Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has dismissed claims that he is running for the presidency. It could be recalled that a coalition of 28 groups had purchased and submitted the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on behalf of Adesina. But reacting, Adesina in a statement issued on Tuesday, […]
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Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB),, has said that Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis. Adesina was speaking about Africa’s priorities as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Centre, Washington. Fielding questions from the Council’s Africa Center Chair, Ambassador Rama Yade and other senior members […]
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Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, has said Africa will lose up to 30 million jobs by the end of 2020. He said this at the ‘Virtual 2020 International Forum on African Leadership’ in Ivory Coast on Friday. Adesina, who was Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, said the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 […]
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The African Development Bank, AfDB, said it has lunched a Presidential Youth Advisory Group, an initiative that will create 25 million jobs for youths. Akinwunmi Adesina, president of the bank said, the initiative would provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth as outlined in the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy. […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved and released $155 million to assist Nigeria to improve its power sector. The loan is for Economic and Power Sector Reform Programme (EPSERP). The approval became effective from Oct. 19, 2012 and the amount was fully disbursed in two tranches on March 1, 2013, and Dec. 21, 2015. […]
Continue ReadingThe President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on Monday in Abuja announced billions of dollars packages to address Nigeria’s economic crisis.In a statement in Abuja, Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said the AfDB president announced the packages during a meeting with President […]
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