Today at the Economic Development Assembly: Advancing Africa's Future in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, it was announced that more than 100 eminent African and international CEOs, world leaders and artists have signed the Abidjan Accord, an urgent call to G20 governments to increase their contributions to IDA, the World Bank's fund to help lift 77 of the world's developing nations out of poverty, many of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Abidjan Accord urges the world's wealthiest nations to support Africa's development by working towards a $120 billion replenishment for the World Bank's International Development Association's 21st funding round (IDA21), on the best terms possible for the poorest countries, this December.
Signatories of the Abidjan Accord include representatives from leading companies Intel and Cisco, public sector leaders including Heinz Fischer, Former President of the Republic of Austria, Lawrence H.
Summers, Former US Treasury Secretary, Leo Varadkar, former Prime Minister of Ireland, Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, and Stefan Lofven, Former Prime Minister of Sweden; artists including Ariel Wayz, Berla Mundi, Davy-Carmel Ingabire, Falana, Femi Kuti, Gyakie, Jeune Lio, Made Kuti, Nomzamo Mbatha, Sophy Aiida and Stonebwoy, philanthropic leaders including Dr.