Africa: ADF-13 to Be Innovative, Focused and Strategic, says Bank President

The African Development Fund (ADF) and its donor-country partners opened on Wednesday, September 25 in Paris, the third and last round of the 13th replenishment of the ADF, the… Read more »

Africa: ADF 13 Replenishment

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Africa: High Level Panel on Fragile States Calls for More Resources for AfDB

Fragility and post-conflict situations, a matter of great concern for development institutions including the African Development Bank (AfDB), were central to discussions at its… Read more »

Tunisia: Money Transfers From Tunisians Living Abroad - an Untapped Goldmine

According to Chedly Ayari, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), "Migrants are development stakeholders in their own right." He reiterated this belief time and again at a… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders, Top Scholars Look at Regional Integration as Key to Africa's Continuing Growth

The eighth African Economic Conference will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013 under the theme "Regional Integration in Africa". The conference is… Read more »

Africa: Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Scales-Up Operations With USAID Support

The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved the conversion of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) - a bilateral trust fund established with funding from the… Read more »

Africa: The Board Reviews 2013 Mid-Term Capacity Building Report

The Mid-Year Review of the Bank Group Capacity Development Strategy approved on 13 January 2010 was submitted to the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB)… Read more »

Sierra Leone: AfDB Board Approves Sierra Leone Country Strategy Paper 2013-2017

Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 in Tunis approved Sierra Leone's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2013-2017, which… Read more »

East Africa: Djibouti-Ethiopia Power Interconnection - Hydro-Powering East Africa

Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, stated "This (project) is to reduce significantly the cost of the energy bill that weighs as much on the competitiveness of our economy as on… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Urban Transport Project - Abuja Facilitating Urban Mobility

The project consists of the development of a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system in Abuja. The AfDB Group will leverage funding from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF). The project will… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia-Kenya Power Interconnection - Phases I and II - the Power of Regional Interconnection

Within the current global energy crisis, interconnecting the regional electric energy networks is the best alternative to transfer expensive thermal generation into regional as… Read more »

East Africa: The Menengai Project Kenya - Pioneering Geothermal Development in East Africa

In a country where 84% of the population does not have energy access and where the geothermal potential is among the greatest in the world, the Menengai geothermal steam field… Read more »

Kenya: Lake Turkana Wind Farm - Enhancing Access to Clean, Affordable Energy in Kenya

The Turkana Wind Power Project in Kenya will add 300MW to power generation capacity and will benefit Kenya by providing clean and affordable energy that will reduce the overall… Read more »

Africa: Declaration of Intent for Joint Initiative On Youth Employment in Africa Signed in Addis Ababa

The signing ceremony for the Declaration of Intent for the Joint Initiative on Youth Employment in Africa (JYEIA) took place on September 12, 2013 at the Headquarters of the… Read more »

Senegal: Grand Dakar Moves Into the Fast Lane With the Opening of Its Toll Highway

AfDB remains a key stakeholder in Senegal's integrated infrastructure development projects. The new toll highway, which runs through Grand Dakar, is yet another example of this… Read more »

Southern Africa: AfDB Strengthens Cooperation With Nordic Development Fund in Climate Change Initiatives

The Nordic Development Fund Manager for Southern Africa, Johanna Palmberg, visited the African Development Bank's Zambia Field Office (ZMFO) on September 13, 2013 to discuss the… Read more »

Africa: French Development Agency and AfDB to Strengthen Cooperation Through Concrete Projects

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed an Exchange of Letters on September 13, 2013, in Tunis. Read more »

Guinea: AfDB Funds Conakry Electricity Network Rehabilitation and Extension Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support Guinea's Conakry Electricity Network Rehabilitation and Extension Project (PREREC2) with a loan and a grant totaling US… Read more »

Comoros: AfDB Provides Us $20.1 Million to Support Clean Energy in the Comoros

The Comoros Energy Sector Support Project will receive grants totaling US $20.1 million to finance the rebuilding the country's electricity sector. The financing source is… Read more »

Africa: World Water Week 2013 in Stockholm - Africa in the Limelight

Thousands of the world's government representatives, water experts and industry leaders gathered in Stockholm from September 1-6, 2013 for World Water Week. With water cooperation… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds First Africa Pharmaceutical Summit

Africa's pharmaceutical industry leaders and decision-makers will gather for an unprecedented discussion about Africa's bright pharmaceutical prospects during the first ever… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: AfDB Approves Us $21.50 Million Funding for Climate Change Mitigation Project in DRC

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Tunis approved a US $21.50-million Forest Investment Program (FIP) grant to… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Poised to Transform National Energy Sector With Influx of Renewables

On September 12, the Republic of Tanzania received endorsement from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) of an investment plan which will help the country to scale-up the development… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Extends Us $150 Million to Mauritius Commercial Bank

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, September 11 a financing package consisting of US $120 million multi-sector line of credit… Read more »

Libya: Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya

In its economic report titled: "From Resource-rich State to a Productive Economy: Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya", the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group analyzes… Read more »