The project was in line with the National Transport Development Plan, 2006–2010, which called for improvements in a large number of bridges, including those on the 16 priority national roads and other key roads. The project aimed to focus on a list of priority bridges in five priority national roads identified by the Department of Works. Its expected impact was improved access to markets and social services for the rural population in selected provinces.

Thirty-seven of 52 African countries have become more industrialized over the past eleven years, according to a new report from the African Development Bank, the African Union and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

The Board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved financing for the Emergency Food Production Program in Liberia. This paves the way for the government to support farmers as they increase climate resilient food production and mitigate the impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The African Development Bank is supporting rural dwellers’ enhanced access to financial services through decentralized financial systems.
 

The support of the African Development Fund will strengthen the capacities of African tax administrations for improved domestic revenue mobilization.
 

Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant
 

Abdou Aziz Diedhiou, head of studies and strategy, La Banque Agricole Sénégal; Kossivi Domegni, Expert in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Togo; Audrey-Cynthia Yamadjako, Coordinator, African Green Finance Facility Initiative, African Development Bank; Kevin Kariuki, Vice President for Power,...

Participants of an AFAC strategy session that took place on the sidelines of COP27
 

The African Development Fund is working to improve the livelihoods of pastoralists in Ethiopia’s drylands

The construction of a highway between Dakar and Saint Louis will open up Senegal’s northern regions, considered the country’s rice granary and an area with high mining potential.