African Development Bank
AfDB’s new Uganda Country Manager presents credentials, pledges stronger development partnership
The African Development Bank Group’s newly appointed country manager for Uganda, Themba Bhebhe, last month presented his diplomatic credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
ESG investing
Burn Manufacturing secures funding from AfDB to expand electric cooking in East and Southern Africa
Burn Manufacturing, the Kenyan producer of clean cookstoves and carbon developer, has secured a $4mn grant from the African Development Bank to roll out electric cooking solutions in Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia
Uganda gets $252.8mn road construction loan from African Development Bank
Roads, both to international borders, will help connect rural areas and facilitate regional integration
AfDB project to improve farmers’ access to fertiliser with $2.9mn in loan guarantees and grants
The three-year project will support two wholesalers to sell subsidised fertiliser, and link them to agro-dealers who will act as resellers