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Supporting Public Private Partnerships in Africa: African Development Bank ready to scale up

The African Development Bank estimates Africa’s infrastructure financing needs at up to $170 billion a year by 2025

Representatives of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), governments, Development Finance Institutions, the private sector and  professional associations joined a September 8 workshop to discuss how the Bank can strengthen support for Public Private Partnerships and channel greater investment toward economic and social infrastructure. The event, titled Designing the African Development…

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Small and medium enterprises lynchpin of African agriculture – African Development Bank

Africa’s emerging agripreneurs call for increased SME-to-SME cooperation at Bank-organized food systems webinar attached to the African Green Revolution Forum

A panel of some of Africa’s most promising small and medium-enterprise (SME) agripreneurs gathered online to call for more selective investment, accelerated business acquisitions and increased cooperation to help Africa feed itself and the world. The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) organized the virtual session, Integrating African Food Systems through the Lens…

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African leaders reaffirm support for African Development Bank as President Adesina begins second term

The meetings were held virtually due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak

African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to foster sustainable development on the continent.  In goodwill messages to mark Adesina’s inauguration, Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of…

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth President of the African Development Bank, sworn in for second term

Adesina – “Let us move forward, driven by the power of our mission, inspired by the primacy of our vision and emboldened by the strength of our togetherness”

“Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank across the deep blue skies of Africa...The future beckons us for a more developed Africa and a much stronger and resilient African Development Bank.” With these powerful words President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org),…

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African Development Bank Group Inaugration Speech Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina September 1, 2020

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve Africa passionately

Protocols Your Excellency, President Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire  Your Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Governments  Excellencies former Heads of State and Governments  Chairperson of the African Union Commission  The Former Commonwealth Secretary General…

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CORRECTION: Curtain falls on the African Development Bank 2020 Annual Meetings as Governors endorse President Adesina’s bold development program

Adesina: "I am deeply grateful for the collective trust, strong confidence and support of our shareholders”

Newly reelected African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as the institution closed its 55th Annual meetings. The Bank’s Board of Governors today unanimously voted for a second five-year term for Adesina, giving him a mandate to renew a focus on the institution’s priorities,…

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Curtain falls on the African Development Bank 2020 Annual Meetings as Governors endorse President Adesina’s bold development program

Adesina: "I am deeply grateful for the collective trust, strong confidence and support of our shareholders”

Newly reelected African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as the institution closed its 55th Annual meetings. The Bank’s Board of Governors today unanimously voted for a second five-year term for Adesina, giving him a mandate to renew a focus on the institution’s priorities,…

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group

The election took place on the final day of the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group

Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second fiveyear term as President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank. A globally renowned development economist and a World Food Prize Laureate and Sunhak Peace Prize…

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Highlights: Day 1 of the African Development Bank’s 2020 Annual Meeting

The meeting caps a productive but ultimately challenging year for the institution and the countries it serves

Video presentations showcased COVID-19 pandemic and the African Development Bank’s efforts to cushion member countries against its impacts; Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara and President Adesina commend close and strong ties between the host country and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org). The opening day of the African Development Bank’s 2020…

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2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank: a renewed commitment to economic resilience in Africa

The highlights of the 2020 sessions are the election of the Bank Group’s president and the statutory meetings of its Governors

The 55th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the 46th meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund (ADF) began in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Wednesday, 26 August 2020. In his opening speech, the President of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, highlighted the unusual context of…