BREAKING: AfDB elects new President, Sidi Ould Tah

BREAKING: AfDB elects new President, Sidi Ould Tah

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected president of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) to take over from Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria.

Sici Ouid Tsh was elected as the President of the African Development Bank Group during the organization’s Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Sidi Ould Tah is a former Minister of Finance Mauritania.

The election was decided in three rounds, where Tah received 76.18% of votes, surpassing Zambia’s Samuel Maimbo, who garnered 20.26%, and Senegal’s Amadou Hott, who received 3.55%.

The new AfDB president will replace Adesina, a Nigerian economist, who led the AfDB for 10 years following his election in 2015.

 

Details shortly…