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The second edition of the Finance in Common Summit will be held 19-20 October 2021 in Rome, Italy, and in digital format, and will be hosted by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. As stated by Prime Minister Mario Draghi during the Leaders Summit on Climate April 22, “Italy looks forward to hosting the second edition of […]

Mr. Arshad Rab, Chairman of the International Council of Sustainability Standards and CEO of the European Organization for Sustainable Development (EOSD), Mr. Tom Hoyem, Board Member of the EOSD & International Council of Sustainability Standards, Germany, and Former Cabinet Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Colleagues and Members of the AADFI Board, Chairpersons of the

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

Abidjan, July 6, 2021 — The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)’s Secretariat is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2021 PSGRS Self-Assessment and Rating Exercise of African DFIs. The participating institutions are requested to submit their Self-Assessment results to the AADFI Secretariat not later than September 30, 2021. As a reminder, the

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