Angola reescreveu as regras do investimento petrolífero — outros produtores africanos devem tomar nota

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O setor petrolífero de Angola demonstrou como as reformas podem transformar um mercado à beira de um rápido declínio numa indústria capaz de atrair milhares de milhões de dólares em investimento. O mais recente livro de NJ Ayuk, intitulado Crude Oil: Power, Turnaround, and Transformation in Angola, explora esta transição, analisando como políticas específicas, reformas estruturais e liderança estratégica deram a volta ao mercado e colocaram Angola num caminho de crescimento, diversificação e resiliência.

Sob a liderança do Presidente João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço e de Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Ministro dos Recursos Minerais, Petróleo e Gás, o país embarcou numa reformulação completa do setor. Agora, a produção está a estabilizar, o investimento está a aumentar e a indústria petrolífera de Angola está a entrar na sua era mais ambiciosa até à data. Para outros mercados petrolíferos em África, a reviravolta de Angola proporciona lições importantes para os países que procuram revitalizar a produção através de reformas centradas no investidor e de políticas estratégicas.

Reestruturação do Setor

A capacidade de Angola para travar o declínio da produção foi em grande parte atribuída a mudanças implementadas a nível estrutural. Quando o Presidente Lourenço assumiu o cargo em 2017, a sua administração concentrou-se em resolver os desafios que tinham assolado a indústria petrolífera ao longo dos anos: falta de exploração e de transparência. O governo criou uma entidade reguladora do setor a montante (a ANPG) e reestruturou a empresa petrolífera nacional Sonangol.

A ANPG ficou encarregada de supervisionar o setor, melhorando assim a segurança jurídica, a clareza processual e os processos de licenciamento, enquanto a Sonangol pôde concentrar-se nas suas atividades como operadora. Como resultado, a Sonangol conseguiu expandir a sua carteira, trabalhar mais estreitamente com parceiros internacionais e dar passos no sentido de uma futura oferta pública inicial (IPO). Por seu lado, a ANPG lançou uma estratégia de licenciamento plurianual, visando 60 concessões, das quais 40 foram já adjudicadas até à data.

A flexibilidade atrai capital

A flexibilidade tem sido um importante motor de investimento em Angola. No âmbito dos esforços para atrair capital em tempos de volatilidade do mercado, o governo implementou o seu Regime de Oferta Permanente em 2021, permitindo ao país promover e negociar proativamente concessões fora das estruturas tradicionais de licenciamento. Os blocos em oferta permanente permanecem continuamente disponíveis para as empresas licitarem, mesmo após a conclusão de uma ronda. Só entre 2021 e 2023, foram adjudicados 27 blocos ao abrigo deste regime.

O país deu mais um passo em frente, introduzindo políticas direcionadas para campos marginais e produção incremental. Com o objetivo de incentivar o desenvolvimento de campos considerados menos atraentes economicamente, as oportunidades em campos marginais criaram vias de investimento para empresas independentes de menor dimensão, diversificando a oferta de investimento do país e apoiando um crescimento mais amplo da produção.

O Decreto de Produção Incremental — lançado em 2024 — apoia o reinvestimento em ativos maduros. Ayuk observa que o decreto poderá permitir a recuperação de até 500 milhões de barris adicionais de petróleo, ao mesmo tempo que prolonga a vida útil dos campos maduros em até 20 anos. A ExxonMobil fez a primeira descoberta ao abrigo deste decreto em 2024, no poço Likember-01, no Bloco 15.

A diversificação como prioridade estratégica

O sucesso de Angola na revitalização da sua indústria de hidrocarbonetos não advém apenas da expansão do petróleo, mas da sua capacidade de posicionar o gás natural como uma prioridade estratégica. Com 11 biliões de pés cúbicos de recursos de gás, o país utilizou a reforma para atrair investimento em toda a cadeia de valor emergente do gás, apoiando a transição da produção de gás associado para o desenvolvimento não associado.

Embora as instalações da Angola LNG estejam operacionais desde 2012, as incursões no desenvolvimento não associado visam reforçar a matéria-prima, impulsionar as exportações e fortalecer o mercado interno de gás.

Uma pedra angular desta mudança foi a Lei de Monetização do Gás (2018) e o Plano Diretor do Gás (2025) — oferecendo um plano claro para o investimento no mercado. Desde a adoção destas políticas, o New Gas Consortium colocou em funcionamento o primeiro projeto de gás não associado do país em 2026, enquanto a Azule Energy fez a primeira descoberta dedicada de gás no Bloco 1/14.

