Message from AADFI Secretary General on The Global Sustainable Finance Conference

The Global Sustainable Finance Conference has been a key annual event that we co-organize together with our partners, the European Organisation for Sustainable Development and our sister associations, the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) and Association of National Development Finance Institutions in Member Countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), to promote sustainability across our member institutions.

In line with our mission of providing cutting-edge services for effectively financing national development and the Sustainable Development Goals for shared prosperity in the continent, we closely cooperate with the EOSD to support our member institutions in becoming some of the key players in transforming their economies.

To this end, the Global Sustainable Finance Conference provides an annual platform to our members for exploring new solutions and equips them with latest knowledge and information for making key financial players in Africa the strong partners of their governments and business community in the quest to deliver prosperity.

AADFI looks forward to strengthening its cooperation with the EOSD and sister associations for jointly promoting sustainability across the globe through, among others, the annual Global Sustainable Finance Conference.

Cyril Okoye, Secretary General Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI)

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2026 AADFI Annual General Assembly

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) is pleased to announce that its 2026 Annual General Assembly will take place from May 24 to 29, 2026, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings.

The Annual General Assembly will be held on the theme “Augmenting Sovereign Finance in Africa: DFIs Unlocking Growth and Resilience through NAFA,” with a focus on the transformative role of African Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in strengthening Africa’s financial sovereignty. The discussions will align with the AfDB-led New African Financial Architecture (NAFA), a system-level framework designed to mobilize long-term investment, reduce Africa’s cost of capital, and reinforce resilience through coordinated financial systems and deeper domestic capital markets.

The Annual General Assembly will convene leaders of African DFIs, government officials, regional institutions, and development partners to further explore how African DFIs can catalyze local investment, de-risk strategic projects, and strengthen economic autonomy to build resilience against global shocks and bridge the continent’s infrastructure funding gap.

Further details will be shared in the coming weeks.