African Development Bank and Partners to Launch Two Flagship Reports On Industrialization and Industrial Investment At 2026 Annual Meetings

15 May 2026
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WHAT: Launch and presentation of the Africa Industrialization Index (AII) 2025 and the inaugural Africa Industrial Investment Barometer (AfIIB)

WHO: African Development Bank, WITBA Invest SA and Trendeo

WHEN: Monday, 25 May 2026, 10:30-11:30 a.m. WAT (GMT+1)

WHERE: Tente Cuvette Ouest, Kintele International Conference Center, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

The African Development Bank Group will launch the 2025 edition of the Africa Industrialization Index (AII 2025) on the sidelines of the Bank Group's 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville. The event will also feature the release of the inaugural Africa Industrial Investment Barometer (AfIIB), developed by WITBA Invest SA in partnership with Trendeo, and share key findings from both reports.

The AII 2025, themed "AfCFTA: Advancing the Unfinished Agenda of Regional Industrialization" maps Africa's industrial development hubs and examines how productive integration can stimulate private investment by creating larger, more competitive economic spaces. The index measures countries against 19 indicators spanning manufacturing performance, capital, labor, business environment, infrastructure and macroeconomic stability.

The Africa Industrial Investment Barometer offers an innovative, reading of industrial investment flows, surfacing emerging strategic sectors and the technological, social, environmental and territorial dimensions of industrial projects across the continent. Built around three indices -- industrial diversification, attractiveness, and productive anchoring -- it assesses both the structure and quality of investments. In doing so, it complements the AII by offering a more granular view of private-sector-driven investment.

Together, the two reports speak directly to the Bank Group's Annual Meetings' overarching theme: Mobilizing Africa's Development Financing at Scale in a Fragmented World.Journalists are invited to attend.

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