The African Development Bank Group and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture have signed a $16.61 million grant agreement to launch the third phase of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation programme (TAAT-III), aimed at accelerating climate-resilient food production across the continent. According to a statement published on the Bank’s website, the agreement was signed […]
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr, Akinwumi Adesina, says he is not running for the office of the president of Nigeria. There have been calls for Adesina to join the presidential race ahead of the 2023 elections. Some groups had reportedly purchased and submitted the presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress […]
Akinwumi Adesina has won the election for the prestigious position of President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) against all odds, charges, and conflicts, Daily Times gathered. It is seen by numerous internationally as a significant success for Nigeria and supporters of the beset AFDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Daily Times had earlier revealed that the […]
An independent panel of experts, headed by former Irish President Mary Robinson, has cleared the embattled leader of the African Bank of Development, Akinwumi Adesina, of corruption allegations, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP. Adesina, 60, a magnetic speaker known for his exquisite suits and neckties, turned into the primary Nigerian to rudder the AfDB in […]
Nigeria’s image has attained a positive rating in far away United States when the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and current President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, received the prestigious $250,000 World Food Prize Laureate. Adesina had in the early hours ofFriday in Des Moines, the capital city of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday said Nigeria remains proud of its former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, for winning the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate. Adesina, who is the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), will today be presented the $250,000 prize and laureate sculpture at a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol, United States. […]