Sustainable Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Free Areas in West and East Africa" is a first phase project of a 37-country programme called the Pan-African Tsetse and… Read more »

Sierra Leone: ADF Supports Agricultural And Institutional Rehabilitation in Sierra Leone

The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group will support agriculture sector and public and private institutions'… Read more »

Africa: ADB Group's Contribution to World Health Day: 'Make Every Mother And Child Count'

The slogan for 2005 World Health Day is 'Make every mother and child count'. This theme was chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remind the world that millions of… Read more »

Africa: ADB Group's Contribution to World Health Day: 'Make Every Mother And Child Count'

The slogan for 2005 World Health Day is 'Make every mother and child count'. This theme was chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remind the world that millions of… Read more »

Africa: African Ministers of Finance And of Water Resources Meet ADB President in France

Some forty African Ministers in charge of Water Resources and of Finance met today in Paris with the President of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group, Mr. Omar Kabbaj. This… Read more »

Africa: Attaining the Millennium Development Goal for Water Supply And Sanitation

France Hosts an International Conference On April 1 Organized By the AFDB Read more »

Africa: As International Community Observes World Water Day: the ADB Reaffirms Commitment to Water Development

The African Development Bank, has reaffirmed its commitment to various international and national efforts to tackle the critical water challenges in Africa. Read more »

Africa: ADB President Welcomes Report of the Commission for Africa

The President of the African Development Bank, Mr. Omar Kabbaj, today met with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Tunisia, Mr. Alan Goultry, at which time the Ambassador… Read more »

Mauritius: ADB Supports Agricultural Development in Mauritius

The African Development Bank (ADB) Group will support efforts being made by the Government of Mauritius to tackle recurrent drought which has affected productivity of agricultural… Read more »