Chief African Development Bank attends Africa50 Infra for Africa Forum and General Shareholders Meeting | African Development Bank Group

The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, will join African leaders and global experts at the Africa50 Infra for Africa Forum and General Shareholders’ Meeting in Lomé, Togo, July 3-4, 2023. Adesina chairs the Africa50 Board of Directors.

The theme of this year’s forum is Affordable, scalable, replicable.

Most parts of Africa are still lagging behind global levels of infrastructure coverage, including energy, transport and logistics, and railways. Closing this infrastructure gap is important for both African and global development as it contributes to reducing poverty, promoting regional integration and mitigating climate change.

More than 50 speakers are expected, including Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, Sani Yaya, Minister of Economy and Finance; Tidjane Thiam, Executive Chairman, Freedom Acquisition 1 Corporation; Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda; Louche KM Keita, Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs; Amadou Hott, Special Envoy for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa and Africa50 CEO Alain Ebobissé.

They will also be joined by World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Rachel Balsham, Director General of East and Southern Africa, Mobile Financial Services Africa; and Chinua Azubike, Director General of Infra Credit.

The event will focus on the following key thematic areas:

• Unlocking Africa’s infrastructure opportunities
• Transport and Logistics – The basis for unlocking and realizing the AfCFTA vision
• Focus on Togo: Africa’s rising star
• Institutional capital mobilization – African investors at the wheel
• Boosting Africa’s energy systems – the investment case for transmission line PPPs
• Africa’s Tech Challenge: Connecting the next 1 trillion

The Africa50 General Shareholders’ Meeting is the annual meeting of the organization of board members, shareholders and senior employees to set priorities for the coming year.

This year, Africa50 will also host the inaugural Infra for Africa Forum, bringing together thought leaders from the public and private sectors to share their expertise on infrastructure investments relevant to Africa’s development needs.

Click here to pre-register to participate.