Your Excellency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India,
Your Excellencies, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Talon of Benin Republic, Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan of Côte d'Ivoire, former President of Ghana, John Mahama,
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Vijay Rupani,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a roadmap to the growth of agriculture in African countries with a plan to inject nearly US $2.4 billion every year for 10 years to build roads, irrigation infrastructure and storage facilities within Africa to attract high-value investors. AfDB...
India is the perfect place for the African Development Bank to focus on the transformative power of agriculture, Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has told the African, Indian and international press. “India is an inspiration to Africa, in that its Green Revolution took just three years. That...
21-May-2017
“Shared opportunities and deepening partnership”: AfDB President sees bright future for Africa and India
“Africa-India trade rose five-fold in the last decade and is forecast to double – to US $100 billion – by 2018,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Saturday. Africa and India have development journeys to share, Adesina said, and huge opportunities to...
03-May-2017
Speech for the Feed Nigeria Summit, delivered by Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank
Your Excellencies, friends, ladies and gentlemen.
I am delighted to address you on the occasion of the Feed Nigeria Summit. I wish I could be with you personally, because I strongly support this event. It is the first of such Feed Africa summits at country levels across Africa.
I...
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for urgent action to end rural poverty in Africa at a conference on the future of the rural world in Berlin. “We must pay particular attention to three factors: extreme rural poverty, high rates of...
President Akinwumi Adesina of the African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Hassatou Diop N’Sele, as Acting Vice-President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer. She is currently the Treasurer of the African Development Bank Group and will hold the position...
28-Apr-2017
Charles O. Boamah appointed as Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles O. Boamah as Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group, effective immediately.
Having served as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the African Development Bank for the past six years and...
In a speech delivered at a meeting with the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Parliament in Berlin on Wednesday, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, thanked the Committee for Germany’s generous contribution to the...