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Highlights: Day 2 of the African Development Bank Group’s 2020 Annual Meetings

This year’s Annual Meetings were held virtually for the first time to comply with COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines August 28, 2020/AfDB The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Thursday climaxed its 2020 Annual Meetings with a decisive reelection of President Akinwumi Adesina for a second five-year term as the pan-African development […]

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 […]

Manufacturing PMI Hits 48.5% in August 2020 from 44.9% in July 2020

August 27, 2020/CBN Introduction The August 2020 PMI survey was conducted by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria during the period August 10-14, 2020. The respondents were purchasing and supply executives of manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies in the 36 states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory […]