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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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• The African Development Bank Group has given the green light to the establishment of a trust fund to curb hunger among school-age children in Africa

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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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• 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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• The first stage of implementation of the Regional West Africa Rice Development project will involve Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, ECOWAS and AfricaRice. Tens of thousands of rice farmers will benefit from access to seeds, fertilizers and plant protection products

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• African Development Bank to join world leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit prioritizing global solutions to end hunger (1)
• African Development Bank to join world leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit prioritizing global solutions to end hunger (2)
• African Development Bank to join world leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit prioritizing global solutions to end hunger (3)
• African Development Bank to join world leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit prioritizing global solutions to end hunger (4)
• African Development Bank to join world leaders at the G20 Leaders’ Summit prioritizing global solutions to end hunger (4)

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• Dr Akinwumi Adesina (left) and President Samia Suhulu Hassan of Tanzania discuss bold measures to feed Africa during the World Food Prize Norman E Borlaug Dialogue. Iowa, October 2024
• Tanzania marks record agricultural achievement as African Development Bank President Adesina urges investment in Africa
• Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group

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• AfDB Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford (r) at a and Mastercard Executive Vice President Tara Nathan at recent MADE Alliance Africa event
• Dr. Beth Dunford, AfDB Vice President
• AfDB Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford with smallholder farmers in Nigeria who are benefitting from Bank agricultural technologies
• MADE Alliance Africa aims to connect millions of smallholder farmers and women in Africa with digital services
• World Food Day: How the new Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance will use digital technologies to help farmers in Africa feed the continent

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• Justine Gantekpin’s thriving market garden in Djeffa, expanded thanks to the support of project
• A PAIAVO project beneficiary tending to his plot