"Sustaining Development Finance in Africa: Perspectives into the future"
Hosted by
Development Bank of Mauritius
The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) is pleased to announce the 2024 CEO Forum of African Development Finance Institutions, which will take place at the Hennessy Park Hotel, Ebene, Mauritius, from November 4-6, 2024. The forum theme is ‘‘Sustaining Development Finance in Africa: perspectives into the future”. The host institution is the Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM) Ltd.
SPEAKERS
Thabo Thamane
Chairman AADFI
CEO, CEDA Botswana
Admassu Tadesse
Group President & Managing Director, Trade & Development Bank
Jaywant Pandoo
CEO, Development Bank of Mauritius (DBM) Ltd
Patricia Ojangole
1st Vice Chairperson AADFI
MD, UDBL , Uganda
Mosako BOITUMELO
CEO, DBSA, South Africa
Dr. Olasupo Olusi
MD, Bank of Industry, Nigeria
Dumisani Msibi
Group Managing Director, Eswatini Development Finance Corporation(Fincorp) Eswatini
Lilian Mbassy
MD, TIB Development Bank, Tanzania
Michael Mensah
Deputy Managing Director, Development Bank Ghana(DBG)
George Kubai
Managing Director, Agriculture Finance Corporation(AFC) Kenya
Youssouf Fadiga
Director General, National Investment Bank(BNI), Cote d’Ivoire
Abdourahmane Diallo
Director General, Fonds de Solidarite Africain (FSA ) Niger
Abdelouahab Boushaba
2nd Vice Chairperson AADFI, Directeur Général Adjoint – TAMWIL EL FELLAH Morocco
Chinua Azubike
CEO, Infrastructure Credit Guaranteed Company Ltd, Nigeria
His Excellency, Amb. Kheswar Jankee
President, World Association of SME(WASME), Ambassardor Mauritius to Russian Federation
Adama MARIKO
SG, FICS & Deputy Executive Director, Mobilisation, Partnership, and Communication of AFD
Alex Simalabwi
CEO, AIP High-Level Panel Secretariat and Executive Secretary of GWPSA-Africa
Muhammad Zubair Mughal
MD, AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics, U.A.E
Desta Mebratu
Professor, Engineering X Lead, Africa Roadmap, Center for Sustainability Transition, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Daniil Algulyan
Deputy Chairman, VEB.RF State Development Corporation, Russian Federation
EVENT SCHEDULE
| Day 1 – Monday, November 4, 2024 |
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| AADFI Board of Directors Meeting (closed session) |
| Special Interest Session: |
| Topic: The role of DFIs in developing Africa’s bankable infrastructure project pipelines |
| (The session will explore the role of DFIs in developing Africa’s bankable infrastructure project pipelines, and to propose practical solutions to the listed challenges to infrastructure development in the continent) |
| Day 2 – Tuesday, November 5, 2024 |
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| Opening Ceremony |
| Plenary Sessions 1: Financing development projects in Africa: where are the opportunities? |
| (The session will discuss the growth sectors with potential for investment opportunities in the context of the SDGs and development agendas. What options are available to close the development gaps in Africa?) |
| Session 2: Enhancing resource mobilization for Development Projects |
| (Scaling up resources for development is urgently required in Africa given the huge financing gap estimated at $4trillion. What approach should African national DFIs adopt to crowd in funding? How can DFIs leverage domestic resources, remittances, bonds, blended finance, public and private funding etc. to finance development projects) |
| Session 3: Financing Energy Transition & Climate Resilient: How prepared are African DFIs? |
| (The session presents the outcome of the survey on readiness of African DFIs in financing green and climate smart projects, based on the recent study carried out by the Association. It will identify specific interventions and supports required to scale up African DFIs involvement in climate finance, and how to measure outcomes) |
| Dinner / Cultural Night |
| Day 3 – Wednesday, November 6, 2024 |
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| Panel Session 4: Development Finance in Africa: towards a paradigm shift |
| (Development finance is transforming. Traditional development finance in Africa has mainly focused on aid dependency, donor-driven agenda, and top-down approaches. However, these approaches have not delivered expected development outcomes and impact. The continent needs a paradigm shift in the funding model and instruments for development financing. The session will discuss innovative funding instruments available and how financing architecture could be made better and fit for purpose for development projects in Africa). |
| Panel Session 5: A conversation on the Finance in Common (FiCS) & 5th FiCS |
| Closing Ceremony |
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Hennessy Park Hotel
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PARTNERS
EVENT VENUE
Hennessy Park Hotel
Ebene, Mauritius
65, Ebene Cybercity
CONTACT US
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The 2024 CEO Forum of African DFIs on November 4-6, 2024, in Ebene, Mauritius,
on the theme "Sustaining Development Finance in Africa: Perspectives into the future”.
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