At the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Baden-Baden in March 2017, a first wave of five African countries were identified based on expressions of interest and existing close engagement with the three IOs: Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, and Tunisia. Ethiopia and Ghana joined the initiative during the G20 Africa Partnership Conference in June 2017; Benin, Egypt, and Guinea joined during the IMF-WB Annual Meetings in October 2017. At the margins of the IMF-WB Annual Meetings in October 2018, Burkina Faso joined the initiative. The Democratic Republic of the Congo joined in October 2023 and the newest member, the Republic of Zambia, was officially welcomed at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in 2025, bringing the total number of participating African countries to 14.
