Dr. Augustine Bantar Njamnshi Calls for People-Centered African Financial Sovereignty at Brazzaville NAFAD Dialogue
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo | 28 May 2026 Dr. Augustine Bantar Njamnshi has called for the urgent democratization of Africa’s development finance architecture, emphasizing that civil society, philanthropy, and the African diaspora must become central actors in shaping the continent’s economic future. Speaking during the high-level dialogue themed “Civil Society, Philanthropies and the Diaspora as…
Civil Society Calls for an Inclusive Mission 300: Communiqué from the Energy4Real Side Event – Abidjan, 28 May 2025
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 28 May 2025: At a pivotal moment in Africa’s energy journey, civil society leaders, technical experts, private sector actors, and development finance institutions convened at a high-level side event titled “Energy4Real: How Civil Society Can Engage to Ensure Mission 300 Delivers on Energy Access in Africa”, held on the margins of the…
FROM MARGINS TO MANDATE: A Framework for Civil Society Engagement in Mission 300
Mission 300, a collaboration between the World Bank Group (WBG), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and others, seeks to connect 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030. While this ambition represents a historic opportunity to accelerate Africa’s energy access goals, especially for the roughly 630 million1 In a region without electricity, its…
