African Development Bank Group Debars Yessan Sarlu and Ayitévi Amadote for 18 Months for Fraudulent Practices

1 December 2025
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The African Development Bank Group today announces the 18-month debarment of Yessan Sarlu, and its General Manager, Mr. Ayitévi Yao Mawulolo Amadote. Yessan Sarlu is a company registered in the Republic of Togo.

An investigation conducted by the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank Group established that Yessan Sarlu and Mr. Ayitévi Yao Mawulolo Amadote committed Fraudulent Practices during the tender for the supply of water distribution kits, under the Projet d'alimentation en eau potable de la ville de Bamako, in the Republic of Mali.

Projet d'alimentation en eau potable de la ville de Bamako is an African Development Bank Group-financed project for the construction of water pumping and distribution facilities in the environs of Bamako, in Mali.

During the debarment period, Yessan Sarlu, Mr. Ayitévi Yao Mawulolo Amadote, and all entities under their control will not be eligible to participate in African Development Bank Group-financed activities.

At the expiry of the debarment period, Yessan Sarlu and Mr Amadote will only be eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group-financed activities if they provide satisfactory evidence of completion of an integrity compliance programme covering the African Development Bank Group's guidelines, as well as business integrity training.

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 Bank 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 Bank or in operations financed by the Bank Group.

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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01 BP 1387

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