Madar (Nouakchott) - A delegation of executive directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group begins a consultation mission to Mauritania on Monday, 16 November 2026, running until 19 November, according to a notice published by the Bank on its official website.
The delegation is led by the dean of the executive directors, Samson Oyebode Oyetunde, accompanied by Malinne Blomberg, deputy director general for North Africa and country manager for Mauritania, according to the same source.
The mission aims, according to the Bank, to assess the results of its partnership with Mauritania, discuss the country's development priorities with the authorities and see on the ground how Bank-financed operations are progressing.
In Nouakchott, the delegation will meet national authorities, including Mauritania's governor at the Bank Group, as well as private sector representatives and technical and financial partners.
It will also travel to Rosso to visit the construction site of the bridge that will link Mauritania and Senegal. Co-financed by the Bank, the regional integration project is meant to complete a link in the Tangier - Lagos and Algiers - Dakar trans-African corridors.
According to Bank figures, the AfDB has been active in Mauritania since 1972 and has financed operations there worth a cumulative total of about 1.46 billion dollars. At the end of October 2026, its active portfolio in the country comprised 21 operations with net commitments of about 641.3 million dollars.
These operations are mainly in energy, extractive industries, agriculture, transport, water and sanitation, the financial sector and governance, according to the same source.
The African Development Bank Group has been headed since September 2025 by Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah.
