FINACTU confirms its positioning in the strategic segment of public debt management in Africa by winning two new missions funded by the African Development Bank. Following international tenders, the firm will intervene in Comoros and the Central African Republic to strengthen the capacities of the administrations in charge of debt management.
In Comoros, the support includes the development of Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) and a medium-term management strategy, as well as the structuring of the monitoring of contingent liabilities and arrears. In the Central African Republic, the mission aims for a complete upgrade of the debt management department, including organizational revision, team training, and the deployment of digital tools for investors.
These new mandates come at a time of strong pressure on African public finances, marked by a doubling of the debt/GDP ratio in a decade. They illustrate the acceleration of efforts to professionalize states in the face of increasingly demanding financing access.
FINACTU relies on concrete references, particularly in Côte d’Ivoire, where its support has helped modernize public finance management and support significant international fundraising, including ESG instruments.
For Lossani Zina, associate director, debt must be “managed with rigor, transparency, and strategic vision” to become a development lever. The same view is shared by Géraldine Mermoux, associate general director, who believes that strengthening tools and capacities is a key factor in improving African states’ access conditions to markets.
