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AfDB’s Adesina urges youths to invest in Nigeria’s agribusiness 

President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Friday pushed youth investment in Nigeria’s agribusiness. This was disclosed by adeshina in his keynote address at the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa Primates and Wives’ Retreat in Abuja, according to The Punch. The speech themed “Food Security and Financial Sustainability in Africa: The […]

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AfDB’s $1.5bn agric fund’ll benefit 20 million farmers – Adesina

The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, has set aside a total of $1.5 billion for a “Emergency Food Production Facility” to enhance food security and sufficiency in Africa. According to BisinessDay, when Adesina visited Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Monday, he paid him a courtesy visit. Adesina remarked that the facility […]

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AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina loses mum

The President of African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has lost his mother, Eunice Adesina.   The Guardian reported that the matriarch of the Adesina family died on Thursday, December.   An associate of Adesina and media practitioner, Victor Oladokun, confirmed the development, in a Facebook post on Thursday.   He wrote, “With great sadness, […]

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Transportation

AfDB gets $15.6bn for Lagos-Abidjan highway construction

The President, African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says the bank has secured $15.6bn investment for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan highway. Adesina tweeted this on his Twitter handle @akin_adesina obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. He said that the investment would strengthen regional trade and integration in West Africa […]

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Over $10bn food production at risk in Nigeria, others –AfDB

The African Development Bank Group President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says a fertiliser crisis triggered by the Russian war in Ukraine could put more than $10bn worth of food production at risk in Africa. He said this during a three-day official visit to Washington DC, which included several bilateral engagements with stakeholders on African development. This […]

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AfDB secures $15.6bn for Lagos-Abidjan highway corridor

The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, announces that the bank has secured $15.6bn for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan highway corridor, which would ease transportation across West Africa. He made this announcement during the 2021 Africa Investment Forum virtual boardroom closing session on Thursday. The AfDB president said, “The biggest deal […]