IMF Reaches Staff Level Agreement on the Fourth Reviews of the Extended Fund Facility and Extended Credit Facility for Kenya

IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Bangladesh on the Extended Credit Facility/Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility

Country Report No. 2022/337

KEIZAI DOYUKAI, or the Japan Association of Corporate Executives today signed a statement of intent with the African Development Bank Group to foster closer collaboration and to strengthen business ties between Japan and Africa.
The signing took place on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022...

At the November 2 opening of the 2022 Africa Investment Forum, panelists called on African investors to increase financing for African infrastructure to make the sector attractive to foreign investors.

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for a $50 million line of credit to support access to finance for small and medium-sized and women-empowered enterprises.

Zimbabwean President Dr Emerson Mnangagwa has called on investors to realize the massive investment opportunities in Zimbabwe and shun negative perceptions of risk.

Thank you for joining us for this important session for the Africa Investment Forum.
Our world faces three major challenges, which I call the 3 C’s: Covid, Climate and Conflicts. The solution to these challenges is what I call the 3 F’s: Finance, Finance, and Finance.

Africa should satisfy its own natural gas needs first before considering exports in the wake of the growing interest among European countries, which is linked to the Russian-Ukraine war, experts have cautioned.  

This year’s just concluded Africa Investment Forum Market Days—the continent’s premier investment platform—has drawn $31 billion in investment interest from African and global investors.