The Remarkable Story of Anthony, President Akinwumi Adesina’s Adoptive Son from Madagascar Africa News 2019.07.05. Three years ago, Anthony, then 11, showed signs of stunted growth as observed by African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina during a visit to Madagascar’s Bas Mangoky region. To the Bank chief, the boy looked no more than 5 […]
African Development Bank President attends historic African Union summit, decries child marriage EIN News 2019.07.09. The president of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina joined continental leaders in Niger for an African Union summit which saw the official launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement – the world’s largest free trade area
What is leadership? Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank Leadership is about transparency, it is about accountability. it is about the poor. We have to make sure that the poor get out of poverty that must be dignity in development. And I am a firm believer in the fact that, maybe because
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A cellphone is the most powerful tool in the hand of the poor Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank When I was in government, I found that, in Nigeria, the government had always been buying fertilizers and selling fertilizers, but it never got to the farmers. For 40 years, this has been
[2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate] African farmers were bankable Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank I don’t have an interest in small things. I have an interest in big things. And when I got to Rockefeller Foundation, we had a technology that was called “tissue culture banana,” which is a technology that
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Opening Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 12, 2019 2019.06.12. African Development Bank Group Your Excellency, President OBIANG NGUEMA MBASAGO of Equatorial Guinea…. I welcome you to the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group. This
[2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate] I do not want Africa to be a museum of poverty Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank If you take a look at Africa today, five of the fastest growing economies in the world, are in Africa. If you take a look at the youngest population in
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[2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate] Poverty is not pretty Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank I grew up as a kid, recognizing that poverty was not normal. Having gone through poverty myself. So, when I was doing my doctoral studies in the US, and people would talk about poverty, inequality, I knew
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The 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony Congratulatory Address by H.E. Seynab Abdi Moallim, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Somalia Dear Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to give congratulatory remarks on this stage of prestigious Sunhak Peace Prize. The Award Theme of the 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize, “Human Rights
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The 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Award Ceremony Congratulatory Address by Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn “Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, Dr. Il Sik Hong and members of the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee, you’ve done a great job. Excellencies, representatives of the diplomatic corp, distinguished delegates, It’s an incredible honor for me to be here today and
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