Nigerian economist Akinwumi Adesina will wrap up his tenure as the president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in September this year. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Dr Adesina ...

The question is amusing to a West African minister familiar with the teams and operation of the African Development Bank (AfDB). A new controversy about the AfDB’s boss, is that really surprising? In ...

In a surprise upset, Dr. Akinwumi (Akin) Adesina was elected to be the next President of the African Development Bank (ADB), defeating seven rivals in six rounds of voting. Adesina holds a PhD in ...

Expressing his passion for public service, Adesina noted that his ultimate source of happiness is witnessing a transformative change in people’s lives. When asked directly about his political ...

A lengthy confidential memorandum sent on April 8 to the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank (AfDB) board of directors — and subsequently leaked — has revealed the pushback from President ...

Adesina pointed to Africa’s 465 million youths aged between 15 and 35 as a key economic driver if adequately harnessed. In a compelling interview on Channels Television's Sunrise Daily on Thursday, ...

Former President of the African Development Bank Group, ADB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has dedicated his African Lifetime ...

The Group Managing Director of Sahara Power Group, Dr. Kola Adesina, has been appointed to the Mission 300 Private Sector Council, a high-level initiative launched by the World Bank Group, the African ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University College of Agriculture was well represented at the 2017 World Food Prize Symposium, with alumnus Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina receiving the prestigious World ...

A former minister of Agriculture, Mr Akinwumi Adesina is setting up a fund for financing African youths in agriculture. The project will be funded with the $250000 money attached to the 2017 World ...

In the complex, often turbulent landscape of Nigeria’s power sector, one man stands as a beacon of transformative leadership: Dr. Kola Adesina MFR FNSE.