Expansão a jusante e o IRDP

A reviravolta de Angola transcende o setor a montante, com o seu compromisso de fortalecer o mercado a jusante a oferecer lições importantes para os produtores africanos. Com a estabilização da produção, o país passou a abordar o seu próximo desafio: a refinação. Apesar de produzir mais de um milhão de bpd, Angola importa 70% dos seus produtos petrolíferos.

Para resolver esta situação, o governo criou o Instituto Regulador dos Derivados do Petróleo e definiu objetivos para desenvolver três novas instalações para além da fábrica operacional de Luanda — nomeadamente, Cabinda (operacional desde 2025), Lobito (em busca de financiamento) e Soyo (em preparação). Estas medidas refletem a estratégia mais ampla de Angola: capturar mais valor a nível interno, reduzindo simultaneamente a dependência a longo prazo de combustíveis importados.

«Angola provou que os mercados petrolíferos africanos não entram em declínio porque os recursos desaparecem — entram em declínio quando as políticas se tornam rígidas, as instituições enfraquecem e o investimento perde confiança. O que Angola alcançou através da reforma, da flexibilidade e da vontade política é uma lição para todas as nações produtoras em África: se se criar um ambiente competitivo, o capital virá, os projetos avançarão e a produção poderá recuperar», afirma Ayuk.

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Address by Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, at the Opening Session of the International Security Forum 2026 on challenges and threats to international security in the context of the emergence of the multipolar world, Moscow, Russia

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Secretary Sergei Shoigu of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, allow me to thank you for the successful organising and hosting of this 3rd International Security Forum,
High Ranking Officials responsible for Security Matters,
Ladies and gentlemen,

I have been listening carefully and attentively and agree with the sentiments already expressed on this matter of challenges and threats to international security in the emerging multipolar world.

The emergence of a multipolar world is reshaping the international security landscape. While the diffusion of power creates opportunities for greater inclusivity and regional influence, it also increases geopolitical rivalry, strategic uncertainty, and complex transnational threats. This diffusion has profound implications for international security, global governance, economic stability, and geopolitical competition.

The strategic competition between major powers has intensified global tensions. Resulting in major security risks such as proxy conflicts, militarisation of strategic regions, economic coercion, and sanctions, diplomatic polarisation, competition for influence in Africa, competition over resources, trade routes, and influence, and technological and cyber rivalry

This competition for influence in Africa has negative implications for the development of the African continent and African Union Agenda 2063, with similar implications for Africa and the developing world in general, to the ways the multipolar system of the 19th century did. The multipolar system of the 19th century resulted in colonialisation and slavery in Africa and the developing world, the consequences of which Africa is yet to recover from.

Today, the emerging multi-polar world system is seeking to balkanise the world, and South Africa is no exception. We are experiencing concerted efforts and campaign to portray the democratic government as anti-white with claims of “white genocide” that are disputed by facts, which the overall intention is to mobilise and justify the cessation of the Western Cape province to a whites-only enclave. This narrative undermines the core foundation of a democratic South Africa that is built on the principles of non-racialism, non-sexism, equal and a united nation. These principles were also the drivers of our struggle for liberation and freedom. This is part of a clear misinformation campaign against South Africa which is coordinated internationally.

Ladies and gentlemen,

The emergence of the renewed multipolar world is also weakening multilateral institutions. Institutions such as the United Nations and its agencies are increasingly struggling to resolve conflicts due to divisions among major powers, consequences of which include; paralysis in international decision-making, declining trust in international law, and reduced effectiveness of peacekeeping missions.

This situation has created difficulty in advancing African interests globally, it has reduced effectiveness of African peace and security mechanisms, and it is creating greater instability in conflict-prone African regions.

Global insecurity and insecurity within the African continent have strengthened transnational criminal and extremist networks, resulting in increased human trafficking, drug trafficking, illegal mining, arms smuggling, and terror financing. An undesired vicious circle. Worst is that these criminal networks threaten governance, economic stability, and public safety.

Increasingly, multipolar competition is also revolving around technology and strategic industries with resultant cyber warfares, digital espionage, and disinformation campaigns. There is a rise in cyberattacks on state infrastructure, data breaches and espionage, and manipulation through social media.  These have created huge risks to financial and communication systems.

In response, South Africa is modernising its security framework to ensure we are capable of addressing these hybrid threats, with priority given to cybersecurity capability, border security, counter-organised crime operations, and protection of critical infrastructure. To respond to the technological posture of the emerging multipolar system, South Africa is seeking to develop digital sovereignty and investing in AI and cybersecurity. We have intensified our protection of strategic industries, enhancing energy security, and diversifying trade and investment partnerships, including advancing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AcFTA).

