'Fast Track' at the Bank - World Food Prize Winner Adesina #AfDB
The prestigious U.S.$250,000 prize is given annually to a person who has worked to advance human development by "improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world".
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Africa: Nurturing Young Entrepreneurs As the Next Generation of Hunger Fighters
allAfrica, 17 November 2017
Considered the "Nobel Prize of agriculture," the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution… Read more »
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Africa: Making Things Happen at the Bank - 'Not a Talk Shop' - Akin Adesina
allAfrica, 26 June 2017
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is focusing on five areas to achieve the African and global goals for a prosperous continent since becoming president of the African Development Bank… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Akinwunmi Adesina Won 2017 World Food Prize
Premium Times, 27 June 2017
The World Food Prize Foundation has explained why Akinwumi Adesina won the $250,000 2017 World Food Prize Laureate prize on Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria: AfDB President, Adesina, Wins Prestigious World Food Prize
This Day, 27 June 2017
The President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and Nigeria's former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has emerged the winner of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Adesina Wins World Food Prize Laureate
Vanguard, 26 June 2017
The President of the African Development Bank, (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has won the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate. Read more »
Photo: Clinton Global Initiative
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina participated in a panel discussion.
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Tackling misperceptions about Africa was a hot topic at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit this month in Washington, DC. More than 800 private sector and government leaders heard the ... Read more »
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The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, was honored with the 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award by the Global Child Nutrition ... Read more »
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African Development Bank Group President (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina wasted no time Friday moving forward to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially endorsed by ... Read more »
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As development experts and world leaders gather in Washington, DC, for the 2016 IMF Spring Meetings, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akin Ade Read more »
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Former Nigerian Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina formally assumed office as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Tuesday, September 1, ... Read more »
