(L-R) Tatiana Mossot, Senior Communications Officer of the IMF, Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun, Lesotho's Finance Minister Retselisitsoe Matlanyane and entral African Republic Finance Minister Herve Ndoba speak during an African Finance Ministers' discussion the 2026 IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)