Economic competition is central to multipolarity. The global system is caught up in trade wars, supply chain disruptions, energy insecurity, and resource competition resulting in financial instability that is reversing progress in the fight against food insecurity and hunger in the African continent. Food insecurity and hunger have direct co-relation with a rise in illegal migration. A rise in illegal migration in Africa has huge consequences for South Africa, which is one of the largest receiving nations for illegal immigrants. In a global environment that is creating economic instability for developing nations, the high number of illegal immigrants is bound to create tensions between locals and undocumented foreign nationals as competition for basic resources, limited employment opportunities, and informal and small business survival. 

Ladies and gentlemen,

In this emerging multipolar world, South Africa’s strategic interest is to ensure a fair, rules-based multilateralism; to work with all partners, North and South, on global peace and development through ensuring that competition between major powers does not come at the expense of the African continent. Our message is clear: multipolarity must not mean multiple conflicts or multiple standards. It must mean shared responsibility, consistent respect for international law, and a greater voice and urgency for the Global South in shaping the future of the global security architecture.

President Ramaphosa in 2024 presented the Pact for the Future as a change to “reinvigorate the multilateral system” and to finally reform global governance, especially the UN Security Council to be more representative, inclusive and responsive to today’s security and development challenges. It is this Pact for the Future that we wish to mobilise participants at this 3rd Internationally Security Forum to support for an inclusive multilateral system.

President Ramaphosa to officiate Title Deed Handover Ceremony in North West

Source: President of South Africa –

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 29 May 2026, officiate the upgrading of land tenure rights and the handover of title deeds ceremony to the Gaesegwe, Barolong ba ga Rapulana, Barolong ba ga Phoi and Barolong ba ga Seitshiro communities at the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West Province.

The handover marks a significant milestone in government’s ongoing efforts to redress historical land dispossession and restore land rights to rightful beneficiaries.

President Ramaphosa will officiate the handover ceremony and deliver the keynote address at the Ratlou Local Municipality Sports ground, North West Province.

The handover affirms government’s commitment to dignity, lawful land management, sustainable economic development, responsible use of grants, and the completion of outstanding restitution processes to deliver lasting socio‑economic impact.

The handover also coincides with commemoration of important anniversaries in 2026, including the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution; 70th commemoration of the anti-pass campaign and 60th Anniversary of forced removals and the declaration of District Six, in Cape Town.

The Restitution of Land Rights Act is a vital piece of legislation aimed at rectifying historical injustices related to land dispossessions in South Africa, fostering reconciliation, and promoting social justice. It continues to evolve to meet the needs of claimants and the broader society.

Government, through the Land Restitution programme has invested R58 billion in land purchases, grants and financial compensation supporting 376,976 beneficiaries nationwide, encompassing a total of 5.3 million hectares which has been redistributed.

The President will be joined by members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform; the Premier of North West, Mr Lazarus Mokgosi; leadership from the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality and Ratlou Local Municipality; as well as representatives from the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights.

The Presidential Handover Ceremony will take place as follows:

Date: Friday, 29 May 2026
Time: 11:00
Venue: Ratlou Local Municipality Sports ground, North West Province.

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Grupo Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento e Fórum Económico Mundial estabelecem parceria para desbloquear investimentos nos mercados fronteiriços de África

Source: Africa Press Organisation – Portuguese –

O Grupo Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento (www.AfDB.org) e o Fórum Económico Mundial (WEF) lançaram na quarta-feira o Roteiro de Investimento Humanitário e de Resiliência (HRI) para África, com o objetivo de canalizar o investimento privado para as economias mais frágeis do continente. 

O Roteiro HRI para África define uma abordagem coordenada e liderada pelos países para mobilizar capital comercial e catalítico em mercados fronteiriços carenciados e em Estados em transição, regiões onde o défice de investimento é mais acentuado e onde as condições propícias ao investimento privado têm sido historicamente mais fracas.

O desenvolvimento do roteiro responde a um paradoxo estrutural no cerne do desafio de financiamento de África: o continente enfrenta um défice anual de financiamento para o desenvolvimento de cerca de 400 mil milhões de dólares. Apesar de ter 17% da população mundial, África atrai apenas 3,5% do investimento direto estrangeiro global e menos de 2% do capital de risco global. A evolução da dinâmica geopolítica e um ambiente de contração da ajuda pública ao desenvolvimento intensificaram ainda mais a urgência. Já estão em curso projetos-piloto na Libéria, na Somália, em Moçambique e no Djibuti.

