Your Excellency, President Paul Kagame, Chairman of the African Union Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson African Union Commission, Honorable Commissioners, Ministers, Ambassadors Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,...
PROTOCOLS Secretary of Agriculture, Honorable Sonny Perdue, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Censky, Ambassador Ken Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation; Chief Economist of USDA, Robert Johansson, Deputy Chief Economist Warren Preston, distinguished colleagues at USDA, friends of...
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has made a strong case for increased American and global investments to help unlock Africa’s agriculture potential. He made the remarks as the Distinguished Guest Speaker, at the USDA’s 94th Agriculture Outlook Forum...
President of the African Development Bank and 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Akinwumi Adesina, will be the Distinguished Speaker at the 2018 US Agricultural Outlook Forum,  to be held from February  22–23, 2018, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Now in its...

African Ministers and heads of delegations attending the third Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa in Cairo, Egypt, on February 10-12, have committed to support the continent’s youth to build tomorrow’s society through innovation. Science, Technology and...
Your Excellency, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Your Excellency Mr. Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, Head of Parliament, Dr. Ali Abdel Aal, President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Bandar Hajjar, Professor Khaled Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of...

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, hosted the annual luncheon of diplomats accredited to Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan on Tuesday with an appeal on the Bank’s member countries to contribute to the 7th General Capital Increase to enable the institution to realise...
Thank you for doing us the honour of attending our annual Luncheon gathering. It is a great privilege to welcome you on behalf of the Board of Directors, management and staff of the African Development Bank Group. This traditional event provides us with an opportunity to share with you the Bank’...

In line with its High 5 development priorities and, in particular, its agenda to Light up and power Africa, the African Development Bank plans to reach 29.3 million people in Africa with electricity by 2020. The President of the Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, made this disclosure at the...