Standard Chartered’s Bola Adesola on financing Africa’s agriculture
By CNBC
24 May 2017 |
3:22 pm
The 52nd annual meeting of the African Development Bank seeks to transform the agriculture landscape in Africa by leveraging the experience of India's green revolution.
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