Nigeria Targets Wheat and Rice Self-Sufficiency to Reduce Import Dependency
Nigeria is actively working towards achieving self-sufficiency in wheat and rice production in a bid to reduce its reliance on ...
Tag: Akinwunmi Adesina
20 States in Nigeria Seek International Financing for Agro-Industrial Zones; AfDB President
In a keynote address at the BusinessDay CEO Forum in Lagos, President Akinwunmi Adesina of the African Development Bank (AfDB) ...
African Development Bank named the World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution 2021 by Global Finance
This award represents clear support to the operational strategy that the African Development Bank has been pursuing under the able ...
Africa Free Trade Agreement: President Adesina receives award for strong leadership and support
Boshe, a patron of the AeTrade Group, thanked the awardees for their strong leadership in the process that led to ...
Adesina Announces Opening of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, today, Friday January 1, announced the opening of African Continental Free Trade ...
Post COVID-19: Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021 – AfDB
Governments and development partners must respond in a more coordinated, targeted, and rapid manner to be effective in limiting impact; ...
AfDB joins WTO and other Multilateral Development Banks to support trade finance amid COVID-19 crisis
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, multilateral development banks have stepped up their trade finance programs to support essential ...
Africa’s GDP may drop by $88.3 billion due to Covid-19 – AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has forecasted a drop of between $22.1billion and $88.3billion in Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
