Abidjan, August 3, 2021 — The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) inaugurated the French edition of its Professional Certificate Program in Development Finance, on August 3, 2021, with the Foundation Level of the Program which will hold virtually from August 3 to 10, 2021. The AADFI professional certificate program aims at enhancing skills and core competence in development finance operations. The program was developed in response to the dynamics of the development finance environment and to respond to the need of achieving sustainable development goals, through development banking activities.
The French session was officially declared open by Mr. Abdelouahab Boushaba, Regional Representative for North Africa on the AADFI Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tamwil El Fellah (TEF)/ Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc (GCAM).
In his remarks, Mr. Boushaba highlighted that “the program was designed to enhance knowledge and build core professional skills required in African development finance institutions in order to provide solutions that address development needs, and in delivering services for development projects towards achieving national development agendas in African countries.”
The participants in the PCP in French are drawn from DFIs in the French-speaking countries of the continent, and the program is being facilitated by the AADFI Faculty composed of experts with many years of experience and hands-on skills in development finance.
About the PCP in Development Finance
The Professional Certificate Program (PCP) in Development Finance was first launched on October 2, 2017, by the then Chairman of AADFI, Mr. Patrick Dlamini, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), at the DBSA Vulindlela Academy in South Africa. The program is designed to enhance knowledge and build core professional skills required in African development finance institutions (DFIs). It aims at providing solutions to address current development challenges and enabling DFIs to deliver services towards achieving the SDGs in African countries.
For more information about the AADFI and its activities, visit www.adfi-ci.org.