AfDB President voted African of The Year

AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina with his wife Grace after receiving the award

He is the second winner of the award after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame who won the inaugural edition last year.

This was in recognition of Dr. Adesina’s bold leadership and contribution to increasing investment in Africa, particularly his Innovation of the Africa Investment Forum.
The Africa Investment Forum (https://AfricaInvestmentForum.com/), inaugurated in 2018, has been a trailblazer in tilting investments into the continent.

The second edition of the Forum which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa ended on 13 November. It was attended by over 2,000 delegates and secured investor interest worth $40.1 billion – up from $37.1 billion the previous year.

“It is indeed a great honour,” Dr Adesina said in remarks during the exclusive gala dinner held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, at which the awards were announced. Adesina added that he was overwhelmed to follow in the footsteps of his “big brother” President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who won the award in 2018. “My heartbeat is to serve the people of Africa,” Adesina said.

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