Tag: African Development Bank

African Development Bank Returns to Sterling Market with Record £1 Billion Bond Issuance

by Victoria Ogbadu

January 9, 2026

The African Development Bank has made a triumphant return to the sterling debt market, pricing a landmark £1 billion three-year bond that represents the multilateral lender's largest-ever issuance in British ...

Akinwumi Adesina: Agricultural Economist, Former Minister, and President of the African Development Bank

by Verily News

November 28, 2025

Biography and Early Life Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina was born on February 6, 1960, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He grew up in a farming family in rural Nigeria, where his ...