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Akinwumi Adesina

14 Jan
Olatunde Odunowo is a poultry farmer based in Abeokuta, Ogun State, who had invested over N500m into the business. As the practice in that line of business, he didn’t want to take risk, so, he approached an insurance company to indemnify
14 Jan
As climate change impacts are stressing agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture increasingly, thereby hindering efforts to meet human needs, experts say implementation of a key pledge made by 130 countries at UN Climate Change conference
8 Jan
Nigerian economy may have been, excruciatingly, ensnared in a doom loop with entrenched runaway inflation, troubled currency market, upsetting deficit funding crisis, persistent pressure on local businesses and similar warning indicators...
7 Jan
It is beginning to appear that our leaders are not ready to read any writings on the walls. They don’t seem to be interested in any risk analysis of these difficult times. They appear too busy to be aware that our democracy isn’t working.
5 Jan
The stark possibility of Africa remaining a permanently underdeveloped and poverty-afflicted continent has always manifested in the running of affairs of the continent from the prisms of many countries; and the picture lately presented by the President of African Development Bank Group...
8 Dec
To fix this and break this cycle of dependence, the African Development Bank launched a $3 billion facility to support the development of local pharmaceutical companies in Africa.
8 Dec
Africa is a baffling continent sitting on mounds of paradoxes. The paradox of rich but poor continent is a familiar theme.
6 Dec
A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report on critical mineral trade flows in electric car batteries has revealed the huge opportunity in the value chain for Nigeria and other mineral-rich developing countries.
6 Dec
African delegates were all smiles yesterday at the ongoing Climate Change Summit (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The day opened with a high-level session at which several African leaders called for “increasing climate finance...
6 Dec
Our support to Ethiopia helped it achieve self-sufficiency in wheat within four years, turning it into a wheat exporting nation. To replicate global success, the African Development Bank helped organise the Feed Africa summit in January, which attracted 34 heads of state and government.
6 Dec
African leaders have called for a significant increase in climate financing for Africa, a continent often described as the hardest hit of the climate crisis, saying now is the time to act as time is ticking very fast.
5 Dec
It is an honour and a pleasure to join you today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of what I consider to be one of Nigeria’s, and indeed Africa’s, finest newspapers.

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