[citation needed] On December 13, 2024, the Government of Chad formally nominated Tolli as a candidate in the May 2025 election to the Presidency of the African Development Bank.

[12] He had previously received the endorsement of the Economic Community of Central African States.

[13] Controversy In April 2022, the Central African Republic passed a law adopting the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender, only the second country in the world to do so.

Tolli, in opposing this move as contrary to the regional treaties governing the BEAC.

The CAR was eventually compelled to suspend the new law pending the issuance of BEAC regulations governing cryptocurrency in the region.