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Abidjan, July 1, 2021 – The 2021 Annual General Assembly Meetings of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI were successfully concluded on the theme “Achieving the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): what roles and opportunities for national DFIs?”. The events which were held virtually were co-organized with the African Development Bank (AfDB) from […]

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) will hold its 2021 Annual General Assembly from June 29 to 30, 2021.  The program will hold online as follows: AADFI-AfDB Annual Workshop;  Tuesday, June 29, 2021 — from 8:30 to 11:30 am GMT 47th Ordinary General Assembly; Wednesday, June 30, 2021 — from 8:00 to 10:00

Mr. Thabo Thamane, Chairman of the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI) and AADFI, delivered the Opening Remarks at the launch of a Guidebook for National Development Banks on Climate Risk: An Innovative Agenda for Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean, hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank(IADB), on 16 June 2021.

Abidjan, 7 June 2021 – The African Development Bank and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) jointly hosted a 3-day virtual workshop to train development finance experts in Africa on climate finance action strategy and management. The training aimed to equip participants, particularly those from the financial and private sectors, with knowledge on

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

Abidjan, April 29, 2021 — The focal persons for the implementation of the AADFI Prudential Standards, Guidelines, and Rating System (PSGRS) for African DFIs reiterated their commitment to ensuring the mainstreaming of the PSGRS in their institution’s strategy. This was one of the major outcomes of the virtual technical session on the PSGRS implementation and

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, March 19, 2021 — Given the huge impact of the coronavirus pandemic and other disruptions of the social, economic, and environmental system, proactive organizations are redefining the purpose of their existence and focusing their actions on sustainability to deliver on broader societal goals of ensuring that beyond profit, organizations matter: that people,

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The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank as the “Best Multilateral Financial Institution in the world for 2021”.  The award is a global recognition for the path breaking efforts of the African Development Bank as it transforms itself into a solutions bank for Africa,