Tag: AfDB President
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Outgoing AfDB President, Adesina gets top appointment
The World Food Prize Foundation has named outgoing African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, to its prestigious Council of Advisors.
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Buhari my Supporter-in-Chief, Defender-in-Chief – AfDB President Adesina
Newly reelected president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has paid homage to President Muhammadu Buhari, for backing him at his hour of need. The AfDB President thanked the Nigerian President and people for their support, saying he was proud to be a citizen of the country. “Home is where dreams are…
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Adesina unveils second term agenda as AfDB president
The African Development Bank (AfDB) under the leadership of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina attracted $78.8 billion worth of investment interests into Africa in two years. The continental bank was able to mobilize these investments “through the innovative and groundbreaking Africa Investment Forum in 2018 and 2019”. Adesina said these during his inauguration for a second term…
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JUST IN: Adesina sworn-in for second term as AfDB President
Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has been sworn as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), to serve another five-year term. The ceremony held virtually on Tuesday morning. It would be recalled that Adesina, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was re-elected last week after getting a hundred percent vote of all regional and non-regional members…
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Reelection: Akinwumi Adesina to be sworn-in as AfDB president today
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, re-elected president of the African Development Bank, will be sworn-in today to begin a second term of five-years. The virtual ceremony will start at 9am GMT. A statement by the bank said the swearing in ceremony will be attended by Heads of States, Governors and external stakeholders. It will be conducted in…
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BREAKING: Adesina reelected AfDB president
Former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) President for a second five-year term. The election took place electronically on Thursday at the virtual annual general meeting of the bank. According to reports, Adesina’s reappointment on Thursday at the helm of the 56-year-old bank is…
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BREAKING: Buhari meets AfDB President, Adesina in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari is in a closed-door meeting with the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, in the State House, Abuja. Details of the meeting is still sketchy as at the time of filing this report. Adesina had been in the eye of the storm over allegations of impropriety at the…