"I'm a partnership guy," African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesinabelieves in Part 2. "I don't know how to do anything without it." He also describes the "energy compacts"and the Mission 300 collaboration with the World Bank to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. And he lays out the Bank's role in boosting agiculture and Agro Industrial Processing Zonesa and in promoting the creation of critically needed infrastructure across the continent.
Read full interview: The 'Optimist-in-Chief' Who Made Africa's Premier Development Bank a Global Powerhouse
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