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• Family photo after the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of the African Development Bank's Civil Society Organizations Forum
• Manager of the Civil Society and Community Engagement Division, Zeneb Touré, symbolically hands over the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to Beth Dunford, Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, representing Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the institution
• family photo after the presentation of the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to civil society organizations
• Testimonies from representatives of civil society organizations on a Bank-funded project covering the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Civil society representatives exchanged with senior management of the Bank Group From left to right: Uche Duru, representing the Director of the Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance Department; Dominique Puthod, representing the Director of Strategies and Operational Policies; Nathalie Beatrice Chinje-n Bodiong, Principal Advisor to the Secretary General of the Bank Group; Mariam Diawara, Acting Director of the Independent Review Mechanism; Martha T.M. Phiri, Director of the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department and Acting Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department; Anthony Nyong, Director of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department; Martin Fregene, Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department

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• President Adesina (center in blue suit), Vice President Kashim Shettima (to his left in beige traditional attire) lay the foundation for the $538 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in Adiabo, Cross River State, on April 10, 2025, marking a milestone in Nigeria’s journey to become a food export leader through agro-industrialization
• Vice President Kashim Shettima, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Governor Bassey Out, and other dignitaries unveil the plaque for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in Adiabo, Cross River State, on April 10, 2025, harnessing the state’s ports to boost global trade in cocoa and cassava

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• Nigeria’s Agro-Revolution: Construction of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) begins

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• Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank Group President, delivers the keynote address for the Scaling Finance for Smallholder Farmers in Africa Conference, held 17-18 March 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya
• Vice President for Agriculture, Human ad Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, pushed for a collaborative approach amongst partners to achieve a common goal during her opening remarks, on 17 March 2015
• African Development Bank mulls $500 million facility to mobilize financing for smallholder farmers

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• Global and African Financial Experts Urge Action to Enhance Smallholder Farmer Financing (1)
• Global and African Financial Experts Urge Action to Enhance Smallholder Farmer Financing (2)

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• African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who is also the Chairman of the Group’s Boards of Directors, underscored the impact of the Bank’s operations, which have impacted more than half a billion lives over the past decade
• African Union Summit: African Development Bank President Highlights a Decade of Economic Transformational Impact
• African Heads of State and Government display copies of the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration at the closing session of the Africa Energy Summit, 28 January 2025
• “The African Development Bank accelerated food production in Africa. Over 101 million people became food secure. We mobilized $72 billion to implement the food and agriculture delivery compacts across the continent,” said Dr. Adesina
• The Africa Investment Forum, a joint effort with eight other partner institutions, has mobilized over $200 billion in infrastructure investment commitments. (Picture: Africa Investment Forum Founding Partners and other officials during the Opening Session of the Africa Investment Forum 2024 Market Days, Rabat, 4 December 2024)
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated calls for reform of the international financial architecture
• Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley emphasized Africa’s strategic role in shaping global economic trends, as the continent controls 40% of the world’s minerals
• Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed urged continued unity in addressing Africa’s challenges

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• African Union Summit: African Development Bank President Highlights a Decade of Economic Transformational Impact
• African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who is also the Chairman of the Group’s Boards of Directors, underscored the impact of the Bank’s operations, which have impacted more than half a billion lives over the past decade
• African Heads of State and Government display copies of the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration at the closing session of the Africa Energy Summit, 28 January 2025
• The African Development Bank accelerated food production in Africa. Over 101 million people became food secure. We mobilized $72 billion to implement the food and agriculture delivery compacts across the continent,” said Dr. Adesina
• The Africa Investment Forum, a joint effort with eight other partner institutions, has mobilized over $200 billion in infrastructure investment commitments. (Picture: Africa Investment Forum Founding Partners and other officials during the Opening Session of the Africa Investment Forum 2024 Market Days, Rabat, 4 December 2024.)
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated calls for reform of the international financial architecture
• Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley emphasized Africa’s strategic role in shaping global economic trends, as the continent controls 40% of the world’s minerals
• Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed urged continued unity in addressing Africa’s challenges

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• Group photo of the delegation of the Pan-African Farmers' Organization (PAFO), led by its president, Ibrahima Coulibaly (seated, third from the right), with Martin Fregene, Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department at the African Development Bank (seated, third from the left)

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• The African Development Bank's financial support for Zambia aims to increase private sector participation in the economy, with a particular emphasis on agro-industrial development and climate-smart investments