
Digital Transformation Key to Africa’s Inclusive Growth, AfDB Panel Concludes
30 May, 2025
Julia Duncan, Global Director for Development Finance at Bayer, drew attention to how digital tools are transforming agriculture—Africa’s largest employment sector.

Africa in Control of Its Digital Future: Mobilising Domestic Resources & Strategic Partnerships
30 May, 2025
As political, financial and social leaders met on 27 May 2025 in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point. Digitalisation can be the engine of inclusive and resilient development, but only if approached with local leadership and strategic vision.
Africa in Control of Its Digital Future: Mobilising Domestic Resources and Strategic Partnerships for Inclusive Transformation
30 May, 2025
As political, financial and social leaders prepare to meet on 27 May 2025 in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point. Digitalisation can be the engine of inclusive and resilient development, but only if approached with local leadership and strategic vision. The questions being asked at this year’s meeting -how to mobilise African capital, how to foster transformative partnerships, and how to accelerate the shift to greener, more inclusive economies- are not rhetorical. They are urgent.

African Development Bank and Club de Madrid partner to advance digital transformation in Africa
30 May, 2025
Digital platforms are catalysing important development markers across Africa such as enabling smallholder farmers to access agronomic guidance, financial advice, and markets, an audience during a panel discussion at the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings heard.

Africa’s Digital Future: Leading the Way to Inclusive Development
29 May, 2025
As political, financial and social leaders met this week in Abidjan, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point.

Digital Transformation in Africa: AfDB and Club de Madrid Forge Path for Inclusive Growth
29 May, 2025
African Development Bank and Club de Madrid partner to advance digital transformation in Africa. Discover how digital tools are boosting farmer revenues and how digitization could unlock $687 billion in additional revenues across the continent.

La BAD et le Club de Madrid unissent leurs forces pour accélérer la transformation numérique en Afrique
29 May, 2025
À l’occasion des Assemblées annuelles du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), marquées par l’élection du Mauritanien Sidi Ould Tah à la présidence du Groupe de la Banque, un événement parallèle de haut niveau, co-organisé avec le Club de Madrid, s’est tenu le 27 mai 2025 à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, sur le thème : “Bâtir l’avenir économique de l’Afrique : la transformation numérique au service de la croissance inclusive et de la gouvernance”.
Africa in control of its digital future
29 May, 2025
As political, financial and social leaders met this week in Abidjan, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point.

Africa in control of its digital future
29 May, 2025
As political, financial and social leaders met this week in Abidjan, for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the continent stands at a crucial turning point.

Club de Madrid: Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF) amplifies global call for cooperation and dialogue from Madrid
28 May, 2025
In a context of rising geopolitical uncertainty, the messages from the latest edition of the Imperial Springs International Forum resonate with renewed urgency. Held in Madrid for the first time outside China last December, the Forum brought together over 130 global leaders and experts to advocate for multilateralism, trust, and international cooperation.

Club de Madrid: Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF) amplifies global call for cooperation and dialogue from Madrid
28 May, 2025
In a context of rising geopolitical uncertainty, the messages from the latest edition of the Imperial Springs International Forum resonate with renewed urgency. Held in Madrid for the first time outside China last December, the Forum brought together over 130 global leaders and experts to advocate for multilateralism, trust, and international cooperation.

Club de Madrid: Imperial Springs International Forum (ISIF) amplifies global call for cooperation and dialogue from Madrid
28 May, 2025
In a context of rising geopolitical uncertainty, the messages from the latest edition of the Imperial Springs International Forum resonate with renewed urgency. Held in Madrid for the first time outside China last December, the Forum brought together over 130 global leaders and experts to advocate for multilateralism, trust, and international cooperation.
Driving Africa’s Economic Future: Digital Transformation for Inclusive Growth and Governance
27 May, 2025
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Club de Madrid (CdM) would like to invite you to a joint side event under the theme: “Driving Africa’s Economic Future: Digital Transformation for Inclusive Growth and Governance”, to be held on the sidelines of the 2025 Annual Meetings.

María Elena Agüero (Club de Madrid): “Este cambio en las reglas del multilateralismo va a traer oportunidades que tenemos que aprovechar”
26 May, 2025
El panorama internacional está en pleno cambio y la incertidumbre se cierne sobre hacia dónde va el mundo tal y como lo conocemos actualmente.

Oby Ezekwesili gets fresh international appointment
20 May, 2025
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili said she has accepted an invitation to become an Advisor to Club de Madrid.

Ezekwesili gets new international appointment
20 May, 2025
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has announced her appointment as an Advisor to Club de Madrid, an international forum comprising democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers.