February 11, 2010
Africa: The Government of Japan Issues Final Approval on Three Fapa Technical Assistance Grants
The Government of Japan has approved three new grants from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA): 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 »
October 14, 2008
Kenya: AfDB Africa Food Crisis Response Initiative - Kenya Gets U.S. $12 Million
The African Development Bank Group has approved the immediate release of 7.71 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 12 million to Kenya to help the country tackle growing food… Read more »
September 17, 2008
Togo: Bank Group Participates in Donor Round-Table on Togo
A Bank Group delegation led by Operations Director, Janvier Litsé, will participate in a donor round-table on Togo scheduled to take place in Brussels from September 18-19,… Read more »
Ghana: AfDB Group Approves U.S. $141.3 Million Budget Support Loan to Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a loan of 90 million Units of… Read more »
September 05, 2008
Africa: Accra High Level Forum Adopts Agenda to Improve Efficiency of Development Assistance
The Three-day High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness ended on Thursday in the Ghanaian capital with the adoption of an 8-page document titled, "Accra Action Agenda to Improve the… Read more »
September 04, 2008
Africa: President Kufuor Calls for Aid to End Aid Dependency
Ghanaian President, John Kufuor, has called on developing and developed countries to deploy and manage development assistance to enable poor countries exit from aid dependency. Read more »
May 02, 2008
Africa: African States Prepare for Global High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2008 – Some 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness on… Read more »
March 27, 2008
Africa: AfDB Makes Progress on Paris Declaration
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has made strong progress in aligning its lending to national priorities of its member states, Vice President for Sector Operations, Zeinab… Read more »