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65 grand cheers to Akinwumi Adesina 

All roads will lead to Abidjan Sofitel Hotel today where the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), fondly referred to as Africa’s ‘optimist-in-chief’, Akinwumi Adesina, PhD, will be celebrated by friends and relations.

For the record, the African Development Bank (AfDB) cannot pick up any bills for the birthday celebration. No dime of the Bank can be used in any way to entertain anyone in the capital of Cote d’Ivoire for the celebration of unarguably the most consequential President in the Bank’s history.

It is unthinkable, unethical and even illegal to do so to the AfDB President whose second and last term will end on the 31st of August 2025. The auditors are quite strict about such ethical and financial regulation issues. All the guests are well aware of the relationship that should exist between them and Adesina’s staff who may help the guests of the President at the airports.

This simple corporate governance issue is one of the critical factors that have rated the AfDB as the best development bank in the World. The Bank for Afri

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Makerere University Honours AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina with Doctorate Degree

By Eric Elezuo

The show of shame playing out between the Federal Government of Nigeria and a Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan, over allegations of demand for $150 million bribe by certain lawmakers, including financial infractions leveled against the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has become more worrisome.

While the Nigerian government has consistently make clarifications on what exactly transpired between them, the Binance organization has insisted that the Nigerian officials made spurious demands of them to the tune of $150 million.

In the wake of the accusations, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Mr. Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, who is among officials named in the financial fraud, has risen stoutly to deny the allegations of bribery made against him by the senior executive of Binance, Gambaryan. describing the claims as false, malicious, and defamatory.

His response follows a statement by Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Mr. Gamb

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How to create wealth through agriculture in Africa 11 Oct 2017


African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina


This month, international leaders, farmers, agribusiness executives and development experts from across the globe will get together in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States, for the yearly symposium known as the Borlaug Dialogue, to reflect on key challenges facing global food security and nutrition. The international symposium is organised annually by the World Food Prize Foundation.
    
Africa is expected to feature prominently in the three-day programme, beginning from the 18th. President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, who is the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, will speak at the event. And the theme of the conference is: “The Road Out of Poverty.”

Part of the reason Africa will feature in the discussions is because the continent continues to be affected by food insecurity, exacerbated by conflicts and climate change. Africa's food insecurity has become a global concern.  

This year, the Bo

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