Tanzania, April 29 -- Nairobi. African leaders on Monday outlined priority areas where rich countries and development partners could focus on to stimulate growth on the continent.

The leaders, who gathered at the World Bank heads of state summit in Nairobi to discuss International Development Association (IDA) funding, unveiled their transformation agenda, aiming to improve lives and create new opportunities, with the World Bank's IDA as a cornerstone for success.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was one of the speakers at the event, urged the World Bank to focus on providing concessional loans to relieve the countries from debts.

She appreciated the support of IDA in maternal and child health, rural electrification and the broader e...