No discurso de abertura, a Vice-Presidente Sénior do Grupo Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, falando em nome do Presidente, Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, sublinhou a urgência do momento. “Chegou a hora de uma mudança de paradigma, da dependência da ajuda para um desenvolvimento impulsionado pelo investimento. O Roteiro HRI cria essa base. Esclarece papéis. Sequencia intervenções. Posiciona o financiamento público e de desenvolvimento onde ele deve estar: como um catalisador, não um substituto”, afirmou.

A Diretora-geral do Fórum Económico Mundial, Sheba Crocker, afirmou: “As comunidades mais vulneráveis do mundo merecem mais do que ajuda de emergência – merecem investimento nas empresas e economias que lhes permitam prosperar nos seus próprios termos. Baseado na iniciativa global HRI e apoiado por mais de 100 parceiros, este Roteiro reflete a nossa determinação em ultrapassar a fragmentação e avançar para as abordagens coordenadas e orientadas para o investimento de que os mercados de fronteira de África necessitam urgentemente”.

O Vice-Presidente Interino para o Desenvolvimento Regional, Integração e Execução de Projetos, Abdul Kamara, moderou um painel de discussão sobre a Catalisação do Investimento nos Mercados Africanos de Fronteira, que se seguiu às intervenções de alto nível. Os participantes no painel foram a Diretora-Geral do WEF, Sheba Crocker; Bihi Iman Egeh, Ministro das Finanças da Somália; Chris Bold, Diretor do Departamento de Instituições Financeiras Internacionais do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, da Commonwealth e do Desenvolvimento (FCDO) do Reino Unido; e Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Diretora da Divisão da África Oriental e Austral do Fundo Internacional para o Desenvolvimento Agrícola (FIDA).

O ministro Egeh argumentou que a Somália não carece de empreendedorismo, mas sofre de lacunas na redução do risco e de exclusão do sistema de bancos correspondentes. Mbago-Bhunu recorreu a exemplos do trabalho do IFAD com pequenos agricultores – incluindo um esquema de vouchers digitais com bancos comerciais quenianos – para defender que a implementação em zonas rurais e periurbanas exigirá ferramentas financeiras, digitais e de infraestruturas integradas, e não intervenções isoladas. Bold explicou que o FCDO está a orientar as suas instituições de financiamento ao desenvolvimento para Estados frágeis que dependem de capital concessional, e apontou o sistema de dinheiro móvel M-Pesa, do Quénia, como prova de que a criação de novos mercados depende tanto da reforma regulatória quanto do capital.

Bumi Camara, Economista-Chefe de Fragilidade e Resiliência do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, fez uma apresentação sobre o roteiro.

O Roteiro, que integra a resiliência climática e a inclusão de género como pilares centrais, está alinhado com a bússola estratégica dos Quatro Pontos Cardeais do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, bem como com a Nova Arquitetura Financeira Africana para o Desenvolvimento (NAFAD), aprovada através do Consenso de Abidjan em abril de 2026.

Alinha-se também com a Ação Financeira Afirmativa para as Mulheres em África (AFAWA) do Banco – que, até à data, já desembolsou 1,33 mil milhões de dólares para empresas lideradas por mulheres em 45 países.

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Annual Meetings 2026 (AM2026): African Development Bank Group and World Economic Forum Partner to Unlock Investments in Africa’s Frontier Markets

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The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday launched the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) Roadmap for Africa to channel private investment into Africa’s most fragile economies.  

The HRI Roadmap for Africa sets out a coordinated, country-led approach to mobilising commercial and catalytic capital in underserved frontier markets and transition states, regions where the investment gap is most acute and the enabling conditions for private investment have historically been weakest.

The roadmap’s development responds to a structural paradox at the heart of Africa’s financing challenge: the continent faces an annual development financing gap of about $400 billion. Despite having 17 percent of the world’s population, Africa attracts only 3.5 percent of global foreign direct investment and less than 2 percent of global venture capital. Shifting geopolitical dynamics and contracting official development assistance environment have further intensified the urgency. Pilots are already underway in Liberia, Somalia, Mozambique, and Djibouti.

In keynote remarks, African Development Bank Group Senior Vice President Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, speaking on behalf of President Dr Sidi Ould Tah, underscored the urgency of the moment. “The time for a paradigm shift, from aid dependency to investment-led development, is now. The HRI Roadmap creates that foundation. It clarifies roles. It sequences interventions. It positions public and development finance where it belongs: as a catalyst, not a substitute.”

Ms. Sheba Crocker, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum; said: “The world’s most vulnerable communities deserve more than relief — they deserve investment in the businesses and economies that allow them to thrive on their own terms. Built on the global HRI initiative and backed by more than 100 partners, this Roadmap reflects our determination to move beyond fragmentation and toward the coordinated, investment-led approaches that Africa’s frontier markets urgently require.”

