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Africa faces a $400bn annual development finance gap as official lending weakens and market borrowing costs rise. ODA from OECD countries fell an estimated 7% in 2024, with further declines projected. Market financing is helping fill the gap – but at a price: Africa’s marketable sovereign debt has risen to 30% of GDP from 13% in 2007, and 80% of rated African sovereigns are high risk or below. Refinancing all debt at current market rates would require primary balances to rise by 2.5% of GDP on average. The AfDB’s New African Financial Architecture now has an opportunity to demonstrate how it can translate proposals into deployable capital. 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