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African Development Bank (AfDB), 3 May 2017
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AfDB at the Feed Nigeria Summit
The Feed Nigeria Summit was held from May 2 - 3 at the Grande Ballroom of Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The summit which helps to focus on feeding Nigeria received a goodwill message from Akin Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank. The AfDB president said in his speech "the focus should be in treating agriculture as a business and we must get the youth into agriculture because, simply put, agriculture is cool." More about the AfDB in this BRIEFING.
The Feed Nigeria Summit was held from May 2 - 3 at the Grande Ballroom of Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
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2 May 2017
AfDB President message for the Feed Nigeria Summit
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