New African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina chose last week’s World Economic Forum at Davos for the official launch of the Bank’s New Deal on Energy for Africa, along with a Transformative Partnership for Energy in Africa (TPEA). While a candidate for the AfDB president position a year ago, Adesina placed energy at the top
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Kaberuka’s Last AfDB Annual Meeting Begins and Ends on High Notes
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The election of a new president to head the African Development Bank captured the headlines out of Abidjan last week, but the Annual AfDB Programme and meetings were more than electing Africa’s new leading voice on development and inclusive economic growth. Thousands of people attended this year’s Annual meetings from government, the private sector, and…
President Adesina and the Years Ahead for the African Development Bank
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After six rounds of voting that saw off seven candidates from across the region, Nigeria’s outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been elected to serve as the next president of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
From the start, Adesina was one of the leading contenders for the role. During…
Global Infrastructure Investment — Getting Investors Off the Sidelines
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Power shortages in India, transportation costs in Africa, the poor grades given to US infrastructure, pollution in China, and the devastation to old and sub-par infrastructure in places like Nepal when disaster strikes are clear reminders that the world needs more and better infrastructure. Infrastructure is the talk of governments, of bodies such as the…