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On January 30, 2024, an AERC team led by Prof. Dominique Njinkeu, the Interim Executive Director, met with Prof. Désiré Jean-Marie Vencatachellum, the Senior Director, Country Economics Department, and the AfDB Lead Economists for East Africa, North Africa, West Africa, South Africa, Central Africa, and Nigeria Country Department. The teams discussed how the AERC and the AfDB could deepen partnership, including the following: 1) Invitation of the AfDB into the AERC Board to enable their contribution in shaping the AERC’s research and development agenda; 2) How AfDB could tap into the AERC professional network, especially of women economists, for attainment of gender parity; and 3) Explore possibilities to picky back on AERC and other conferences to access Ministers, Central Bank Governors, and other government officials for the African financial stability mechanism. The consultations were followed by the development of a concept note to support AERC-AfDB activities for consideration by the AfDB management.