February 03, 2012
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 »
January 18, 2012
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 »
January 16, 2012
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 »
January 12, 2012
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 »
December 15, 2011
Africa: African Carbon Support Program Looks Back At COP17 and Ahead to 2012 (AfDB)
After extended negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the groundwork for… Read more »
Africa: Upper Guinea Forest - AfDB, Gef Focus in 2012
Under the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) will continue to develop a pipeline in the areas of climate adaptation and mitigation, land… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Explore New Climate Financing From Norway
A Nordic Development Fund (NDF) delegation will visit the African Development Bank (AfDB) in mid-January 2012 to present its new strategy and operational guidelines for accessing… 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 Co-Financing to Cif Projects Could Top U.S.$ 600 Million in 2012
In 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) expects to approve approximately USD 600 million in co-financing and begin implementation of numerous projects and programs backed by… Read more »
December 09, 2011
Africa: AfDB Discusses Its Energy Strategy for Africa At Cop 17
More than 600 million Africans in sub-Saharan Africa cannot access electricity in their homes from a grid. In order to improve this situation as quickly as possible, the African… Read more »
Africa: Africa's United Front At Cop 17 in Durban (AfDB)
Africa emerged from the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban with a strong united front when it comes to tackling climate change on the continent, and in particular for… Read more »
Africa: Securing a Triple Win With Health and Climate Change (AfDB)
UK medical journal The Lancet recently headlined climate change as "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." Yet this presents a triple-win opportunity for Africa… Read more »
Africa: Africa Calls for Climate Finance Pledges to Be Met (AfDB)
While Africa has long battled against the poverty that has scarred much of the continent for decades, the combat against climate change is relatively new. But they are not separate… Read more »
December 08, 2011
Africa: Africa Calls for Its Fair Share of Climate Funds (AfDB)
African leaders in Durban today said it was time Africa got is fair share of global climate finance. They strongly reiterated that, while Africa is determined to embark resolutely… Read more »
Africa: Development and Climate Adaptation Go Hand in Hand (AfDB)
Development and climate change are two sides of the same coin in Africa so it makes sense that funding for both should act as a catalyst for progress to benefit local communities. Read more »
Africa: New Pact Promises More Protection for Congo Basin Forests (AfDB)
The battle against deforestation in Africa has taken a step nearer to victory with a new pact aiming at greater protection for the world's second biggest rain forest. Read more »
Africa: AfDB-WWF Partnership - Several Projects Already Underway
The World Wildlife Fund and the African Development Bank announced the progress made in the partnership between them that was signed in July 2011 to promote green growth at the… Read more »
December 07, 2011
Africa: Africa Must Calm Investor Unease Over Backing Costly Low Carbon Projects (AfDB)
Everyone agrees green growth is a good thing. So why isn't the whole world speeding along the low carbon route? Why are there so many red lights along the way? Read more »
Africa: AfDB Mainstreams Climate Change Adaptation Into Development Finance
The African Development AfDB (AfDB) is at the leading edge in putting climate change adaptation into the mainstream of development. The AfDB is also on the forefront in creating… Read more »
Africa: How Africa's Huge Renewable Energy Stores Could Help Bridge Power Gap (AfDB)
Africa as a continent suffers a huge lack of power. Most people in sub-Saharan Africa have little or no access to affordable, easily-available electricity. Even a developed country… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Reiterates Support for African Group of Negotiators
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka,,met the African Group of Negotiators taking part in the UN climate change negotiations in Durban on 7 December, and… Read more »
Africa: New Edition of Atlas of Climate Change Lauded By Many At Cop 17 (AfDB)
When the much-praised guide to climate science The Atlas of Climate Change was first launched, the late Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, wrote in her foreword: "We have… Read more »
Africa: Africa Green Growth Fuelled By Sun, Wind and Water (AfDB)
As a continent of mainly developing economies, Africa can least afford to lose percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to climate change. Where GDP is built on unsustainable… Read more »
Africa: Brazilian Example Could Help Africa Unlock Its Renewable Energy Potential (AfDB)
Cutting the price of energy is one way to fight poverty, the delegates at the climate change conference, or COP 17, heard in Durban. Read more »