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Business Daily: Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

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26/10/2023 GMT

Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Business Daily meets: Akinwumi Adesina

We meet the president of the African Development Bank

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) gives his economic outlook for the continent.

In 2015, Akinwumi Adesina was elected President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and since then he's become a symbol of optimism across the continent. How did he become known as Africa's "optimist-in-chief"?

In this edition of Business Daily, Dr Adesina tells Peter MacJob what has shaped him as an economist, his outlook for the continent and how Africa could determine the future of renewable energy and green minerals.

He says the international financial architecture should be more inclusive and favourable towards African economies, and the global north should compensate the continent for the adverse impacts of climate change on Africa.

(Picture: Dr Akinwunmi Adesina. Credit: Getty Images)

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