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Africa: Sidi Ould Tah Elected Ninth President of the African Development Bank Group
African Development Bank (AfDB), 29 May 2025
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank's Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
African Development Bank (Abidjan)
Sidi Ould Tah Elected 9th President of the AfDB
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank's Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Tah was elected by the Bank's Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or Central Bank Governors of the Bank Group's 81 regional and non-regional member countries. The board is the highest decision-making authority for the Bank Group.
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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.
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At the start of its Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the African Development Bank held a high-level Presidential Dialogue aimed at outlining the next phase of the continent's development. They shared national progress stories and proposed strategies to deepen intra-African trade, strengthen energy and transport systems, and scale up domestic resource mobilization - key areas targeted to ensure Africa fulfills its economic potential.
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