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    • Photo (L-R): Dr Obaid Saif Hamad Al-Zaabi; Dr Nasser Al-Kahtani; Zineb Sqalli (moderator); Ahmadu Hott; Jacques Kanga; and Ouns Lemseffer
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Time Is Running Out to Close Continent’s Massive Infrastructure and Climate-Finance Gap – 2025 Africa Investment Forum Panel Warns

The high-level panel, titled "Innovative Finance Instruments Powering Africa’s Sustainable Transformation,” served as a clear call to action for adopting new approaches beyond conventional funding models

Senior policymakers, investors, and development finance leaders converged at the 2025 Africa Investment Forum Market Days on Thursday to tackle one of the continent's most pressing challenges: unlocking the capital required to meet surging infrastructure and climate demands. The high-level panel, titled "Innovative Finance Instruments Powering Africa’s Sustainable Transformation,” served…

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    • AfDB Division Manager Nana Spio-Garbrah (right) and Societe Generale (SG) Senior Advisor Pascale Olivié signed an agreement for SG to serve as lead advisor on the AfDB's Synthetic Securitization Platform
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Africa Investment Forum: African Development Bank appoints Societe Generale as Lead Advisor for innovative Synthetic Securitization Platform

The two entities signed a contract on November 26 during the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2025 in Rabat (Morocco)

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Societe Generale as Lead Advisor for the structuring and execution of its Multi-Originator Synthetic Securitization Platform (SST Platform). The two entities signed a contract on November 26 during the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2025 in Rabat (Morocco). Joining three other transactions…

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    • Discussions between the US delegation and the African Development Bank Group identified several areas of cooperation between US priorities and the institution's interventions in Côte d'Ivoire, paving the way for joint initiatives starting in 2026, particularly in support of the private sector
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Côte d'Ivoire: the African Development Bank Group and the United States discuss joint opportunities to support economic transformation

The US delegation presented the country’s trade strategy in Côte d'Ivoire, developed by a specific working group (the US Embassy Prosperity Working Group)

A senior African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) official met with a high-level United States delegation at the Bank’s headquarters on 17 November to discuss ways to deepen cooperation and strengthen support for Côte d’Ivoire’s economic transformation and investment priorities. The meeting was led on the Bank side by Joseph Martial Ribeiro, Deputy…

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    • AFDB Vice president Kevin Kariuki (center left), Italy Representative to the RPFF Governing Council Lorenzo Ortona (center right) and members of the Council in Rabat during the AIF Market Days
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Africa Investment Forum: Rome Process/Mattei Plan Financing Facility (RPFF) Governing Council holds inaugural in-person meeting in Rabat

The Governing Council approved the RPFF’s 2026 work plan, which targets commitments of close to €100 million

The Rome Process/Mattei Plan Financing Facility (RPFF) Governing Council convened for its first-ever in-person meeting in Rabat, Morocco, on the margins of the Africa Investment Forum (AIF). The Governing Council approved the RPFF’s 2026 work plan, which targets commitments of close to €100 million. These resources are expected to leverage…

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    • (From left to right). Roberto Amerise, Director of General Affairs, Financial Programs and International Cooperation at the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security; Terje Pilskog, CEO of Scatec; Natascha Beinker, representative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Head of the Climate Policy Division; and Daniel Schroth, Director for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at the African Development Bank Group
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30th Conference of the Parties (COP30): African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) mobilises nearly EUR50 million in new commitments for just energy transition and Mission 300

The discussions also featured the impactful work of BURN, a successful African clean cooking company and SEFA grant recipient

The African Development Bank Group’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (www.AfDB.org), a multi-donor special fund managed by the Bank Group, has secured new investment commitments totalling nearly EUR 50 million, to strengthen the rollout of Mission 300 (https://apo-opa.co/48qxL74) and accelerate climate action across Africa’s power sector. The commitments, made by…

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    • AfDB president Dr Sidi Ould Tah meets with heads of African Stock Exchanges; Abidjan, 18 November 2025
    • AfDB president Dr Sidi Ould Tah meets with heads of African Stock Exchanges; Abidjan, 18 November 2025
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African Development Bank Group rallies Stock Exchanges to reinvent Africa’s financial future

African stock exchanges will be a crucial lever for financing African economies

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Tuesday commenced a round of high-level meetings with African development finance institutions and private sector financial partners to forge a bold, historic blueprint for a New African Financial Architecture, designed to bridge the financing gap for the continent’s development needs. Download Document: https://apo-opa.co/4r8E8Do…

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    • Kevin Kariuki, Vice President of the African Development Bank Group for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth, leads the institution's delegation to the COP30 negotiations
    • Officials from multilateral development banks at the CIF-organised panel discussion
    • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivers his opening address at COP30 in Belém, calling for more climate investment to avert
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30th United Nations Climate Conference (COP 30): Multilateral development banks reaffirm their commitment to climate finance, pledge innovative funding for adaptation

The panel followed the official opening of COP30, marked by a passionate appeal from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for greater climate investment to prevent a "tragedy for humanity"

Multilateral development banks on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to climate finance, pledging to scale up innovative funding to boost climate adaptation and resilience. "Financing climate resilience is not a cost, but an investment." This was the key message from senior MDB officials at the end of a side event organised…

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    • Luxembourg and African Development Bank deepen partnership to advance Africa’s sustainable growth
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Luxembourg and African Development Bank deepen partnership to advance Africa’s sustainable growth

Luxembourg’s collaboration with the Bank extends beyond concessional financing

African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org) President Dr Sidi Ould Tah and Luxembourg’s Finance Minister, Gilles Roth, have pledged to deepen cooperation as preparations advance for the seventeenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), the Bank Group’s concessional financing window. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 2025…

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    • For more than a decade, the African Development Bank Group's financial instruments have been responding to the needs of an African population exposed to climate risks, even though the continent is only a minor contributor to global warming
    • A lush 50-hectare forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the Integrated REDD+ Project in the Mbuji-Mayi, Kananga and Kissangai Basins (PIREDD-MBKIS), financed by the African Development Bank through the Forest Investment Program (FIP)
    • Funding from the African Development Fund's Climate Action Window will help build climate resilience in Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Djibouti and Madagascar
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On the road to 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30): the African Development Bank Group is piloting several financial instruments to support African countries in tackling climate change

The main priorities for this COP are to accelerate the energy transition, ensure a just transition for the most vulnerable nations, and, above all, mobilise large-scale climate finance for developing economies

Eight of the 10 countries most affected by climate change are in Africa: droughts, cyclones and floods are compromising agricultural production, exposing populations to food insecurity and climate-induced migration and putting pressure on key sectors critical to the continent’s development, resulting in a significant displacement of public expenditure. Despite a…

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New Partnership for Africa's Development-Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) marks 20 years of impact at 40th Oversight Committee Meeting

The meeting, held online on 27th October 2025, brought together donor representatives, partner institutions, Regional Economic Communities and implementing agencies

The NEPAD-Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), a multi-donor special fund hosted by the African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org/), has successfully held its 40th Oversight Committee  Meeting  to take stock of progress and chart a renewed course for Africa’s regional infrastructure transformation. The meeting, held online on 27th October 2025, brought together…