At the recent Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Akinwumi Adesina emphasized the necessity of recalibrating Africa’s GDP to reflect the continent’s vast natural resources and carbon sequestration capacity. He underscored the significant role of the Congo forest basin, the largest carbon mass globally, advocating for the creation of Africa’s own carbon markets to convert immense […]
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Akinwumi Adesina The United Nations (UN) has appointed Akinwumi Adesina to strengthen the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. His appointment reflects his expertise in addressing global food and nutrition challenges and enhances the SUN initiative. Adesina, a renowned Nigerian economist and former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has a track record of advocating
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A year after launching the EDGE certification(link is external) process, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has attained Level 1 Assess, in recognition of its commitment to monitoring, benchmarking and achieving gender parity in its workforce. EDGE Certification The Bank began the EDGE certification process in 2022. EDGE is the world’s leading certification that measures gender
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African Development Bank secures $31 billion at investment forum November 5, 2022Original article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-development-bank-secures-31-bln-investment-forum-2022-11-05/ ABIDJAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The African Development Bank raised $31 billion in investment commitments for projects during the Africa Investment Forum, said the bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina at the end of the three-day meeting on Friday. It brings the total
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October 15, 2022African Development Bank Group Original Articlehttps://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/us-based-foundation-democracy-awards-african-development-banks-akinwumi-adesina-exemplary-leadership-55494 U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy awards African Development Bank’s Akinwumi Adesina for exemplary leadership U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy in Africa, an advocacy and research think tank, has conferred its topmost Medal of Glory Award on African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina for his exemplary leadership. The Medal of Glory Award is the
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October 6, 2022AllAfricaOriginal Article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202210060708.html African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been named 2022 Man of the Year (Africa) by Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY), for his visionary leadership as the president of the African Development Bank Group and for his outstanding contribution to Africa during his period as agriculture minister of
September 17, 2022African Development Bank Group Senegalese President and African Union chairperson Macky Sall has told development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) to allow the fund to tap capital markets for more resources to meet the critical development needs of member countries. The African Development Fund is the African Development Bank Group’s concessional lending arm
African Development Bank to Deliver Certified Wheat, Seeds to 20m Farmers – Adesina August 10, 2022Blueprint President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the bank is set to deliver climate-adapted, certified wheat and other staple crops seeds to 20 million farmers. Adesina said this in a document titled, “Averting an African Food Crisis: The
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(Picture: Official Facebook page of Mr. Adesina) Premium Times Nigeria May 21, 2022 The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s board of directors announced that it approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis in the continent. In a statement issued by the bank on Friday, the bank
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<Akinwumi Adesina> These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is spared. As infection rates rise, so does panic across financial markets, as economies drastically slow down and supply chains are severely disrupted. Extraordinary times call for
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