Go Tunde! We are rooting for you.

Jonathan Levin, a distinguished economist and Stanford alumnus who has led the Stanford Graduate School of Business as dean for the last eight years, has been appointed the next president of Stanford University, the Board of Trustees announced today. stanford.io/3TIqneN

Congratulations Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya played 10 games at once in Germany and won all of them

The African Development Bank Group approves $1 billion guarantee program in collaboration with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to support #SouthAfrica ’s #JustEnergy Transition. #PowerAfrica ⚡️

➡️ bit.ly/48a0LwP

I enjoyed meeting the Governor of the Bank of Zambia, Dr. Denny Kalyalya today in Lusaka. We had a wide-ranging conversation on the Zambian economy focusing on macroeconomic stability, debt restructuring, export diversification and digital transformation for financial inclusion.

Poverty, climate & finance are closely intertwined as countries tackle both decarbonisation and climate shocks. I'm pleased to see that the SDG13, climate action, and SDG17, partnerships, are coming together at #COP28 . Thank you Gates Foundation Global Goals for joining us.

Congratulations! Prof. Benedict Oramah, President & Chairman of the board of directors of Afreximbank has emerged as Forbes Africa’s 2023 Person of the Year in recognition of the unbridled enthusiasm and passion he has for developing Trade, Trade finance, growth and new avenues…

#COP28UAE  : William Samoei Ruto, PhD, Pres. of 🇰🇪 + Chair of the African Climate Summit, Macky Sall, Pres. of 🇸🇳, African Development Bank Group, the African Union, + Global Center on Adaptation convene the Adaptation Finance Summit For Africa, featuring Samia Suluhu, Mark Rutte, Bill Gates + others.…

My message to leaders at #COP28 :

Protecting our climate is the world’s greatest test of leadership.

I urge you to lead.

Humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.

Make this climate conference count.

The African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of $80 million for the Ekiti Knowledge Zone incubator programme, a project that will fund some 19,000 promising young #tech #entrepreneurs and provide skills training in #Nigeria .

Learn more about it here: bit.ly/3GjdQs0

The Africa Investment Forum's #AIF2023  generated $34.82b in investment interest for multi-sector projects.

The 3-day #AfricaInvestmentForum drew over 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries, including African heads of state, to #Marrakech . bit.ly/3sy9ytn

The President of the African Development Bank Group Akinwumi A. Adesina announced that the 2023 Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech generated over $34.8 billion dollars in investment interest for projects during the closing ceremony of the event that brought together deal makers, investors & key stakeholders

I enjoyed chatting with the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley on closer cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean at the Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech.

Professor Claudia Goldin is the latest winner to join a long history of Nobel laureates at Harvard hrvd.me/NobelInFocus23t

From commitment to action: we were pleased to host European Investment Bank IsDB Group, @AfdB_Group and Inter-American Development Bank experts this week to take forward our work on the new Health Impact Investment Platform.

#InvestInHealth

Meet Sarki Abba from Kano, the genius that was made to rewrite WASCE after scoring 9 distinctions In 1984, 16-year-old Abba, a student of Science Secondary School Dawakin Tofa, scored 9 distinctions (8 A1 and 1 A2) in his West African Senior School Certificate (WASCE) Exams.

A development banker’s dream: African Development Bank Vice President Solomon Quaynor witnesses first-hand life-changing impacts of Africa-focused agribusiness giant afdb.org/en/news-and-ev…

It’s official! The Afreximbank Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Office is officially open in Bridgetown, Barbados. The opening ceremony began with a plaque and totem unveiling to commemorate this monumental day.

The plaque and ribbon cutting was done by Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board, Afreximbank, Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados, as well as Prime ministers of Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and executives of the bank. #Afreximbank