Tag: Akinwunmi Adesina

African Development Bank President meets with ADEA Steering Committee Delegation

9/5/2016/AfDB A delegation of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Steering Committee, led by Oley Dibba-Wadda, ADEA Executive Secretary, met with Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), on April 25, 2016 at the Bank’s offices in Abidjan. The purpose of the meeting […]

The future of Africa lies inside Africa

16/4/2016/AfDB “If we don’t fix Africa’s infrastructure financing gap – which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year – we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa’s annual growth rates. And we cannot allow that to happen,” said African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the […]

AfDB Group President to visit Malawi

April 4, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, will visit Mozambique and Malawi on April 4-5, 2016. While in Malawi, he will hold high-level discussions with Malawi President Peter Mutharika. A Nigerian national, Adesina is the 8th elected President of the AfDB Group. He is a […]