Acting Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Dr Abdul Kamara, moderated a panel discussion on Catalysing Investment in Africa’s Frontier Markets that followed the high-level remarks. The panellists were WEF MD Sheba Crocker; Bihi Iman Egeh, Minister of Finance of Somalia; Chris Bold, Director, International Financial Institutions Department at the U.K’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); and Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Director, East and Southern Africa Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Minister Egeh argued that Somalia does not lack entrepreneurship but suffers from de-risking gaps and exclusion from correspondent banking. Mbago-Bhunu drew on examples from IFAD’s work with smallholder farmers– including a digital-voucher scheme with Kenyan commercial banks– to make the case that rural and peri-urban implementation will require integrated financial, digital and infrastructure tools, not isolated interventions. Bold explained that FCDO is steering its development finance institutions toward fragile states that rely on concessional capital. He pointed to Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money system as proof that creating new markets depends as much on regulatory reform as on capital.

Mr. Bumi Camara, African Development Bank Chief Fragility and Resilience Economist, made a presentation on the roadmap.https://apo-opa.co/3PM4dKI

The Roadmap, which embeds climate resilience and gender inclusion as core pillars, aligns with the African Development Bank’s Four Cardinal Points strategic compass as well as the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD), endorsed through the Abidjan Consensus in April 2026. It also aligns with the Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) — which to date has disbursed $1.33 billion to women-led businesses across 45 countries.

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Assemblées annuelles 2026 : les institutions africaines de financement du développement s’unissent pour soutenir la Mission 300

Source: Africa Press Organisation – French


De hauts responsables financiers africains ont appelé, mardi, à une action coordonnée pour débloquer les quelque 250 milliards de dollars d’actifs détenus par les institutions de financement du développement (IFD) du continent afin de soutenir la Mission 300 (https://apo-opa.co/4aduhoQ). Cette initiative conjointe du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et du Groupe de la Banque (www.AfDB.org) mondiale vise à raccorder 300 millions d’Africains supplémentaires à l’électricité d’ici à 2030.

Ils ont lancé cet appel collectif à l’occasion des Assemblées annuelles du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement à Brazzaville, lors d’un événement parallèle de haut niveau animé par Daniel Schroth, directeur des énergies renouvelables et de l’efficacité énergétique de l’institution panafricaine, sur le thème suivant : « Mobiliser les IFD et les capitaux africains pour soutenir la Mission 300 ». La session s’est tenue au Centre international de conférences de Kintélé.

« Au nom du président de la Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, j’ai le plaisir d’annoncer un engagement de la BOAD à hauteur de 1,1 milliard de francs CFA (environ 1,7 million d’euros) en faveur de la Mission 300 », a déclaré Oumar Tembely, directeur de l’énergie et des ressources naturelles à la BOAD. Il s’exprimait aux côtés de hauts responsables du groupe Trade and Development Bank (TDB), d’Africa50, d’African Guarantee Fund (AGF), de Cygnum Capital et du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, réunis pour examiner des propositions en vue de créer une coalition d’institutions de financement du développement africaines dédiée à la Mission 300.

En ouvrant la session, Kevin Kariuki, vice-président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, a souligné l’ampleur du défi. « Aucune institution ne peut à elle seule atteindre l’objectif de la Mission 300, a-t-il reconnu. Nous avons besoin que les capitaux africains travaillent de manière plus systématique pour le développement de l’Afrique. C’est pourquoi nous constituons une coalition des IFD africaines pour la Mission 300. »

La Mission 300 nécessite environ 238 milliards de dollars pour sa mise en œuvre dans les 30 pays des deux premières cohortes, la moitié de ce financement devant provenir du secteur privé. Des intervenants de la session ont souligné que les mécanismes de financement mixte, notamment le Fonds pour l’énergie durable en Afrique (SEFA) du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, constituaient des outils essentiels pour attirer les capitaux privés et institutionnels vers les projets énergétiques. L’événement a également mis en exergue le potentiel de financement plus large des marchés africains.

« Il y a 2 500 milliards de dollars qui dorment dans les bilans des banques commerciales africaines, a soutenu Constant N’zi, directeur général d’African Guarantee Fund. La mission d’AGF est de débloquer ces capitaux pour financer l’économie. »

Les intervenants ont fait valoir que les institutions de financement du développement possédaient une solide connaissance des marchés locaux, des capacités de financement à long terme et des mandats de développement alignés sur les priorités nationales. Mais elles se heurtent à des obstacles persistants, notamment une coordination fragmentée, des capacités institutionnelles limitées et un accès insuffisant aux instruments d’atténuation des risques, a-t-il noté.

