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African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 May 2025
This year's Annual Meetings have the extra dynamic of the election of a new President to take over the helm of the institution after ten years under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Can you… Read more »
African Development Bank (Abidjan)
AfDB President Reflects on a Decade of Leadership
Speaking Monday at a breakfast meeting with journalists, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, described his ten-year presidency as a consuming yet profoundly fulfilling mission. The press briefing is the first official event of the Bank's 2025 Annual Meetings, taking place in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire from 26 to 30 May 2025 - during which a new president of the Bank will be elected.
More on AfDB AllAfrica page.
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina shares thoughts on 10 years of leadership with media at 2025 Annual Meetings. Abidjan. May 2025
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"I feel tremendously proud of what we have done," Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), said in an AllAfrica interview reviewing the challenges and achievements of his two five-year terms leading the continent's largest financial institution devoted to promoting growth and reducing poverty.
During his tenure, the bank's capital has more
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The African Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings open next week amidst shifting winds of global trade.The meetings, which will take place from May 26 to 30 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the Bank's headquarters, will be held under the theme: "Making Africa's Capital Work Better for Africa's Development."
Forty-seven of Africa's fifty-four countries have been affected by new U.S. trade measures, with 22 facing tariffs of up to 50 percent on a wide
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