The Finance in Common (FiC) Spring Meeting dedicated to the African Public Development Banks (PDBs) was held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The meeting was organized under the leadership of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) and the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) on the theme: “Africa’s Green and Resilient Recovery: A Common Objective”.
The meeting took place via videoconference, following the first FiC Summit held in November 2020, where PDBs committed to working together to support the transformation of the global economy and society towards sustainable and resilient development.
During the three sessions of the event, PDBs leaders and international partners discussed the potential of African financial institutions to promote investments in sustainable development and mobilize new resources to finance the post-Covid-19 recovery in Africa.
Mr. Thabo Thamane, AADFI Chairman and CEO of CEDA, represented the Association in Session 3 of the event: “Challenges faced by African Public Development Banks (PDBs): How to unlock PDBs’ potential to finance sustainable investments in Africa”, and made closing remarks at the end of the meeting.
The BPDs and their partners who participated in the roundtables of the FiC Spring Meeting included AADFI, EDFI, Afreximbank, AFD, DBSA, EC, EBRD, EIB, IDFC, KfW, TDB, and BOAD.
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Click here to download the Joint Declaration signed by the BPDs during the FiC Spring Meeting.