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Advance Your Development Finance Expertise with the AADFI LMS

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – As Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play an increasingly important role in driving sustainable growth across Africa, professionals are expected to respond to evolving priorities, including climate finance, sustainability, governance, risk management, and inclusive development. Continuous learning is therefore no longer optional – it is essential. To support the professional development of development […]

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Sustainability Certification and Responsible Development Finance: Growing Interest among African DFIs

How sustainability-focused initiatives, such as the SSCI, can strengthen the resilience, governance, and long-term development impact of African DFIs. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – As sustainability, climate resilience, and responsible investment become increasingly important in development finance, many African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are strengthening the integration of sustainability principles into their operations and decision-making processes. One initiative attracting growing

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AADFI Advances the Review of its Prudential Standards, Guidelines and Rating System (PSGRS)

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – The revision of the AADFI Prudential Standards, Guidelines, and Rating System (PSGRS) is progressing significantly in line with the workplan of the Task Force constituted for the assignment. The PSGRS is a flagship tool that has guided governance, financial management, operational performance, and institutional development across African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) since its adoption

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AADFI PCP Intermediate Level was successfully concluded.

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, June 12, 2026 – The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)continued its efforts to advance development finance expertise with the successful conclusion of the 2026 cohort of the intermediate level of its Professional Certificate Program (PCP) in Development Finance, held from June 8 to 12, 2026, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The 19 participants from 6 African countries – Côte d’Ivoire,

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AADFI Members Recognized at the 20th African Banker Awards

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo – May 29, 2026 The 20th African Banker Awards, held at the Kempinski Hotel in Brazzaville on the margins of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings, celebrated excellence across Africa’s banking and financial sectors. The event was attended by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, representing President Denis Sassou Nguesso; the

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AADFI concludes its 2026 Annual General Assembly in Brazzaville on a high note

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo – May 29, 2026 There was strong momentum in advancing the agenda of the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD) as the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) successfully concluded its 2026 Annual General Assembly in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, under the theme “Augmenting Sovereign Finance in Africa: DFIs Unlocking Growth and Resilience

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‘Fortresses Of Sovereignty’: Africa’s Growth Architects Stepping Up To Bridge The Funding Gap

Source: ForbesAfrica.com As global capital tightens, African multilateral development finance institutions are turning inward—mobilizing domestic savings, rethinking industrial policy, and building a new ecosystem of patient, locally-anchored capital. In the boardrooms and finance ministries from Cape Town to Cairo, they are the glue holding public policy and private investment together, chaneling good resources to critical sectors–as the ultimate

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Finance durable et résilience interrégionale : enseignements du Forum international conjoint des DG de l’ADFIAP et de l’AIAFD 2025

Macau SAR, China, October 27, 2025 – Over 170 thought leaders from Asia, the Pacific, and African development finance ecosystems gathered in Macau for the 2025 ADFIAP-AADFI Joint International CEO Forum held from October 22 to 24, 2025. Under the theme “Resilient Future: Harnessing Sustainable Finance for Development in Asia, Pacific, and Africa,” the three-day high-level event was attended by

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Upscaling Skills for African DFIs in Developing Smart Proposals for Resource Mobilisation

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), with the support of the Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility, recently upskilled some African DFIs officials in the art of developing smart proposals for effective resource mobilisation. The workshop, conducted in early September 2025, provided the delegates with the necessary competence to craft a winning proposal for resource mobilization. A winning proposal

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Strategic Handbook on Transition Financing for African DFIs, an initiative of CST and AADFI

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – September 12, 2025. The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), in collaboration with Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST), brought together over 50 leaders and practitioners from African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) for a hybrid workshop on “Financing Africa’s Transition: A Strategic Handbook for African DFIs.” The workshop was held on September 11, 2025, in Abidjan, Côte

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