AfDB executive director holds first consultation meeting with Finance Minister Pierre Laporte |08 January 2026

(L to R) Sheerin Pillay (Economist), Patrick Payet (Secretary of State), Ronald Cafrine (Executive Director – AfDB), Pierre Laporte (Minister), Peter Sinon (Executive Director), Julius Joubert (Principal Economist)

AfDB executive director holds first consultation meeting with Finance Minister Pierre Laporte

The newly appointed executive director of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the Eastern Africa Constituency, Ronald Cafrine, paid a courtesy and consultation visit to the Minister for Finance, Economic Planning, Trade and Investment, Pierre Laporte, on Tuesday, January 6.

This marked Mr Cafrine’s first official mission since assuming office.

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