Tag: Akinwumi Adesina
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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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BREAKING: AfDB elects new President, Sidi Ould Tah
Sici Ouid Tsh of Mauritania has been elected president of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) to take over from Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria.
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Presidency tackles AfDB’s Adesina over Nigeria’s GDP Per capita claims
The Nigerian Presidency has strongly challenged recent comments made by African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, regarding the country’s economic progress since independence. In a widely shared statement, Adesina had claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita was significantly higher in 1960 estimated at $1,847 than it is today at $824, suggesting a decline…
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64 years after independence, Nigeria’s underdevelopment disappointing – Adesina
Mr Akinwumi Adesina, President African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has decried the state at which Nigeria still remaining stagnant in so many areas of development.
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How lack of electricity is killing businesses in Nigeria – Adesina
Mr Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says Nigeria is losing about 29 billion dollars annually due to a lack of reliable power supply.
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AfDB President, Adesina reveals what is killing Nigerian businesses
Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has said Nigeria is losing about 29 billion dollars annually due to a lack of reliable power supply.
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Food importation: Tinubu’s latest policy ‘depressing’ – AfDB President, Adesina
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwunmi Adesina, has faulted the decision of the federal government to import food, describing it as depressing.
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GDP not enough to measure economic growth – AfDB
Akinwumi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), says an increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) must translate to job creation for youths to ensure growth on the continent.
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How to stem trend of Japa syndrome in Africa – AfDB president
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called on African leaders to create quality jobs for their teeming unemployed youths, to stem the trend of brain drain bedevilling the continent.
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How Fuel subsidy is killing Nigeria’s economy – AfDB president
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President African Development Bank (AfDB), says Fuel subsidy is killing Nigeria’s economy, costing it 10 billion dollars alone in 2022.