Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thanks to all of you for doing us the honour of attending our annual gathering. Let me start by wishing you and all your families a happy New Year. We are always delighted to welcome the diplomatic community and the international institutions to this...

In a major speech delivered before the diplomatic community in Abidjan, African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina stressed that the Bank is stronger than ever before. The lending and disbursements are at record levels, while the institution has made significant efficiency...

The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, attended the official opening ceremony of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which kicked off Monday in Addis Ababa. The meeting featured the announcement of the election of President Alpha Condé of Guinea as...

Excellencies. I thank President of Mali, my big brother Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, for organizing this Forum, and my dear friend, Africa's friend, President Hollande of France, for his exceptional support for Africa. To accelerate Africa's economic transformation, the Bank launched 5 top priorities...

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, has called for improved access to financing to accelerate the transformation of African economies. Speaking before African leaders at the Africa-France Summit which took place in Bamako on January 13-14, Mr. Adesina stressed that Africa...

Honorable Ahmed Bakayoko, Minister of State for Interior and Security of Côte d’Ivoire; Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal and President of Panafrican Institute of Strategy; Mr. Ayodele Odusola, Chief Economist of UNDP Africa Regional Bureau in New York,...

Despite the promise and force of globalization as a powerful engine for economic transformation, hardworking subsistence farmers have been left behind due to insufficient skills, said Nobel Laureate and Harvard Professor, Eric Maskin during a roundtable debate themed, The way forward...

Monsieur le Président de la République de Madagascar, Excellence Monsieur Hery RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA Monsieur le Secrétaire d’Etat chargé du développement et de la francophonie, Monsieur André Vallini Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres Madame la Secrétaire Générale de l’Organisation...

The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) kicked off in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday with a consensus on the need to scale up the continent’s agricultural transformation to spur industrialization and inclusive growth. Opening the conference, Nigeria’s Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo,...