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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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• AfDB Manager Mohamadou Ba (second from right) with Gates Foundation Program Officer Thao Hong (far left), the French Treasury's Clarisse Senaya (second left), AFD's Head of Financial Systems Audrey Brule-Françoise (center left), AfDB Principal Officer Mariam Yeo-Dembele (center right) and ADFI Communications lead Louise Simpson (far right)

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• African Development Bank’s Tanzania Country Manager, Patricia Laverley (right), and BOAT’s Deputy Managing Director, Hamza Cherkaoui, display signed copies of the $7.5 million trade finance transaction guarantee agreement

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• Participants at the signing of a tripartite agreement for a drone-driven initiative to strengthen disaster preparedness in Mozambique
• From left to right: Mr. Changmoon Yang, MD of Busan Techno Park, South Korea; Mozambique’s Minister of Communication and Digital Transformation; and Akposso Marcelle, Division Manager, AfDB, at the signing of a tripartite agreement for a drone-driven initiative to strengthen disaster preparedness in Mozambique
• A prototype drone for an initiative to strengthen disaster preparedness in Mozambique

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• Ethiopian Airlines Group CFO Mensfin Tasew (left) and AfDB Vice President Nnenna Nwabufo display copies of the signed letter of intent. Standing behind them are Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide (left) and Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (in bow tie)
• AfDB Group President Adesina examines an Ethiopian Airlines model aircraft presented by Finance Minister Shide, with Bank Vice President Nwabufo in attendance
• Ethiopian and AfDB executives in solidarity for the new $7.8 billion Abusera International Airport project

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• Africa’s Green Growth Agenda: Unlocking Opportunities for a Climate-Resilient Future

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• Mano River Union delegation with women traders on the Busia border (in pink)
• A Liberian woman trader (in jacket) engages the One-Stop-Border point management on the Kenya side
• A delegation of the study tour, comprising women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as representatives from the African Development Bank at the One-Sto- Border-Post in Busia
• Bank and BIBEST project staff engaging a Kenyan female mechanic, who is also a cross border trader in Busia

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• African Development Bank and Standard Bank Unite to Support Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and Boost Trade (1)
• African Development Bank and Standard Bank Unite to Support Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and Boost Trade (2)

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• Valdecy Urquiza, Interpol Secretary General and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group
• "As the world’s most transparent financial institution for two consecutive editions [according to Publish What You Fund's assessment of sovereign portfolios], we maintain zero tolerance for corruption and terrorism financing,” said African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
• “Corruption and financial crime are among the biggest obstacles to economic and social development in Africa and around the world,” said Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza
• The African Development Bank Group was represented by members of President Adesina’s senior management team including the director of the Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption, Ms. Paula da Costa (1st left)

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• At the launch of the "Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook 2025" report, African Development Bank Group leaders and senior officials present copies of the report. In the front row, from left to right, Albert Muchanga, Commissioner of the African Union, Kevin Urama, Vice President of the Bank Group, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia (far right), and Nnenna Nwabufo, Vice President of the Bank Group (2nd from left). In the second row (center), Beth Dunford, Bank Group Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development; Alemayehu Taffesse of the International Food Policy Research Institute (far left); Mothae Maruping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Risk Capacity Group (far right)