Tag: AfDB chief Akinwumi Adesina

Africa’s $824bn debt burden, opaque resource-backed loans, hamper continent’s economic potential — AfDB

April 29, 2024

African Development Bank (AfDB) has asked policymakers to put in place an orderly and predictable way of dealing with Africa’s ballooning, unsustainable external debt pile ... Read More

Optimist-in-chief: Africa’s prosperity depends on Africans to be able to move freely

November 21, 2022

Despite general skepticism about Africa’s economic promise, Akinwumi Adesina, the chief of the African Development Bank (AfDB), who has been dubbed, “Africa’s optimist-in-chief,” believes that ... Read More

AfDB hails coherence of Morocco’s development plan, resilience of its economy

July 19, 2022

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Chairman of the Africa50 Board of Directors, Akinwumi Adesina, hailed on Tuesday in Marrakech the coherence of ... Read More