| ACET | African Center for Economic Transformation |
| AFC | Africa Finance Corporation |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AFD | Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AfIDA | Africa Infrastructure Development Association |
| AGIA | Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa |
| AIFP | Africa Infrastructure Fellowship Program |
| ALCB | African Local Currency Bond |
| ALGA | African Local Governments Academy |
| ALSF | African Legal Support Facility |
| ANWIN | The African Network of Women in Infrastructure |
| ASQIIA | Accelerating and Scaling-up Quality Infrastructure Investment in Africa |
| ATIDI | African Trade & Investment Development Insurance |
| AU | African Union |
| AUC | African Union Commission |
| AUDA-NEPAD | African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| AVCA | African Private Capital Association |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
| CEREEAC | Central African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency |
| CETA | Construction Education and Training Authority |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DRE | Distributed Renewable Energy |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EASTRIP | East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
| EDGE | Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies |
| ERCE | Energy Regulation Centre of Excellence |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GI-NBS | Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Co‑operation) |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| ICA | Infrastructure Consortium for Africa |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IFMEREE | Institutes of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Training Jobs |
| IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LAPSSETT | Lamu Port South – Sudan Ethiopia Transport |
| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LFS | Labour Force Statistics |
| LGSC | Local Government Service Commission |
| MASEN | Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MILE | Municipal Institute of Learning |
| NEPAD-IPPF | New Partnership for Africa's Development – Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODF | Official Development Finance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSBPs | One-stop-border posts |
| PAP | Priority Action Plan |
| PGII | Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment |
| PIDA | Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa |
| PIMA | Public Investment Management Assessment |
| PPI | Private Participation in Infrastructure |
| PPF | Project preparation facilities |
| PPP | Public-Private-partnership |
| PQL | PIDA Quality Label |
| RDA | Road Development Agency |
| RIMP | Regional Infrastructure Masterplan |
| SADC | Southern Africa Development Community |
| SIFA | Skills Initiative for Africa |
| TVET | Technical and Vocational Education and Training |
| UCLG | United Cities and Local Governments |
| UEMOA | Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union) |
| UfM | Union for the Mediterranean |
| UN ECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| WACC | Weighted average cost of capital |
| WAGRIC | West Africa Growth Ring Master Plan |
Africa's Development Dynamics 2025
Infrastructure, Growth and Transformation
