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Nigeria’s GDP per capita falls to $824, worse than 1960 levels –AfDB President Adesina
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By Olalekan Adigun The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has warned that Nigeria is facing a deeper economic regression than many realise, stating that with…
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African nations must seek strategic partnerships, avoid retaliatory tariffs amid global trade war –Akinwunmi Adesina
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By Kayode Ogundele Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has advised African nations on how to “tariff-proof” their economies and seek strategic partnerships in the ongoing…
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AfDB To Create 25 Million New Jobs By 2025 – Adesina
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Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank, says the bank is targeting to create 25 million new jobs by 2025. Adesina said this when he delivered a lecture…
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PR GURU, OLAOSEBIKAN, PRAISES NIGERIANS FOR RULING THE WORLD OF TRADE
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…Thanks President Buhari for his support In a congratulatory message to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, the new Director…
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Akinwumi Adesina : The Inside Story – By FEMI ADESINA
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By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), breezed into the Presidential…
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AfDB Presidency : I am solidly behind you for re-election, Buhari assures Adesina
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President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his bid to get re-elected as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The President spoke at…
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AfDB: Akinwunmi Adesina confers with Buhari
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received in audience, President of African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina in State House, Abuja. President Buhari with L-R: AFDB Special Adviser on Industrialization…
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AfDB ‘whistleblower’ allegations against me false — Adesina
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The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, told the bank’s ethics committee that allegations of impropriety and fraud against him were “frivolous and not based on…
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Adesina steps aside as AfDB president for fresh probe
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*Akinwumi Adesina: to step aside as AfDB boss to allow for probe Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is expected to step back as the president of African Development Bank after the…
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Our goal is to surpass developed countries – African Development Bank VP tells fourth industrial revolution forum
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, February 21, 2020/ — Africa is not only ready for the fourth industrial revolution. It is set to outdo the achievements of the developed world. That was…
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“Nobody eats GDP” says Dr Akinwumi Adesina as he calls for inclusive growth
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The 2020 African Economic Outlook (AEO) showed that the continent’s economies are growing well ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, February 3, 2020/ — Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot…
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We are committed to lifting our people out of poverty – Gov Abiodun
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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to lifting its people out of poverty, noting that his administration would continue to look at ways…
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The currency of the future is going to be coding, Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week
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African Development Bank President, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on Friday, pleaded for Africans to embrace technology, and governments to urgently move away from “investing in the jobs of the past, but…