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    • Rescue workers and residents search for bodies after landslides that followed heavy rains buried 40 homes in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, eastern Uganda, Nov 28, 2024 (PHOTO / AP)
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African Development Bank Group approves USD 500,000 grant to support Uganda’s emergency flood and landslide response

The financing will provide urgent assistance to communities severely affected by floods and landslides in the Bulambuli, Kasese and Ntoroko districts, including the provision of family-size tents

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $500,000 from its Special Relief Fund to support Uganda’s Relief Emergency Response Project. The financing will provide urgent assistance to communities severely affected by floods and landslides in the Bulambuli, Kasese and Ntoroko districts,…

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    • Participants at Uganda’s updated NDC Stocktake and NDC 3.0 Launch Workshop, held on 15 July 2025 at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala
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Uganda Launches Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0 Process, Reaffirming Commitment to Climate Action and Ambition

The launch, held at an inception workshop at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on 15 July 2025, represents a major step in Uganda’s climate action agenda, aligning national efforts with the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake

The Government of Uganda, with support from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), has launched the stocktake of Uganda’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and initiated the commencement of the NDC 3.0 development process. The launch, held at an inception workshop at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on 15 July 2025,…

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    • 115,000 ECOA induction cookers will be distributed to households across Kenya, Zambia, and Uganda with support from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
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African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) supports electric cooking expansion across three African nations

This program makes clean cooking appliances more affordable and accessible by prefinancing induction cookers and recovering costs through carbon credit sales in the voluntary market

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), is tackling charcoal dependence in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a $4 million reimbursable grant. This grant will fund the Burn Electric Cooking Expansion Program (BEEP), deploying 115,000 Burn ECOA Electric Induction Cookers to provide…

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    • Mano River Union delegation with women traders on the Busia border (in pink)
    • A Liberian woman trader (in jacket) engages the One-Stop-Border point management on the Kenya side
    • A delegation of the study tour, comprising women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as representatives from the African Development Bank at the One-Sto- Border-Post in Busia
    • Bank and BIBEST project staff engaging a Kenyan female mechanic, who is also a cross border trader in Busia
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Mano River Union Delegation Studies Successful Border Post Model to Enhance Women’s Cross-Border Trade

The delegation held discussions with Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, the National AfCFTA Committee, TradeMark Africa, Busia Border management authorities, and local women cross-border traders

A Mano River Union (MRU) delegation recently concluded a successful study tour of the ‘Busia One Stop Border Post’ (OSBP) between Kenya and Uganda, gaining valuable insights into efficient cross-border trade systems that benefit women traders. The tour brought together women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone,…

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    • (From centre-right) The AfDB’s Climate Change and Green Growth Director Anthony Nyong; Climate Change Expert Muthoni Nduhiu; Principal Climate Change Officer Olufunso Somorin; and Joash Moitui, Communications Lead for AAAP, with a Project Team for the Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project at the project site
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Uganda: African Development Bank’s Director for Climate Change and Green Growth Tours Kampala Road Rehabilitation Project

The project is expected to benefit at least 1.6 million people, including commuters, business owners, and transport providers by tackling congestion in Kampala

On Monday, 15 July 2024, the African Development Bank Group’s Director for Climate Change and Green Growth (www.AfDB.org), Prof. Anthony Nyong, led a Bank Group team to inspect the 69.2 km Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project (KCRRP) (https://apo-opa.co/3MuqQ0R). He was joined by Regional Principal Climate Change Officer, Dr. Olufunso Somorin,…

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    • Participants in the Uganda Just Transition Framework workshops, held in Kampala, June 19-20, 2024
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African Development Bank, Climate Investment Funds Spearhead Just Transition Workshops in Uganda

The two-day event brought together key stakeholders to ensure that the shift towards a clean economy doesn't leave vulnerable communities behind

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have launched a series of groundbreaking workshops aimed at integrating 'just transition' principles into Uganda's sustainable development strategy. The two-day event brought together key stakeholders to ensure that the shift towards a clean economy doesn't leave vulnerable communities…

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    • The African Development Bank will make a substantial contribution to the construction of the Laropi-Moyo-Afoji road in Uganda to improve rural transport and facilitate regional integration. © AfDB 2023
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Uganda: African Development Bank to lend more than $252 million to improve rural transport and facilitate regional integration

The financial support consists of two loans: $179.68 million from the African Development Bank and $73.15 million from the African Development Fund, the Bank Group's concessional loan window

Meeting on 1 December in Abidjan, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $252.83 million to Uganda, to fund the construction of the Laropi-Moyo-Afoji and Katuna-Muko-Kamuganguzi road. The financial support consists of two loans: $179.68 million from the African Development Bank and $73.15 million from…

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    • The African Development Bank is providing $300 million to refurbish metre-gauge railway lines in Uganda
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Uganda: African Development Bank Group commits $301 million to renovate the country’s meter gauge railway and bolster regional trade

The works entail the immediate rehabilitation of 265 km of MGR tracks between Malaba and Mukono, including the line to Jinja Pier and Port Bell on Lake Victoria

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is providing  $301 million to overhaul  the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway (MGR) in Uganda. The railway line is part of the East African Community’s Northern Corridor linking the capital, Kampala, to Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa. The East African Community Railway Rehabilitation Support Project…

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    • (Left to right) Managing Director, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Yemisi Edun, and Director General, African Development Bank, Nigeria Country Department, Lamin Barrow, after they signed a USD 50 million Loan Agreement for a Line of Credit in favour of FCMB, in Lagos, on Monday (1)
    • (Left to right) Managing Director, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Yemisi Edun, and Director General, African Development Bank, Nigeria Country Department, Lamin Barrow, after they signed a USD 50 million Loan Agreement for a Line of Credit in favour of FCMB, in Lagos, on Monday (2)
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African Development Bank launches scheme to improve livelihoods for youths in three African countries

The Creating Sustainable Youth MSMEs Through Urban Farming initiative will support young farmers in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has launched a multinational project to create jobs and improve livelihoods for youth in three African countries. The Creating Sustainable Youth MSMEs Through Urban Farming (SYMUF) initiative will support young farmers in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, who are attracted…

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Uganda tops African Development Bank’s Electricity Regulatory Index for fourth consecutive year

Other strong performers include East African neighbours, Kenya and Tanzania, as well as Namibia and Egypt

For the fourth consecutive year, Uganda’s electricity sector is Africa’s best regulated across a number of key metrics, according to the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) 2021 Electricity Regulatory Index. Other strong performers include East African neighbours, Kenya and Tanzania, as well as Namibia and Egypt. The 2021 Electricity Regulatory Index, an…