General Secretariat

The AADFI General-Secretariat is located in Abidjan, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire.
The Secretariat is responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the Board and the General Assembly. In Addition, it performs the following tasks:

  • Strategy implementation

  • Convening the Board of Directors and/or General Assembly (Board Member)

  • Capacity-building, Seminars and other meetings

  • Information management.

The Head of the Secretariat is the Secretary-General, who is also the Secretary and ex-officio member of the Board.
From 1975 to 1994, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the AADFI Secretariat and provided the Secretary Generals from its directorate-level cadre. The following distinguished staff of the Bank were the Secretary Generals at the time of their services to the Bank:

  • 1974-1977

    G.R. Aithnard

  • 1977-1978

    H. Meliane

  • 1978-1981

    J. B. Ansoada

  • 1981-1983

    P. William

  • J.S. Apithy

    J.S. Apithy

  • 1987-1990

    G. Henry Andrews

  • 1990-1994

    M. O. Cheikh-Sidia

Since the Association became autonomous in 1994 after about 18 years of AfDB tutelage, the Association has successively appointed the following Secretary-General:

  • 1994-1997

    J. A. Hammond

  • 1997-2001

    M. Wade

  • 2001-2020

    Joseph. A. Amihere

  • 2020 to date

    Cyril A. Okoye

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