01/01/1970

Opening remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the High-Level Panel on Food Security and the...

Excellencies, Honorable Ministers, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you all for joining us here…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank at the 2019 United Nations General Assembly

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01/01/1970

UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action on SDGs

With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against…

01/01/1970

UNGA 2019: No room for coal in Africa’s renewable future: Akinwumi Adesina

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to scrap coal power stations…

01/01/1970

UNGA 2019: Sahel threats necessitate ‘global response’: Issoufou

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou called on Sunday for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that…

01/01/1970

UN General Assembly: strong plea to boost food security through South-South cooperation

Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea…

01/01/1970

Speech Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank at the Joint High-Level Meeting of the United Nations and the...

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Governments, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the Deputy UN Secretary…

01/01/1970

UNGA 2019: African Development Bank to help boost climate change adaptation funding to $12.5bn

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday pledged to boost funding commitments by $12.5bn to help…

01/01/1970

UN General Assembly 2019: Scaling Up Nutrition Lead Group meets to chart way forward

“Energy, passion and a lot of young people who care about nutrition” will underpin the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)…

01/01/1970

Interventions By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit - New York, 23 September...

Your Excellency, President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency, United Nations…

01/01/1970

UNGA 2019: Women are “Africa’s tigers” says Congolese First Lady as African Development Bank touts $3bn fund

African women are on the cusp of securing gender equality. “We are convinced that the moment for African women has now…

01/01/1970

Sénégal : la Banque africaine de développement approuve plus de 22 millions d’euros à la BNDE pour soutenir les PME et la création d’emplois en zone...

Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mardi 24 septembre à Abidjan, une ligne…

01/01/1970

Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the High-Level Event on “Renewing Commitment towards Enhancing...

Excellencies, First Ladies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,   Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen…

01/01/1970

Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group Meeting,...

Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,   I wish to thank the UN Secretary General António Guterres, for…

01/01/1970

Statement by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the Global Commission on Adaptation, New York, September 24...

Co-Chairs, Colleagues,   The African Development Bank fully supports the Global report of the Global Commission on…