#WBGMeetings : 'Economies thrive on energy… No economy can grow in the dark. No economy can industrialise in the dark. No economy can be competitive in the dark. Africa is tired of being in the dark.' - African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina

#PoweringAfrica #PowerAfrica

Celebrating excellent partnership between ⁦African Development Bank Group⁩ and ⁦USAID⁩. We will do more together on energy, food security, transport, agriSME debt and equity finance, and support to women-led businesses. Thank you ⁦Samantha Power⁩ ⁦Secretary Janet Yellen⁩ ⁦President Biden⁩

Great visiting with USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Washington. We signed an MOU between ⁦USAID⁩ and ⁦African Development Bank Group⁩ to finance women fund managers in Africa to support women on climate change solutions. ⁦Samantha Power⁩ ⁦President Biden⁩ ⁦Secretary Janet Yellen⁩

Happy 67th birthday my dearest brother and friend ⁦Aliko Dangote⁩. Your kindness, humility, graciousness and generosity are hallmarks of the amazing person you are. May God bless you with joy, strength, good health and more successes. You make Africa proud. Congratulations!

At the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation International Conference on #Innovation , IP & Technology, African Development Bank Group Pres. Akinwumi A. Adesina called for protection of Intellectual Property rights & strategic partnerships to build Africa’s pharma sector: bit.ly/4aHr7aY #MyHealthMyRight #WorldHealthDay

Congratulations Purdue University basketball team for an amazing performance to qualify for the Final of the NCAA tournament. Tomorrow, bring the trophy home!! You can do this!! Well done guys! Go Purdue! Go Boilermakers!🏀🏆🥇Purdue Men's Basketball Purdue Alumni

Congratulations No. 1 ranked Purdue University Men’s basketball team for roaring into the Final 4 of the US College Basketball Finals!! Well done Zach Edey, the best scorer in the country! So proud of you all. Go Purdue! Bring the title & trophy home! ⁦Purdue Men's Basketball⁩ 🏆👏🏼

As we celebrate Easter, let’s love and appreciate each other more. Let’s sacrifice more for the greater good of others. It is the selfless sacrifices we make that will help others around us to grow, thrive and shine. Happy Easter holidays!💕

Congratulations President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ⁦Bola Ahmed Tinubu⁩ on your 72nd birthday today. May God grant you continued good health, strength, grace, wisdom and blessings in your tasking duties and responsibilities. I wish you many happy returns. ⁦Presidency Nigeria⁩

Never give up: When dust gathers on the windscreen of a car in motion, the driver does not stop, he (she) just uses the wiper blades at faster speed with soapy water. Keep on driving towards your goal. Clear the dust, never stop and never give up!

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina addresses participants at #INNOVPharmaAF conference today in #Addis : “Africa needs to change the technological environment…& that is why African Development Bank Group created the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, a dedicated institution working with all #African actors.”

Thank you very much my dear brother President Paul Kagame for attending the event and for your usual very helpful insights and excellent support. Together we will collectively get this done.

Thank you very much Your Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for your high commendation and generous words of encouragement on my award of the Awolowo Prize for Leadership. Presidency Nigeria Samia Suluhu Sahle-Work Zewde Présidence RDC 🇨🇩 Azali Assoumani

This afternoon in Addis Ababa, President Kagame joins the Africa Green Wealth Presidential Roundtable co-hosted by President Denis Sassou-N'Guesso - Officiel of the Republic of Congo and African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina. The discussion focuses on unlocking equitable climate…

IN THE NEWS: The 2023 #ObafemiAwolowoPrize for Leadership was formally presented to African Development Bank Group Pres. Akinwumi A. Adesina during a glittering ceremony held at the Lagos Continental Hotel on the 6th of March. READ the details, via African Business Magazine: bit.ly/4cdPcYA WATCH the…

An inspirational leader who is selfless, highly committed, and a visionary, is how Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde described #ObafemiAwolowoPrize winner Akinwumi A. Adesina. Zewde highlighted how African Development Bank Group, under Adesina’s helm, helped #Ethiopia become self-sufficient in wheat…

Thank you Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani for the great interview and conversation, which I very much enjoyed.

Thank you my brother Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 for your excellent reception and state decoration of Dr. Abdul Kamara, Deputy DG African Development Bank Group for East Africa. The African Development Bank Group will deepen its work in and support to Ethiopia. Thank you for your congratulations on my award of the…

Thank you very much Your Excellency Ambassador JK for attending the luncheon and for your appreciation of the impressive results of the African Development Bank Group. I greatly appreciate the excellent support of Netherlands🇳🇱 for the African Development Bank Group.