Akinwumi Adesina
19 Feb
Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said in its latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO).
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The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has commended the African Development Bank Group for the exceptional efforts it is undertaking to help Africa feed itself and the rest of the world.
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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
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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...
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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.
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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...
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