African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina to Visit Morocco

14 July 2022
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African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina will travel to Morocco next week on a four-day visit to the Kingdom.

On 19 July, Adesina will attend the General Meeting of Africa50, a pan-African infrastructure fund based in Casablanca. It is an initiative of the African Development Bank Group. Adesina will be there in his dual role as President of the African Development Bank Group and as Chair of the Board of Directors of Africa50.

Adesina will also participate in the United States-Africa Business Summit, which begins on 19 July in Marrakesh, under the theme "Building Forward Together."

The Bank President will meet with senior officials and private sector operatives during his visit. He will also meet with some of the Bank's key development partners.

Accompanying Adesina will the Bank's Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Yacine Fal, and the Group's Vice-President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor.

The African Development Bank Group has been operating in Morocco for more than 50 years. Its portfolio is worth more than €12 billion, covering health, agriculture, energy, water, transport, human development and the financial sector.

Contact:

Fahd Belbachir, Senior External Relations and Communication Officer for North Africa, f.belbachir@afdb.org

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