To introduce the Strategic Handbook for Africa’s DFIs and highlight its relevance in supporting institutional alignment with just transition and climate finance goals. To critically engage with key capacity dimensions outlined in the handbook-governance, ESG, climate risk, and financial management. To apply the handbook’s tools and recommendations to real-world DFI challenges through case-based group work. To foster dialogue on enabling ecosystems, such as policy coherence, project preparation, and local currency mobilisation, that are essential for DFI effectiveness. To develop action plans for institutional uptake of the handbook and identify opportunities for cross-institutional collaboration.

Financing Africa’s Transition – A Strategic Handbook for Africa’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) -

Workshop on Financing Africa’s Transition – A Strategic Handbook for Africa’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)

Overview

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), in partnership with the Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST), Stellenbosch University, announces the workshop on Financing Africa’s Transition – A Strategic Handbook for Africa’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), which will take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on September 11, 2025.

This one-day workshop brings together African DFIs to explore the strategic role they play in financing just, climate-resilient, and inclusive development. Anchored on the newly developed Strategic Handbook for Africa’s DFIs, the workshop provides a space for peer exchange, practical application, and institutional reflection. Participants will engage with real-world case studies, share lessons, and co-develop pathways for strengthening institutional capacity and enabling ecosystems for transition finance.

Program Objectives

To introduce the Strategic Handbook for Africa’s DFIs and highlight its relevance in supporting institutional alignment with just transition and climate finance goals.
To critically engage with key capacity dimensions outlined in the handbook-governance, ESG, climate risk, and financial management.
To apply the handbook’s tools and recommendations to real-world DFI challenges through case-based group work.
To foster dialogue on enabling ecosystems, such as policy coherence, project preparation, and local currency mobilisation, that are essential for DFI effectiveness.
To develop action plans for institutional uptake of the handbook and identify opportunities for cross-institutional collaboration.

Programme Fees

Please contact
AADFI Training Unit at : training@adfi-ci.org / info@adfi-ci.org

Workshop on Financing Africa’s Transition – A Strategic Handbook for Africa’s Development Finance Institutions (DFIs)

Programme Fees

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2026 AADFI Annual General Assembly