La coalition Mission 300 proposée vise à remédier à ces contraintes structurelles tout en fonctionnant comme un mécanisme de coordination allégé au sein du Groupe de coordination des partenaires au développement existant, qui comprend déjà 35 institutions bilatérales et multilatérales. Cette initiative s’inscrit également dans le cadre de la Nouvelle architecture financière africaine pour le développement (NAFAD), portée par le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement.

Pour sa part, le président et directeur général du groupe TDB, Admassu Tadesse, a réaffirmé le soutien de son institution à cette initiative. « La Mission 300 est une initiative à laquelle nous adhérons depuis le premier jour », a-t-il assuré.

Les discussions menées à Brazzaville ont mis en évidence une  volonté croissante des institutions de financement du développement africaines de jouer un rôle plus central dans le financement des priorités du continent en matière d’infrastructures et d’énergie, y compris l’initiative Mission 300.

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2026 Annual Meetings: African development finance institutions unite in support of Mission 300

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Senior African finance leaders attending the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings (www.AfDB.org) in Brazzaville have called for coordinated action to unlock an estimated $250 billion in assets held by the continent’s development finance institutions to support Mission 300 (https://apo-opa.co/4uCkocy), a joint initiative by the African Development Bank and the World Bank Group to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.

They made the call on Tuesday at a high-level side event moderated by Dr Daniel Schroth, the Bank’s Director for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, on Mobilising African DFIs and Capital in Support of Mission 300, held at the Kintele International Conference Centre.

“On behalf of the President of BOAD, I am pleased to announce a commitment of BOAD in support of Mission 300 of 1,1 billion FCFA (approximately €1.7 million),” said Oumar Tembely, BOAD’s Director of Energy and Natural Resources. He spoke alongside senior officials from the Trade and Development Bank, Africa50, the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), Cygnum Capital, and the African Development Bank, who had gathered to examine proposals for a dedicated Mission 300 African DFI coalition.

Opening the session, African Development Bank Vice President Kevin Kariuki stressed the scale of the challenge. “No single institution can deliver the Mission 300 goal alone,” he said. “We need African capital to work more systematically for African development. That is why we are bringing together a Mission 300 African DFI Coalition.”

Mission 300 requires approximately $238 billion across the 30 countries in its first two implementation cohorts, with roughly half of that financing expected to come from the private sector. Speakers highlighted blended finance mechanisms, including the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, as essential tools for attracting private and institutional capital to energy projects.  The event also underscored the wider financing potential within African markets.

“There is $2.5 trillion sitting in the balance sheets of African commercial banks,” said Constant N’zi, Chief Executive Officer of the African Guarantee Fund. “The mandate of AGF is to unlock that capital to finance the economy.”

Panellists argued that development finance institutions possess strong local market knowledge, long-term financing capabilities and development mandates aligned with national priorities, yet face persistent barriers, including fragmented coordination, limited institutional capacity, and insufficient access to risk-mitigation instruments.

The proposed Mission 300 coalition aims to address those structural constraints while operating as a light coordination mechanism within the existing Development Partner Coordination Group, which already includes 35 bilateral and multilateral institutions. The initiative also aligns with the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD), championed by the African Development Bank.

Admassu Tadesse, Group President and Managing Director of the Trade and Development Bank, reaffirmed his institution’s support for the initiative. “Mission 300 is an initiative that we have been subscribed to from day one,” he said.

The discussion in Brazzaville reflected a growing momentum among African development finance institutions to play a more central role in financing the continent’s infrastructure and energy priorities, including the Mission 300 initiative.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

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Frederica Lourenço
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Instituições financeiras de desenvolvimento africanas unem-se em apoio à Missão 300 durante os Encontros Anuais do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento

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Os líderes financeiros africanos de alto nível presentes nos Encontros Anuais do Grupo Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento (www.AfDB.org), em Brazzaville, apelaram a uma ação coordenada para mobilizar cerca de 250 mil milhões de dólares em ativos detidos pelas instituições financeiras de desenvolvimento do continente, com vista a apoiar a Missão 300 (https://apo-opa.co/4uCkocy), uma iniciativa conjunta do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento e do Grupo Banco Mundial para ligar 300 milhões de africanos à rede elétrica até 2030.

O apelo foi feito na terça-feira, num evento paralelo de alto nível moderado por Daniel Schroth, Diretor do Banco para as Energias Renováveis e a Eficiência Energética, sobre Mobilizar as IFD africanas e o capital em apoio à Missão 300, realizado no Centro Internacional de Conferências de Kintele.

