About JAI
In 1999 the Heads of African Development Bank (AFDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) had a vision: to establish a joint training institute on the African continent with the long term objective of setting up a world class knowledge based institution with an African identity. Its primary goal was to deliver quality training in drawing on the best expertise from the three institutions. With this initiative, they wanted to support the tremendous capacity enhancement needs in Africa.
In November 1999, the Joint Africa Institute (JAI) was inaugurated and housed at the African Development Bank in Abidjan. Since then the JAI has been offering quality training on monetary, fiscal, financial, economic, human and social issues focusing on all aspects of development including infrastructure and private sector growth.
The JAI also serves as a platform for convening high-level policy discussions with member countries on key development-related issues.
Since its establishment in 1999, the JAI has welcomed to its training events more than 4500 participants from almost all countries in Africa, representing government agencies, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. In 2003 the JAI was relocated together with the African Development Bank to Tunis, Tunisia.