Thank you @NewAfricanMag for the honour of being on your list of top #African opinion shapers of #2024 and the great write up. Beautiful to contribute to #kenya’s tally too #MostInfluentialAfricans #africarising

As eight candidates compete to succeed António Guterres as @UN Secretary-General, the selection is raising key questions around regional rotation, the prospect of the first woman Secretary-General, the P5’s decisive power and Africa’s priorities. DR’s Teta Mukulira and Maria Gabriella analyse what’s at stake in their latest piece for @trtafrika . Read here: trtafrika.com/english/articl…

12 days to go! Local context matters. Understanding market structures, regional trade and flows, and local realities helps build a fuller and more accurate picture of an economy. Africa’s realities. Africa’s perspective. Africa’s credit rating agency. #AfCRA #AfricaWeWant

"Right now, the “world’s” choice [of new UNSG] is, procedurally, a five-governments’ choice. It needn’t stay that way... Africa must work out and push a collective UN agenda to every current candidate." My @DevReimagined colleagues in @trtafrika: trtafrika.com/english/articl…

13 days to go! What does “risk” really mean in a credit rating? From financial strength to governance and institutional credibility, the full picture matters. Swipe through as we unpack the fundamentals behind credit ratings and the #AfCRA approach. #AfCRA #APRM #CreditRatings #Africa

Our experts Huiyi Chen and @KaraniMuthamia1 joined the Africa Industrial Park Development & China-Africa SME Matchmaking conference hosted by @cabcbeijing in Beijing. @KaraniMuthamia1 joined a dialogue session to share DR’s investment promotion work and highlight opportunities in African industrial parks and SEZs. #ChinaAfrica #Investment

At the Annual African High Commissioners and Ambassadors to the UK Retreat, H.E. Christian Katsande , Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the UK, highlighted the urgent need for a strategic partnership that supports Africa’s priorities under Agenda 2063. #AfricaUK #Agenda2063

"If China has an agricultural development bank, why doesn’t Africa?" In her recent piece on @AfricanBizMag DR Expert, Ellie Chen asks whether an African Agricultural Development Bank is the answer to the continent’s perennial agricultural shortfalls. Read here: african.business/2026/09/res…

Last week, African High Commissioners and Ambassadors to the UK gathered for their annual retreat. Discussions focused on advancing African priorities in the UK, strengthening coordination and engagement ahead of the UK’s G20 presidency, COP32 and CHOGM. #AfricanDiplomacy #AfricaUK #G20 #COP32

Last week, Development Reimagined facilitated an African Diplomatic Corps dialogue convened by the CVF-V20, bringing African diplomatic representatives together to discuss climate vulnerability and Africa’s development priorities. The discussion explored how African embassies in Beijing can work together to advance shared climate priorities, strengthen Africa’s collective voice and turn FOCAC commitments into coordinated action. #AfricaChina #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance #FOCAC #AfricanDiplomacy

Our panel discussion has officially kicked off. 🌍 The conversation is unpacking what really shapes African sovereign ratings, including the role of analyst judgment, institutional quality and natural resources, and a critical question: do the factors carrying the most weight in rating methodologies accurately reflect a country’s capacity to service its debt? #SovereignRatings #AfricanRiskPremium #CreditRatings #AfCRA

We’re live! 🌍 Opening today’s African Sovereign Rating webinar, @APRMorg’s Ejigayehu Tefera set out a key question: how well do current sovereign rating methodologies reflect the underlying repayment risk and economic realities of African countries? She also highlighted AfCRA’s potential to add an independent and credible African source of credit opinion, while stressing that its credibility will depend on the quality of its analysis, transparency, independence and track record. #SovereignRatings #AfricanRiskPremium #CreditRatings #AfCRA

Who gets to define Africa’s sovereign risk, and what shapes that assessment? Join us tomorrow, in collaboration with @APRMorg as we bring together experts to unpack the methodologies shaping sovereign ratings across Africa and the role AfCRA could play in strengthening sovereign risk assessment. 🕧 17 September | 12:30–14:30 EAT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4h5CRJ0 #SovereignRatings #AfricanRiskPremium

On his part, Joel Popoola challenges the language used to describe mobility between Africa and the UK, arguing that the framing itself can reinforce unequal perceptions. His point: the language should work both ways. #Agenda2063

The fact that you have both these global actors and the AU, and indeed many nations, putting water higher up on their priority list does create an opportunity. And the World Bank’s engagement and multilateral development bank engagement does create possibilities of larger-scale finance for this area ~ Mr Tim Wainwright of @WaterAidUK

Session 2 is officially underway: Water and Sanitation as Economic and Resilience Infrastructure. Moderated by Dr Fatou Bensouda, the session brings together Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, former Prime Minister of Niger and former CEO of @NEPAD_Agency , and Tim Wainwright, Chief Executive of @WaterAidUK The discussion is looking at water and sanitation not simply as basic services, but as critical infrastructure for economic resilience, public health and long-term development across Africa. #AfricaUK #Agenda2063 #WaterAndSanitation

“Africa cannot continue to be assessed through methodologies designed around the realities of other regions. If financing systems are going to deliver for the continent, they must take into account Africa’s specific economic conditions, development needs and institutional context.” — Babajide Sodipo of @AAMFI_Sec

We’re moving into our first session: Financing Systems That Deliver. How can Africa’s financing architecture move beyond fragmented solutions and better support the continent’s development priorities? H.E. Dr Rajeshwar Jeetah moderates a conversation with Babajide Sodipo, Dr Daouda Sembene and Prof. Gibril Faal on what needs to change for finance to deliver more effectively for Africa. #AfricaUK #Agenda2063

We’re officially underway at the first Africa-UK High Commissioners and Ambassadors Conference in London. 🇬🇧🌍 High Commissioners, Ambassadors and key stakeholders are in the room as we open the day with welcome remarks, setting the stage for conversations on strengthening Africa–UK partnerships and advancing Agenda 2063. #AfricaUK #Agenda2063

The Atlantic must now carry the promise of our future as surely as it carries the memory of our past. On this CARICOM–Africa Day, one year after our first in-person summit in Addis Ababa, and on the 5th anniversary of the inaugural summit, we have meaningful progress to celebrate. The opening of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was a powerful reminder of what African determination can achieve. Air Peace is bringing our regions closer. In Barbados, the Afreximbank African Trade Centre at Jemmotts Lane is taking shape, while Ethiopian medical professionals are strengthening care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Ghana secured historic UN recognition of the trafficking and racialised enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Togo’s successful UN resolution calls for maps that properly reflect Africa’s size. In Accra, our pursuit of reparations advanced with the establishment of the Global Advisory Panel on Reparatory Justice, on which I am honoured to serve. These achievements must inspire greater action. There is still much to do to make travel, trade, education and opportunity flow more freely between us. Too many voices tell us what divides us. We need more voices willing to show what unites us. Across Africa and the Caribbean, I call on our people to embrace this reunion and help build it. Its promise belongs to every one of us. Across the waters we must build a new passage of possibility, carrying our people, our ideas and our enterprise towards shared prosperity. Built in our own name. Guided by our own vision. Our ancestors were denied the right to choose their destination. Our duty is to ensure their descendants can shape their destiny.

A reminder as the new week begins: how debt sustainability is assessed matters for African countries. The IMF and World Bank have proposed reforms to the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF), including changes to how public debt stress, domestic debt risks and “high risk” ratings are assessed. But do the reforms go far enough? @hmryder and @LwereTrevor examine what still needs to change for debt sustainability assessments to better reflect African realities. 🔗 Read their full analysis in @AfricanBizMag : bit.ly/3Uvdedd