African Development Bank Debars J&j Construction Company for 36 Months for Fraudulent Practices

21 November 2025
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African Development Bank (Abidjan)

The African Development Bank Group today announced the 36 months debarment of J&J Construction Company and the payment of a restitution by the company to the Government of Malawi. J&J Construction Company is a building contractor registered in the Republic of Malawi.

An investigation conducted by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group established that in the context of the contract for the construction of warehouses in the Southern Region Districts of Mulanje, Thyolo and Zombo, under the Bank Group-financed Competitiveness and Job Creation Project in the Republic of Malawi, J&J Construction Company committed Fraudulent Practices. Particularly, J&J Construction Company submitted a forged payment guarantee and a forged performance bond thereby misleading the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Malawi in order to receive a contract advance payment.

The objective of the Competitiveness and Job Creation Project is to contribute to the improvement of the capabilities and the competitiveness of the private sector in the Republic of Malawi and to increase export diversification and job creation.

During the debarment period, J&J Construction Company and its affiliates will not be eligible to participate in African Development Bank Group-financed activities.

At the expiry of the debarment period, J&J Construction Company will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed activities after providing evidence of: (i) full payment of restitution to the Government of Malawi for the value of the forged performance bond and (ii) completion of an integrity compliance program that meets the African Development Bank Group's standards.

About the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption

The Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group is responsible for preventing, deterring and investigating allegations of corruption, fraud and other sanctionable practices in African Development Bank Group Group-financed operations.

For more information visit https://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/organisational-structure/integrity-and-anti-corruption/

African Development Bank staff and the public can use secured channels of the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption to report sanctionable practices within the African Development Bank Group or in its financed operations.

Secured telephone: +1 (770) 776-5658

Whistleblowing: [email protected]

Secured email address: [email protected]

Mail correspondence should be marked "CONFIDENTIAL" and sent to:

African Development Bank

Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC)

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