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- Project managers from the African Development Bank and Tunisian public partner institutions at the RASME solution launch seminar in Tunisia
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Feb 09, 2024

Tunisia Launches cutting-edge Remote, Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RASME) Tool for Project monitoring

RASME’s rollout in Tunisia includes a training, communication, and change management program

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has launched the Remote, Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RASME) initiative in Tunis to strengthen the supervision of development projects using cutting-edge processes. RASME, a collaborative effort between the Bank Group, the World Bank's Geo-Enabling for Monitoring and Supervision initiative, and KoBoToolbox (www.KoBoToolbox.org), provides…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jan 19, 2024

African Development Bank and United Kingdom (UK) select Tunisian cereals project as prime climate finance transaction under landmark Room to Run Sovereign Programme

The project will benefit up to 250,000 cereal farmers in the country, boosting their food security and self-sufficiency

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the United Kingdom have announced the selection of the Inclusive and Sustainable Development of the Cereal Sector Project in Tunisia, as a standard-setting project under the Room to Run Sovereign transaction (R2RS) (https://apo-opa.co/3U3D0CP). Approved in July 2023, this cereal sector project in Tunisia will strengthen…

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- The African Development Bank is providing Tunisia with financial support to improve the treatment of wastewater for reuse in agriculture and to improve climate resilience
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Dec 13, 2023

Tunisia: African Development Bank lends nearly €82 million for wastewater reuse in agriculture, strengthening climate resilience

This new funding is the Bank's third operation in the urban sanitation subsector to the benefit of Tunisia’s National Sanitation Office (ONAS)

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality Improvement Project For Climate Resilience Building (PAQEE-RCC) at a meeting in Abidjan on 6 December. To be implemented over the period 2024-2028, the project will…

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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 03, 2023

African Development Bank names Malinne Blomberg as Country Manager for Tunisia

Blomberg, a seasoned development finance professional with more than 25 years of experience, has served extensively in policy dialogue, portfolio and project management

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Ms Malinne Blomberg, a Swedish national, as Country Manager for Tunisia in addition to her current roles as Deputy Director General for North Africa and Country Manager for Libya and Mauritania. Blomberg, a seasoned development finance professional with more than 25 years…

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- Tunisia: African Development Bank (AfDB), AMEA Power, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) launch first large-scale privately-financed solar project (1)
- Tunisia: African Development Bank (AfDB), AMEA Power, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) launch first large-scale privately-financed solar project (2)
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Sep 26, 2023

Tunisia: African Development Bank (AfDB), AMEA Power, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) launch first large-scale privately-financed solar project

This initiative stands as one of Tunisia's most impactful infrastructure projects in over a decade

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), in partnership with the International Finance Corporation and UAE's AMEA Power, today herald Tunisia's first privately-financed solar project. This initiative is set to revolutionise the nation's energy scene by cutting power generation costs, significantly trimming greenhouse gas…

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- African Development Bank (AfDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announce joint task force to build entrepreneurship and jobs creation in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Sep 21, 2023

African Development Bank (AfDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announce joint task force to build entrepreneurship and jobs creation in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia

The official launch of the taskforce took place on Thursday, 21 September 2023 during a workshop in Tunis, at the North Africa Regional Office of the African Development Bank

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Thursday announced the setting up of a joint taskforce to foster entrepreneurship to catalyse jobs creation and growth in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. The official launch of the taskforce took place on Thursday, 21 September…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Dec 23, 2022

Tunisia: African Development Bank Group Board approves $27 million and €10 million loans for Kairouan solar plant

The project entails the design, construction, and operation of a greenfield solar photovoltaic (PV) plant with a capacity of 100 megawatts under a Build, Own and Operate (BOO) scheme

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (http://www.AfDB.org) has approved a $27 million and €10 million loan package to co-finance the construction of a 100-megawatt Solar power plant in Kairouan, Tunisia. The Board approval covers $10 million and another €10 million from the Bank, and $17 million…

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- 24 August TICAD-8 webinar on Private Sector Infrastructure Development Opportunities in Africa
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Aug 27, 2022

Africa’s Record Private Investment in infrastructure in 2020 sends strong signal, African Development Bank Vice President (VP) tells Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) panel

The online event was held in the run-up to the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, which takes place in Tunisia from 27-28 August 2022

Africa received its highest proportion of private sector investment in infrastructure in 2020, sending an important signal to governments and investors. African Development Bank Vice President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor, underlined this point during a webinar organized by the African Development Bank and the Japan…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Aug 25, 2022

The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development to Shore Up Japanese-Africa Economic Cooperation

Running from 27 to 28 August, TICAD8 will bring together delegates from across the continent, including the African Development Bank Group

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) will play a key role in the eighth edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) taking place in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, this year as Japan—a long-time development partner of Africa—continues to lend its economic weight to the continent’s progress. Running…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jul 07, 2021

The Green Climate Fund approves $170.9m in co-financing for African Development Bank’s Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) program

LEAF aims to unlock commercial and local-currency financing for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) projects in six program countries

The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) (www.GreenClimate.Fund) has approved $170.9 million in financing for the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Leveraging Energy Access Finance Framework (LEAF) program. LEAF aims to unlock commercial and local-currency financing for decentralized renewable energy (DRE) projects in six program countries: Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria…