Akinwumi Adesina

The President of the African Development Bank, AFDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has been appointed by the United Nations’ (UN)Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, as one of the esteemed leaders, to spearhead the battle against malnutrition globally. As part of the Scaling Up...

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has laid the remains of his beloved mother, Eunice Adesina, to rest. Madam Adesina breathed her last in December 2022 at the age of 92. Her funeral service...

January 01, (THEWILL) - Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has commiserated with the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, over the death of his mother, Mrs. Eunice Olaperi Folasade Adesina, who died at the age of...

December 06, (THEWILL) - Africans in the diaspora are critical to the economic development of Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said. The AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, said this at the Global Community of Practice (G-COP) policy dialogue being...

May 07, (THEWILL) - The President of the African Development Bank and former minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Saturday, obtained copies of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the All Progressives Congress presidential...