The meetings were held virtually due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak September 1, 2020/AfDB African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to […]
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Industry Lobby the US Government to Make Africa Backslide on Plastics
The efforts by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) would undo progress that Kenya and other African states have made to address plastic pollution August 31, 2020/Greenpeace The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s […]
Curtain falls on the AfDB 2020 Annual Meetings as Governors endorse President Adesina’s bold development program
Adesina: “I am deeply grateful for the collective trust, strong confidence and support of our shareholders” August 28, 2020/AfDB Newly reelected African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as the institution closed its 55th Annual meetings. The Bank’s Board of Governors today unanimously voted […]
