News Bank approves $165m loan for Madagascar’s roads and bridges The African Development Bank has approved a $165m loan to Madagascar to build roads and bridges to boost its economy. Roads will be improved in two southern regions, Atsimo Andrefana…
News Development Bank reinstates China Railway Construction Engineering The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allowed China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE), a state-owned company, to be reinstated for bidding on bank-financed projects provided it meets guidelines and co-operates with…
News $225m raised to finance Mozambique’s first wind farm The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to loan $54m towards meeting the $225m cost of Mozambique’s first wind farm. Funding is also being supplied by the Sustainable Energy Fund for…
News $137m to build floating dock at Ghana port A consortium of development banks has agreed to back “Project Shiprite”, a floating drydock that will be built at the port of Takoradi in western Ghana. The $137m dock will…
News African bank debars Chinese contractor The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred contractor China Henan International Cooperation Group from bidding for projects the bank funds for a year for a fraudulent practice. China Henan failed…
News Development bank pulls staff out of Ethiopia after “serious diplomatic incident” The African Development Bank (AfDB) has withdrawn all its international staff from Ethiopia after two of its employees were arrested, physically assaulted, and detained for hours by security forces without…
News African Development Bank to fund rail link between Burundi and Tanzania The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to loan $696m for a rail link between Burundi and Tanzania as part of Africa’s Central Corridor. The 651km route will be split…
News AfDB to provide €73m for bridge between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to finance the building of a bridge across the River Ntem between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The span will link Campo, in Cameroon, to…
News African Development Bank makes $196m loan to improve Namibia’s railways The African Development Bank has loaned Namibia $196m towards the second phase of its Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project (TIIP). The money accounts for 52% of the total project cost; the…
News International lenders back $264m development project in Abia State, Nigeria International lenders have agreed to finance the lion’s share of a $264m project to improve roads, sanitation, and waste management in the Nigerian state of Abia. The state’s two main…
News France and African Development Bank to finance Tanzanian hydropower project The government of Tanzania has signed a $300m loan agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the French Development Agency to finance the 88MW Kakono Hydropower Plant in the…
News Uganda’s rail upgrade gets $300m loan from African Development Bank The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend Uganda $301m to upgrade the Kampala–Malaba Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) to link the landlocked country to Kenya and its port of Mombasa. AfDB…