Secretary General

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Cyril Amaechi OKOYE

Cyril Amaechi OKOYE is a development economist with over two-decade of experience working with networks of development finance institutions in promoting development policy and advocacy, sustainability, capacity building, and institution development.

He holds Bsc and Master of Science in Economics, as well as a Master in Legal Studies.

His professional development includes training at the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC/ILO), and Joint Africa Institute/AfDB, where he was certified as a Master Trainer on Effective Business Member Organizations; and Strengthening Local Finance Institutions respectively.

A MASHAV Scholar at the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPED) in Israel, where he was trained on building Support System for Enhanced Performance of African SMEs and SMEs turnaround. He is a member of Nigerian Economic Society, and a member of Turnaround Management Association.

As the Secretary-General of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI), he also doubles as the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions (WFDFI).

Prior to his appointment as the AADFI Secretary-General in November 2020, Mr. Okoye was the AADFI Training and Research Manager from 2009, and Acting Secretary-General from December 23, 2019.

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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.