African Development Bank Group [to 23 January 2016]
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22/01/2016
African Legal Support Facility concludes capacity-building training on PPPs in infrastructure projects
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and its partners concluded a five-day training focused on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure projects. Attended by PPP infrastructure experts from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Togo, Congo, Mauritania and Nigeria, the training was held under the ALSF’s flagship Nomadic PPP training programme that seeks to address institutional, legal, contractual and financial aspects of PPPs.

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AfDB presents New Deal on Energy for Africa and the Transformative Partnership on Energy in Davos
21/01/2016 – The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) presented its New Deal on Energy for Africa, and launched a Transformative Partnership on Energy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2016.

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Rwanda wins US $840,000 SEFA grant to promote green mini-grids
21/01/2016 – At the end of 2015, the Government of Rwanda was awarded a US $840,000 grant from the African Development Bank-hosted Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to promote green mini-grids (GMGs) and pave the way for private investments in this sub-sector. The project is expected to support Government efforts to provide electricity connection to at least 145,000 rural households and improve off-grid access rate from 5% to 22% by 2018.

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€89-million AfDB loan to finance Agricultural Value Chain Development Project in Cameroon
21/01/2016 – At its regular meeting in Abidjan on Wednesday, January 20, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a €89.291-million loan to finance the development of an Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVC-DP) in Cameroon.

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AfDB approves US $76.7-million for Uganda’s agriculture programme
20/01/2016 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US $76.7-million loan to finance phase two of the Uganda Farm Income Enhancement and Forestry Conservation Programme (FIEFOC-2).

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AfDB provides universal water supply and sanitation coverage for four towns in Ethiopia by 2020
20/01/2016 – Four Ethiopian towns will achieve universal coverage for water supply and sanitation by 2020 through a new loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Approved on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, the USD 76.11-million loan will improve the lives of nearly one million people in the towns of Adama, Adwa, Bichena and Gode and the nearby villages.

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Uganda awarded grant to prepare transformational Strategic Program for Climate Resilience
18/01/2016 – Uganda received approval on Thursday, January 14 of a US $1.5-million preparation grant from the Climate Investment Funds’ Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (CIF PPCR) to develop a national Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR). Once developed, the policy-based SPCR will pave the way for climate-resilient transformation in the country through a broad set of resilience projects to be implemented through a unique multi-stakeholder approach. The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Uganda as the lead implementation agency for the SPCR