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- AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, and his wife, Grace Yemisi Adesina, AfDB Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor (extreme left), AfDB Director General, Nigeria Country Department, Dr. Abdul Kamara (2nd from left), and Saglev Chairman and CEO, Dr. Sam Faleye, during Adesina’s visit to the Saglev assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, 31 July 2025
- AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina with Saglev EV automobile technicians, during Adesina’s visit to the Saglev assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, 31 July 2025
- AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina and Saglev Chairman and CEO, Dr. Sam Faleye with staff of the company, during Adesina’s visit to the Saglev assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, 31 July 2025
- Saglev Chairman and CEO, Dr. Sam Faleye, and AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, at the Saglev EV assembly plant in Lagos, Nigeria, 31 July 2025
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‘Our role as a Bank is to champion African entrepreneurs’ – Adesina
During the tour, Adesina engaged in discussions on the key challenges facing Nigeria’s automotive sector, including fiscal policy, logistics, access to finance, and the lack of local manufacturing capacity for critical components
The President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reaffirmed the Bank’s strong commitment to supporting African entrepreneurs and industrial innovation. He was speaking during a visit to Saglev, a Nigerian electric vehicle assembly and distribution company in Lagos. “Our role as a bank, and my…