The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has said that non-transparent resource-backed loans undermine the economic growth of Nigeria and other African countries. According to a statement from the bank on Wednesday, Adesina said this at the Semafor Africa Summit on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank 2024 Spring […]
How Nigeria, Africa can tackle poverty – Adesina
Tinubu hails AFDB President Akinwumi Adesina on Leadership Award
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), on the award of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership. Dr Adesina joins the pantheon of other previous winners of the award such as Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and lawyer-educationist, […]