“Em nome do Presidente do BOAD, tenho o prazer de anunciar um compromisso do BOAD no apoio à Missão 300 no valor de 1,1 mil milhões de FCFA (aproximadamente 1,7 milhões de euros)”, afirmou Oumar Tembely, Diretor de Energia e Recursos Naturais do BOAD. Falou ao lado de altos responsáveis do Banco de Comércio e Desenvolvimento, da Africa50, do Fundo Africano de Garantia (AGF), da Cygnum Capital e do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, que se reuniram para analisar propostas para uma coligação de IFD africanas dedicada à Missão 300.

Ao abrir a sessão, o Vice-Presidente do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, Kevin Kariuki, salientou a dimensão do desafio. “Nenhuma instituição pode, por si só, concretizar o objetivo da Missão 300”, afirmou. “Precisamos que o capital africano trabalhe de forma mais sistemática para o desenvolvimento africano. É por isso que estamos a reunir uma coligação de IFD africanas para a Missão 300”, acrescentou.

A Missão 300 requer aproximadamente 238 mil milhões de dólares nos 30 países das suas duas primeiras fases de implementação, prevendo-se que cerca de metade desse financiamento provenha do setor privado. Os oradores destacaram os mecanismos de financiamento misto, incluindo o Fundo de Energia Sustentável para África do Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento, como ferramentas essenciais para atrair capital privado e institucional para projetos energéticos. O evento também sublinhou o potencial de financiamento mais alargado nos mercados africanos.

“Existem 2,5 biliões de dólares nos balanços dos bancos comerciais africanos”, afirmou Constant N’zi, Diretor Executivo do Fundo Africano de Garantia. “O mandato do AGF é desbloquear esse capital para financiar a economia”, salientou.

Os participantes do painel argumentaram que as instituições de financiamento ao desenvolvimento possuem um forte conhecimento do mercado local, capacidades de financiamento a longo prazo e mandatos de desenvolvimento alinhados com as prioridades nacionais, mas enfrentam barreiras persistentes, incluindo coordenação fragmentada, capacidade institucional limitada e acesso insuficiente a instrumentos de mitigação de risco.

A proposta coligação Missão 300 visa abordar essas restrições estruturais, operando simultaneamente como um mecanismo de coordenação ágilno âmbito do atual Grupo de Coordenação de Parceiros de Desenvolvimento, que já inclui 35 instituições bilaterais e multilaterais. A iniciativa também se alinha com a Nova Arquitetura Financeira Africana para o Desenvolvimento (NAFAD), defendida pelo Grupo Banco Africano de Desenvolvimento. 

Admassu Tadesse, presidente do grupo e diretor-geral do Banco de Comércio e Desenvolvimento, reafirmou o apoio da sua instituição à iniciativa. “A Mission 300 é uma iniciativa que apoiamos desde o primeiro dia”, afirmou.

O debate em Brazzaville refletiu um impulso crescente entre as instituições financeiras de desenvolvimento africanas para desempenharem um papel mais central no financiamento das prioridades do continente em matéria de infraestruturas e energia, incluindo a iniciativa Missão 300.

Distribuído pelo Grupo APO para African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

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President Ramaphosa to address Official Launch of Kruger National Park Centenary

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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Saturday, 30 May 2026, address the official launch of the Kruger National Park (KNP) Centenary Commemoration at Skukuza Rest Camp in Mpumalanga.

The year 2026 marks a significant milestone in South Africa’s conservation history as Kruger National Park commemorates 100 years since its formal proclamation in 1926.

Held under the theme, “Our Heritage, Our Future,” the centenary commemorations will reflect on a century of conservation leadership, biodiversity protection, scientific progress, tourism development and heritage management.

This milestone also reaffirms the country’s commitment to environmental sustainability, inclusivity and shared heritage.

The centenary further provides an opportunity to honour the generations of rangers, scientists, communities, conservationists and leaders who contributed to the development and protection of one of the world’s most renowned protected areas.

The commemoration highlights the importance of collaborative partnerships in conservation, tourism and environmental sustainability, as well as the resilience and recovery of the Park following recent flooding that affected infrastructure, tourism operations and surrounding communities.

Kruger National Park remains one of South Africa’s leading conservation and tourism assets and continues to contribute significantly to biodiversity conservation, research, economic development and job creation.

The President will address the official launch as follows:

Date: Saturday, 30 May 2026
Time: 18h00
Venue: Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga
 

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya Spokesperson to the President, media@presideny.gov.za

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria

Annual Meetings 2026 (AM2026): African Development Bank (AfDB) 2025 Trade Finance Report Highlights Resilience of African Financial Institutions After Covid-19

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The fifth edition of the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Trade Finance Report paints a picture of resilient African financial institutions in the post Covid-19 years, despite a challenging global environment.

