January 20, 2015
Seychelles: AWF to Help Tackle Rising Sanitation Demands in the Seychelles
The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on January 19, 2015 that it has approved a €1.07-million grant for the development of an Integrated Comprehensive Sanitation Plan… Read more »
January 09, 2015
Togo: Ghana and Togo Sign Project Agreement to Bring Drinking Water to Lomé and Ghana's Coastal Communities
The governments of Ghana and Togo signed on 12 December 2014 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an African Water Facility -supported pipeline to bring… Read more »
Uganda: African Water Facility to Help Tackle Food Insecurity, Flooding and Droughts in Uganda and South Sudan.
The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on January 9, 2015 that it has offered a €1.97 million grant to the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) to… Read more »
December 18, 2014
Chad: AfDB Helps Strengthen the Resilience of Socio-Ecological Systems in Lake Chad Basin
On December 17, 2014, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a series of loans to Lake Chad Basin countries to be disbursed through its… Read more »
December 15, 2014
Mozambique: AWF Supports Multi-purpose Water Storage Project to Build Climate Resilience in Limpopo River Basin
The African Water Facility announced on December 15 that is has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development… Read more »
Mozambique: AWF Supports Multi-Purpose Water Storage Project to Build Climate Resilience in Limpopo River Basin
The African Water Facility announced on December 15 that is has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development… Read more »
Africa: Clim-Dev Africa Providing More and Better Climate Services to Enhance Adaptation to Climate Change
The Climate for Development in Africa (Clim-Dev Africa) programme dinner dialogue was held at the margins of the UN Global Climate Change Conference (COP 20) in Lima, Peru, to… Read more »
December 12, 2014
Africa: Africa Sets Path to the Post-2015 New Climate Agreement Discussed During Africa Day At Cop 20
The Africa Day side event was held during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 20) to deliberate on the forthcoming agreement on climate change to be concluded in Paris during COP… Read more »
December 10, 2014
Africa: Climate Negotiations in Lima - Africa Needs to Speak With One Voice to Defend Its Priorities and Interests
The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) convened a high-level ministerial briefing meeting on the negotiations taking place in the UN Climate Change… Read more »
December 04, 2014
Africa: €1.2 Billion in Follow-On Projects Leveraged By the African Water Facility
The African Water Facility (AWF), an initiative of the African Ministers' Council on water, has attracted €1.2 billion of follow-on investments for water management projects… Read more »
November 27, 2014
Africa: AfDB to Support Africa's Agenda for the New 2015 Climate Agreement During the Global Climate Talks At Cop 20
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP… Read more »
Africa: Building Resilience to Climate Change - World Bank and AfDB Partner to Improve Hydrological and Meteorological Systems in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have completed a seminar on improving the hydrological and meteorological systems in Africa. Read more »
November 21, 2014
Africa: Low-Income African Countries Get Go-Ahead for Green Energy, Climate Resilience and Forest Management
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings in Washington, DC this week, countries unanimously signaled their commitment to the CIF mandate going… Read more »
November 19, 2014
Somalia: African Water Facility Helps Build Resilience to Climate Change for Millions of Pastoralists in Somalia
The African Water Facility (AWF) announced on Wednesday, November 19 that it has offered a €3-million grant to the Republic of Somalia to support a project designed to build… Read more »
November 04, 2014
East Africa: AfDB Reaffirms its Support to Geothermal Development in East Africa
Over the course of the 5th African Rift Valley Geothermal Conference (ARGeo C-5), the African Development Bank (AfDB) has clearly reaffirmed its on-going support to the development… Read more »
October 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB Strongly Committed to Preserving Ecosystems and Wildlife in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated to the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Nigeria: African Water Facility Supports the Development of Komadugu-Yobe Basin in Nigeria
The African Water Facility announces today, October 10, 2014, that it had offered the Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund a €2 million grantfor the preparation of… Read more »
September 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB Launches Green Growth Framework
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first-ever Green Growth Framework that will function as a foundational reference document for its future work on green growth.… Read more »
Africa: U.S. $ 2 Trillion in Investments Back Green Bonds to Tap Usd 100 Trillion Bond Market for Climate Solutions
Green Bond commitments announcement for next 12 months by issuers, banks and investors Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Poised to Enhance Access to Additional Climate Finance for African Countries
To meet the full scale of the global climate challenge and seize the opportunities at hand, domestic efforts must be scaled up and simultaneously leveraged through an international… Read more »
September 24, 2014
Africa: AfDB and Sister Institutions Committed to Move Forward On the Sustainable Transport Agenda With Us $175 Bn in Financing
The historic one-day UN Climate Summit opened on September 23 in New York City with 125 heads of state in attendance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama… Read more »
September 19, 2014
Africa: Climate Change - AfDB Continues to Show Strong Leadership in Financing Low Carbon Development in Africa
Six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided in 2013 about USD 24 billion worldwide in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: Guinea - AfDB Provides $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve Public Finance Management and the Business Climate in Guinea
In Abidjan on September 15, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US $18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Is Providing $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve the Management of Public Finances
In Abidjan on 15 September 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US$ 18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 12, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Seeks AfDB Help for Protection of Plant and Animal Species
On September 12, 2014 in Abidjan, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka received the Congolese Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development and the… Read more »