Dear Colleagues,
Africa is at a critical turning point. Despite decades of research and policy frameworks, many solutions remain unimplemented, and job creation continues to lag behind the continent’s potential.
To address this, The Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF) is a ECA-led initiative designed to close this gap by transforming evidence and policy insights into actionable, scalable implementation outcomes.
The inaugural ADIF 2026 Forum takes place on 11th and 12th June 2026, and brings leaders, policymakers, implementers, and the private sector together to identify, co-design, and scale solutions that drive job creation across sectors. It features a Call-to-Action Challenge that crowdsources ideas and best practices from across the continent, five-months Stock take Webinar Series, a two-day hybrid Forum, and a post-Forum implementation clock to monitor and ensure commitments made during the forum translate into tangible, on-ground impact.
ADIF is launching its Call to Action: Jobs Challenge as a key pre-forum engagement. This initiative aims to crowdsource bold, practical, and evidence-based solutions for job creation in Africa, drawing from policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, youth, and practitioners across the continent.
Why these matters
The Call to Action is not just a submission process, it is a competition and co-creation platform:
- The top 10 submissions will be selected
- Shortlisted participants will be invited to the Policy & Strategy Hackathon at ADIF (June)
- Finalists will refine their ideas into actionable policy solutions
- A winning solution will be selected and supported for implementation
This directly feeds into ADIF’s three-stage approach:
- Call to Action (Pre-forum): Mobilize ideas
- Hackathon (Forum): Test and refining solutions
- Implementation Clock (Post-forum): Track and scale impact
Submit or share the Call to Action here
We encourage all colleagues to share widely across your networks and partners to ensure diverse participation across Africa.
Let’s move beyond ideas to implementation—and help shape solutions that create jobs at scale.