African Development Bank president begins three-day official visit to Tanzania

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina began a three-day official visit to Tanzania on Monday. The visit signals strong ongoing support by the pan-African lender for transformative infrastructure in the country.

The Bank Group chief will meet with President Samia Suluhu Hassan and senior members of government. On Wednesday, Adesina will join President Hassan for the foundation stone laying ceremony for the 112.3 km Dodoma City Outer Ring Road co-financed by the Bank.

La Banque africaine de développement lance le Projet d’appui à la résilience des entreprises des jeunes dans les pays du G5 Sahel

Le secrétaire exécutif du G5 Sahel, l’ambassadeur Éric Yemdaogo Tiaré a présidé le 18 janvier dernier à Nouakchott, le lancement du Projet d’appui à la résilience des entreprises des jeunes dans les pays membres du G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger et Tchad), financé par le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement.

Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group at the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Addis Ababa, 5-6 February 2022

  • Your Excellency Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal and Chairperson of the African Union
  • Your Excellency Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Our Gracious Host
  • Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government
  • Your Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission
  • Your Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Representing the Secretary General of the United Nations

“Africa cannot outsource its healthcare security to the benevolence of others”

African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the most important lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic for Africa is the need to build a defense mechanism against external shocks, especially in healthcare and financial security.

“Investing in health is investing in national security,” Adesina told African leaders on Saturday, at the opening of the 35th African Union Assembly in the Ethiopian capital. “Africa cannot afford to outsource the healthcare security of its 1.4 billion citizens to the benevolence of others.”

African Development Bank’s African Leaders for Nutrition lauded by African Union during Assembly declaration of 2022 as “African Union Year of Nutrition”

The African Leaders for Nutrition initiative, housed at the African Development Bank, has been honored by the African Union for progress made toward advancing investments in nutrition across the continent.

At the conclusion of the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly on Sunday, an African Union summary decision commended “the African Leaders for Nutrition initiative in sustaining nutrition advocacy in the effort to ensure member states commit adequate financial resources to nutrition interventions.”