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Appointment of Acting Director, Communication and External Relations

The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Nafissatou N’diaye DIOUF as the Acting Director for Communications and External Relations Department (PCER), effective 1st April 2020. Nafissatou, a Senegalese national, is currently a Division Manager in the Communications and External Relations Department of the African Development Bank Group. A dedicated and results driven communications professional, Nafissatou brings over twenty (20) years of experience… Read More
Investments 

Appointment as Acting Director, General Services and Procurement (CHGS)

The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jean Hubert BAYALA as the Acting Director for General Services and Procurement (CHGS), effective from 27th February 2020. Bayala, a national of Burkina Faso, is a seasoned professional with over 28 years of management and leadershipexperience  in  information  technology, information system  security,  information  systems auditing. Bayala also has in-depth experience in business continuity planning & disaster recovery and operational risk, budgeting, and procurement, among others. He currently heads  the African… Read More
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Appointment of Acting Director, Corporate Information Technology Department (CHIS)

Senior Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Pepin Vougo as Acting Director, Corporate Information and Technology Department effective 1st April 2020. Pepin Vougo has more than 20 years of experience in technology and its application. He is a seasoned executive with depth and breadth of experience in delivering complex technology solutions on an international scale. He benefits… Read More
Investments 

Ghana: African Development Bank-facilitated $600 million Cocobod loan gives cocoa farmers hope for future

Agnes Korkor Ababio climbs onto the back of a pick-up truck and begins counting a stack of 64-kg cocoa bags heaped in the vehicle. “It’s more than 40 bags,” she says in smiles as she clambers down from the truck, aided by an assistant. Ababio is one of many cocoa farmers in the Suhum area of Ghana’s eastern region that… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Re: Mr Vice President: Why Are You the Missing Leader During This Coronavirus Pandemic? By Fejiro Johnson

Dear Ademola Bello, I hope this rejoinder meets you well. As of 11:15am 5th of April, 2020, with 10 new cases, the total confirmed cases of the global pandemic, COVID-19, in Nigeria was 224.  If you were following the news closely, you would have heard or read that on Monday, March 30, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, headlined a Google… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Women Who Love PMB As Darling Tyrant By Bayo Oluwasanmi

The Special Adviser on interpretation of maladies to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, in a write up on his Facebook page with pictures of “Women Who Love PMB” as darling tyrant, Adesina officially inducted the women into Hall Of Shame of Buharists.  Presenting the awards to the women, Adesina yells out: “They are patriots who love their country dearly,… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Miss. TINA, The African Ruling Class, And The Intelligentsia Class: A Romantic Tale Amidst Coronavirus By Temitope Maberu-Fagunwa

The argument of the African ruling class, and their comradely class of intelligentsia, in defence of toxic ideas, has always been TINA. Simply put, TINA means There Is No Alternative. Under the regime of TINA, the motto is “Any other way is no way”. In postcolonial Africa, TINA-leaders have existed, and are still in existence. They are the World Bank… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Covid-19: Nigeria Needs A Purposeful Response By Tope Akinyode

There is currently no known vaccine in preventing global pandemic – Coronavirus (Covid-19). Healthcare experts say if you wash your hands regularly with soap or with alcohol-based hand sanitisers and observe some other basic-level infection control precautions, you may wade off the demon disease or reduce likely exposure. Globally, death toll arising from Covid-19 continues on an alarming rise with… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Rights-based Approach To Pandemic Policing In Nigeria By Oluwole Ojewale

The novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is a global disruption with unprecedented geopolitical, health, economic and security implications. Although, the primary areas of concern are matters of health and public safety, the secondary implications this is generating in the areas of human rights has become an issue of greater concern in Nigeria since the declaration of lockdown and its attendant… Read More
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