AfDB Prepared to Tackle Nigeria’s Looming Food Crisis, Says Adesina

May 2, 2022

*Seeks urgent actions to avert food crisis in Africa The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has expressed the bank’s readiness under his leadership in tackling the food crisis brought about by the Russian-Ukraine war. Adesina gave...

AfDB Unveils $1.5bn Emergency Plan to Avert Food Crisis in Africa

Apr 29, 2022

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has disclosed that the multilateral bank has developed a $1.5 billion Africa Emergency Food Plan to cushion the effect of the Russia-Ukraine war on the continent’s food security. Adesina...

$10bn African Food Industry at Risk to Global Fertiliser Crisis

Apr 29, 2022

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the fertiliser crisis triggered by the Russian/Ukraine war could put more than $10 billion worth of food production at risk in Africa. The prediction was contained in a statement...