Tag: African Development Bank

The African Development Bank has revived an important aquaculture project in the Mountain District of western Cote d’Ivoire, and last week launched the women and youth component of the project to build electricity systems. The project to reactivate the Dompleu aquaculture station is led by the public company Cote d’Ivoire Energies and implemented by the United Nations Food and Agriculture… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement du Mali ont signé, jeudi 05 mars dernier à Kidal, un accord de financement pour la construction de la route Bourem-Kidal, longue de 285,83 Km et surnommée « route de l’unité nationale ». L’accord de financement portant sur 32,25 milliards de francs CFA a été signé par la responsable du bureau-pays de la Banque… Read More

An economic diversification project supported by the Africa Development Bank was launched in Botswana last month to strengthen the small stock, tourism and horticulture industries by improving businesses linkages particularly among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Botswana Economic Diversification Project was launched on 6 February, 2020 in the capital Gaborone, with the aim of diversifying the southern African nation’s… Read More

Le président congolais, Denis Sassou Nguesso, a inauguré, vendredi 06 mars 2020, la route reliant la ville de Ketta au Congo au poste-frontière de Ntam au Cameroun. Longue de 300 km, cette route surnommée « route de l’intégration » a coûté 103 milliards de francs CFA préfinancée à 90% par la Banque africaine de développement. Cet ouvrage qui fait partie… Read More

By supporting successful businesses in Tunisia, the Bank is fostering sustainable and inclusive development. Take the case of Sabra Gmati. After leaving her children in care, Gmati goes to work each day at the MEDIS pharmaceutical laboratory in Nabeul in north-eastern Tunisia. Known as one of the country’s premier craft, agricultural and tourist centres, Nabeul has a growing industrial potential,… Read More

Après avoir déposé ses enfants chez la nounou, Sabra Gmati se rend à son lieu de travail. Elle est employée par le laboratoire pharmaceutique «MEDIS » depuis maintenant huit ans. Une entreprise qui a ouvert ses portes en 1995, à Nabeul. Située dans la région du Cap Bon, Nabeul est la capitale de l’artisanat Tunisien. Et pas seulement, elle est l’une… Read More

For truck driver Joseph Turay, navigating the 120 km Matotoka-Sefadu road in northeastern Sierra Leone used to be a nightmare. On average, he spent between five hours to one day on the road, which was last properly repaired nearly half a century ago. Joseph and other drivers watched goods perish and vehicles destroyed before they reached their destination. The rainy… Read More

Ghana is seeking support from the African Development Bank Group to establish a national development bank, the country’s Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta told a delegation of Bank Executive Directors in Accra last week. “We need your support on that and we hope you’ll come along,” Ofori-Atta said. The Executive Directors, led by Bright Okogu, representing Nigeria and Sao Tome &… Read More

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with DAL Group, one of Sudan’s largest conglomerates, for the provision of up to $75 million to improve food security and household incomes in the country. The agreement is the Bank’s first private sector loan to the East African nation. The agreement was signed on Thursday, 5 March at a ceremony held… Read More