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Nigeria:
I'm Highly Honoured--Adesina, New AfDB President
Vanguard, 29 May 2015
Nigeria's outgoing Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was yesterday elected as the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the bank's Annual General… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Adesina Will Do a Great Job at AfDB - Kaberuka
New Times, 28 May 2015
Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akinwumi A. Adesina has been elected by African Development Bank's Board of Governors as the bank's new president, AfDB has announced. Read more »
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Africa:
Nigerian Minister Adesina Elected AfDB President
Premium Times, 28 May 2015
Nigeria's outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Read more »
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Nigeria:
Adesina Emerges AfDB President
Daily Trust, 28 May 2015
Nigeria's outgoing minister of agriculture Dr Adewumi Adesina on Thursday emerged the 8TH president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He succeeds Donald Kaberuka of Rwanda,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Adesina Wins AfDB Presidency By 58%
This Day, 28 May 2015
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwunmi Adesina, has been elected the eighth president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today. He will succeed… Read more »
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Africa:
Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria Elected 8th President of the AfDB
African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 May 2015
"Today, I have been given a great responsibility," Akinwumi A. Adesina said Thursday upon his election as the 8th President of the African Development Bank Group. Read more »
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Africa:
Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria elected 8th President of the AfDB
African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 May 2015
Akinwumi Adesina was elected as the 8th President of the African Development Bank on Thursday, May 28. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Akinwumi Adesina Wins AfDB Presidency
Leadership, 29 May 2015
Former minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been elected the new president the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »
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Africa:
It's a Tight Race for AfDB Presidency
New Times, 28 May 2015
An early morning downpour here in Abidjan has failed to cool the political heat in the corridors of Hotel Ivoire where the African Development Bank's 50th annual meetings are… Read more »
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Africa:
'I Promise to be a Responsible, Focused and Hardworking President'
New Times, 28 May 2015
Rwanda backed a winning candidate in yesterday's election for President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), which saw Nigerian candidate Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina win with 58.10… Read more »
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West Africa:
Reps Urge FG, Ecowas to Support Adesina for AfDB Presidency
Guardian, 28 May 2015
THE House of Representatives has called on the Presidency and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to continue to support the candidacy of Akinwumi Adesina for… Read more »
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Liberia:
Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Is New Head of African Development Bank
FrontPageAfrica, 28 May 2015
Nigerian Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina was elected president of the African Development Bank, beating other candidates from the continent's west. Read more »
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Africa:
Who Will Lead the AfDB?
ISS, 27 May 2015
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has become a key institution in the drive towards greater African economic development. It does this through financing, and also works with the… Read more »
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Africa:
Who Will Be Africa's Next Top Banker?
RFI, 26 May 2015
The African Development Bank is meeting this week for their annual meeting and will decide who among the eight candidates will become the next president of the African Development… Read more »
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Cape Verde:
Is AfDB Presidential Candidate, Cristina Duarte the Woman for the Top Job?
Seychelles News Agency, 26 May 2015
This Thursday, May 28 in Abijan, Cote D'Ivoire, a milestone election will take place that will have profound implications for the future development of the African continent over… Read more »
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Africa:
The 2015 Annual Meetings - 'The Bank's Window On the World'
African Development Bank (AfDB), 24 May 2015
"For one intense week every year, the Bank's Annual Meetings are what its website is for 52 weeks in the year: its window on the world", says Joel Kibazo, Director of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
AfDB - My Experience'll Work for Me - Adesina
Leadership, 20 May 2015
Nigeria's minister of agriculture and rural development who is vying for the presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has said his experience would… Read more »
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Africa:
Making Growth More Inclusive Hinges On Unlocking Potential of Local Economies, Says the African Economic Outlook 2015
African Development Bank (AfDB), 25 May 2015
Continent should capitalise on youth, develop rural-urban trade corridors Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Sakala Carries Region's Hopes
Zimbabwe Standard, 24 May 2015
SADC candidate Thomas Zondo Sakala seeks to succeed where other regional compatriots have faltered: winning the African Development Bank (AfDB) presidency. Read more »
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Africa:
Latest Issue African Banker Magazine Profiles the Eight Contenders for the Presidency of the African Development Bank
AMA, 19 May 2015
The Q2 issue of African Banker magazine profiles the eight candidates vying for the African Development Bank Presidency. In these one-to-one sessions, prospective candidates of the… Read more »
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Africa:
Delegates Gather in Abidjan for AfDB's 2015 Annual Meetings and Golden Jubilee
African Development Bank (AfDB), 22 May 2015
Election of Bank Group's new President, commemoration of 50th Anniversary, formal admission of South Sudan as the Bank Group's 80th member country Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire:
Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson in Abidjan for Talks On Fixing Africa's Primary Healthcare
African Development Bank (AfDB), 22 May 2015
What is the value of economic growth in Africa if thousands of people still die from preventable diseases? The Ebola epidemic was a wakeup call of the fragility of health systems… Read more »
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Africa:
Tedx Abidjan - Voices of Hope Set Tone for 2015 AfDB Annual Meetings
African Development Bank (AfDB), 25 May 2015
On the eve of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Abidjan, an independent Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference kicked off week on Sunday, May 24 at the… Read more »
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Liberia:
President Sirleaf in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group
Govt of Liberia, 24 May 2015
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has departed the country to attend the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)which takes place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NUJ Endorses Adeshina for AfDB Presidency
Leadership, 16 May 2015
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Saturday gave their unalloyed support to the Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adeshina in his bid to become… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'At AfDB, Adesina Will Fight Hunger in Africa'
Leadership, 9 May 2015
Chairman, Rice Processors of Nigeria, Mohammed Abubakar has said he was sure the minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina would fight to end hunger in Africa if elected the… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Paris Calling for Rwanda's Kaberuka
New Times, 24 May 2015
Figuratively speaking, I am ending May on a flying note; landed from Nairobi yesterday evening only to fly off again today, to Ivory Coast where Rwanda's Dr. Donald Kaberuka will… Read more »
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Nigeria:
AfDB - Buhari Sends Atiku to President Zuma to Lobby for Minister Adesina
Premium Times, 2 May 2015
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the weekend commenced lobby for the candidacy of Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African… Read more »
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Nigeria:
AfDB Presidency - Buhari Meets President Zuma Over Adesina
Leadership, 3 May 2015
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has intensified lobbying for the candidacy of the Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »