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AfDB President Adesina Looks Back After Eight Years At the Top

Before more than a hundred invited guests at the Chatham House think tank, in St James's Square in the heart of London, Adesina is up on the podium giving it everything on behalf of a mineral-rich continent that is still poor.  Numbers, statistics and stories tumble forth at breakneck speed; Adesina is a flamboyant storyteller, who speaks urgently and gestures with his hands to make the point.

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Dr Adesina tells Chatham House: “Africa can no longer be ignored.”

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Dr. Alex Vines OBE, Director of the Chatham House Africa Program (left), welcomes African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for his lecture “Envisioning Africa’s Economic Prospects” on Friday 7 June 2024.

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