| ACEC | Africa Clean Energy Corridor |
| ACET | African Center for Economic Transformation |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AFSF | Africa Food Security Fund |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU | African Union |
| AUC | African Union Commission |
| AUDA-NEPAD | African Union Development Agency-New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| BGFA | Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa |
| BMZ | Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development) |
| CAADP | Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
| CAAP | Common African Agro-Parks Programme |
| CAFI | Central African Forest Initiative |
| CAPEX | Capital expenditure |
| CFC | Common Fund for Commodities |
| CFF | Climate Finance Facility |
| COP | United Nations Conference of the Parties |
| COSUMAF | Central African Financial Market Supervisory Commission |
| CRA | Credit rating agency |
| CSA | Climate-smart agriculture |
| DFI | Development finance institution |
| DSSI | Debt Service Suspension Initiative |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EAPP | Eastern Africa Power Pool |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
| ECOWAP | Economic Community of West Africa Agricultural Policy |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EFFECT | Equitable Framework and Finance for Extractive-Based Countries in Transition |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FiT | Feed-in-Tariff |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GFC | Global Climate Fund |
| GFCF | Gross fixed capital formation |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GIZ | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Co-operation) |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFSWF | International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPA | Investment promotion agency |
| IPO | Initial public offering |
| IPP | Independent power producer |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| KPI | Key performance indicator |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| NAIP | National agricultural investment plan |
| NDC | Nationally determined contribution |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PAAP | Pan-African Auto Pact |
| PALOP | Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese-speaking African countries) |
| PAPSS | Pan-African Payment and Settlement System |
| PFI | Policy Framework for Investment |
| PIDA | Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| PPF | Project Preparation Facility |
| REDD+ | Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation |
| REEESAP | Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Strategy and Action Plan |
| REFiT | Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDR | Special Drawing Right |
| SEFA | Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa |
| SEZ | Special economic zone |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SWF | Sovereign wealth fund |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| WAICSA | West African Initiative for Climate-Smart Agriculture |
Africa's Development Dynamics 2023
Investing in Sustainable Development
