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Outgoing president Akinwumi Adesina has presented the bank's increased capital as one of the main advances during his ten-year tenure...
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The spiralling cost of capital foundering efforts to restructure public debt and the election of a successor to Akinwumi Adesina as president of Development Bank (AfDB) are topping the agenda at its annual general meeting from 26-30 May in Abidjan...
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‘The decision is significant and it has a huge impact on Africa's development ' said Samuel Maimbo a World Bank Vice-President and Zambia's candidate to succeed outgoing AfDB chief Akinwumi Adesina...
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She has been praised for slashing Angola's debt burden from 119% of GDP in 2020 to 58% of GDP in 2024 – a feat lauded by African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina last October...
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina who has led the ‘structured dialogue' effort to facilitate Zimbabwe's re-engagement with international creditors – to whom it owes $10bn in interest principal and penalties arrears – remains a key to the debt negotiations...
The AfDB's President Akinwumi Adesina who strongly supports the agency said the rates are ‘three to four times higher' (AC Vol 65 No 12 Adesina urges the bank to go private)...
Five candidates are currently in the running to replace Akinwumi Adesina who has served two terms...
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A diplomatic row is brewing after South Africa endorsed its own candidate to take over from African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina next year – despite the Southern African Development Community officially backing Zambia's Samuel Munzele Maimbo...
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Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi sided with Dangote as did African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina (AC Vol 64 No 25 Opposition left outmanoeuvred)...
That was lambasted by economists including Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank...