Speech delivered by Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank at South Africa Investment Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 23, 2022.

Your Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa.

Your Excellency, the Deputy President

Members of South Africa’s parliament

Honorable Ministers,

Your Excellencies Ambassadors

Business leaders

Investors

Distinguished Ladies and gentlemen.

 

Good morning!

 

Your Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa, and my dear big brother, thank you very much for the great honor and invitation to join you today, and to speak at the 2022 South Africa Investment Forum.

“A revolution is building,” African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina tells women leaders’ conference

The conference also honored the 22 women who had served an African country as president or prime minister. 

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina told women at a conference in Pretoria on Wednesday that they are part of a revolution that is building across Africa.

Women Heads of State Initiative

The Mano River Union: African Development Fund commits $88.2 million for road development and transport facilitation in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Map showing the Mano River Union region: Improving road infrastructure and promoting intra-community trade will help boost the post-conflict recovery in the Mano River Union area.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund,  the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, on Wednesday approved $88.2 million in financing for the third phase of the Road Development and Transport Facilitation Programme for the Mano River Union.

La vice-présidente du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement chargée de l’Agriculture et du Développement humain et social en visite au Maroc

Périmètres irrigués dans la localité de Louamra au Nord du Maroc, financés dans le cadre de l’appui de la Banque au Plan « Maroc Vert ».

 

La vice-présidente du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement en charge de l’Agriculture et du Développement humain et social, Beth Dunford se rendra au Maroc en visite de travail, du 24 au 29 mars.