Download Report: https://apo-opa.co/4uNLXj6

The 2025 Trade Finance Report, which provides an updated assessment of Africa’s trade finance landscape over the 2020–2024 period following the COVID-19 pandemic, was released on Wednesday, during the Bank Group’s 2026 Annual Meetings, taking place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

The report examines trade finance from a bank-intermediation perspective, filling important knowledge gaps while introducing new dimensions such as digitalization and environmental sustainability. It also, for the first time, quantifies the contribution of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to trade finance on the continent.

Presenting the report, Anthony Simpasa, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department at the African Development Bank, said unmet demand for trade finance declined by nearly 10% between 2019 and 2024, supported by strong interventions from multilateral development banks, governments, export credit agencies, and global banks. These interventions were critical in sustaining trade flows, with estimates suggesting that, in the absence of DFI support, the annual trade finance gap could have exceeded $100 billion during the 2020-2024 period.

“Renewed geopolitical tensions and disruptions to global supply chains and trade flows could reverse post-pandemic progress in narrowing the trade finance gap. For instance, tighter correspondent risk appetite could widen the trade finance gap to $86.6-$102.6 billion by 2027 under a moderate to severe scenario. This is at least 17.7 % above the 2024 level, potentially erasing a decade of gains,” Simpasa cautioned.

The report launch event was attended by policymakers, private-sector leaders, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), Financial Institutions, and trade finance experts from across the continent.

Some highlights of the report:

  • The unmet demand for trade finance in Africa ranged from $74 billion to $92 billion in 2024. The estimated gap of $ 74 billion represents 5.4% of the region’s total merchandise trade value in 2024.
  • African trade remains underserved by commercial banks. Over the five years of the study, commercial banks intermediated an average of 23% of Africa’s total trade, down from 40% during 2011-19.
  • Between 2020 and 2024, intra-African trade accounted for 34% of total bank-intermediated trade, representing an 89 percent increase above pre-pandemic levels (2011-2019).
  • Foreign exchange liquidity shortages have become the primary barrier limiting banks’ growth in trade finance. About 36% of banks cited limited foreign exchange liquidity as the primary constraint to their trade finance growth between 2020 and 2024, compared with 18% in the 2015-2019 period.
  • The adoption of digital trade finance solutions by banks remains low, primarily due to high implementation costs and inadequate technological infrastructure. Only 28% of the banks surveyed reported having adopted digital tools or platforms for their trade finance operations.

In a short panel discussion following the launch, Didier Acouetey, Senior Advisor to African Development Bank President Sidi Ould Tah for the Private Sector, Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals for the  African Union Commission, Admassu Tadesse, Group President and Managing Director, Trade and Development Bank; and Mehdi Tanani, Regional Director for Central Africa, Proparco, discussed the report’s findings, noting opportunities and challenges to unlocking sustainable bank-intermediated trade finance in Africa.

Although trade finance remains a major constraint for most of Africa, exciting innovations are gaining ground, such as digitization, guarantees and asset management initiatives to expand the trade finance asset class and related offerings to the market, Tadesse said. “This should be advanced further by new systemic initiatives such as New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD) and related thrusts such as derisking and smart partnerships that should multiply the impact of African capital and unlock more global capital,” he added.

“NAFAD gives us, for the first time, a coherent continental framework to close the trade finance gap — not project by project, but systemically. That is the shift that changes everything for African SMEs,” Acouetey noted.

Commissioner Belobe called for eliminating the ‘missing middle’ in African banking. “SMEs are too large for microfinance, too small for corporate banking, but far too commercially important to be left outside the trade finance system. It is time for commercial banks to treat SME trade finance as a deliberate, core business line, not a residual activity,” he said.

“Africa will not close its trade finance gap by adding constraints, but by building a more resilient, more digital, and more sustainable trade finance ecosystem — one that protects SMEs against global shocks while accelerating the continent’s economic integration,” Tanani said.

The African Development Bank and other DFIs have played a significant role in reducing the trade finance gap in Africa. Development finance institutions facilitated about $32 billion in trade finance annually between 2020 and 2024, accounting for about 3% of Africa’s total merchandise trade on average over the same period.

The African Development Bank’s Trade Finance Program was established in 2013, with an inaugural survey conducted in 2014. Since 2014, AfDB has produced 4 periodic surveys, including two country-specific reports on Kenya and Tanzania.

Read the full report here https://apo-opa.co/4uNLXj6.

– on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

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Amba Mpoke-Bigg
Communication and External Relations Department
Email: media@afdb.org.

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