Adesina receives 2017 World Food Prize Laureate Award

President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina says being recognised by the Nigerian Defence Academy is an inspiration for him to do more.

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Inside Details: What Buhari, AfDB boss, Akinwumi Adesina, discussed

The theme for the African Development Bank's annual meetings this year is Regional Integration for Africa's Prosperity. Ahead of the annual meetings, CNBC Africa's Esther Awoniyi caught up with Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank and discussed what to expect this year.

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina discusses the bank's recent investment activity with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Markets: European Close."

As the world gears up for the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Africa Investment Forum 2019, AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina says one of the distinct additions to this year's forum is that the African Development Bank will work with all commercial banks across Africa, development finance institutions, global Sovereign Wealth Funds as well as pension funds. On the side-lines of the Hallmarks of Labour event in Lagos, where he won the Emeka Anyaoku Lifetime Achievement award, Dr. Adesina joins CNBC Africa's Christy Cole for more.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina for a second term at the helm of the institution.

Today, in ‘Inside Stuff,’ multi-award-winning columnist and Executive Head of The Guardian's Editorial Board, Martins Oloja, discusses how certain actions taken by leaders of this country can diminish the achievements Nigeria have attained so far, siting the current way Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina is being treated and how the country is standing on the sidelines watching the son of the soil fight this battle alone.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣

AFDB President Adesina meets with Buhari

The African Development Bank has launched an independent review of a report into embezzlement allegations against its president. Akinwumi Adesina has the backing of Nigeria for a second term, but the US is not convinced.

Following the re-election of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as the President of the African Development Bank, he has emphasised that his second administration will build on the strong foundations of success in the past five years. Ambassador Harold Doley, First-ever United States Representative to the AfDB joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss what Adesina’s re-election means for AFDB’s future.

Following his re-election with a hundred per cent votes Akinwumi Adesina will now serve as President of the African Development Bank for another five years. Amadou Hott, a Governor of the African Development Bank Representing Senegal joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor to discuss what next five years in office will mean for Africa's development.