Akinwumi Akin Adeshina, born on the 7th of February in 1960, is a Nigerian economist who also happens to be the President of the African Development Bank. He has held this position since 2015.
Akinwumi Adeshina is a former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and a former Vice President of Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). He is also the first Nigerian to be elected president of the African Development Bank.
Early life and education
He started his primary school education in a village school, where he obtained a Primary School Leaving Certificate. He then attended the University of Ife (now known as Obafemi Awolowo University), where he studied Agricultural Economics and graduated with First Class Honors. Akinwumi Adeshina was the first student at the university to be awarded a distinction in Agricultural Economics.
After graduating from the University of Ife, Akinwumi Adeshina went on to further his education at Purdue University, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics. His Ph.D. thesis at Purdue University won the sought-after Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Fellowship.
Career
From 1999 to 2003, Akinwumi Adeshina worked at the Foundation for the Southern African Area as a representative, and from 2003 to 2008, he worked as an associate director for food security.
In 2010, Akinwumi Adeshina was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria. During his time as a minister, he made the fertilizer supply chain in Nigeria more transparent and almost gave away free mobile phones to farmers in Nigeria but couldn't as a result of the lack of a mobile network in certain areas of the country.
In 2010, Akinwumi Adeshina was also appointed as one of the 17 world leaders to lead the Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and in 2015, when his tenure as Minister of Agriculture came to an end, he was elected as the presumptive President of the African Development Bank.
In August 2020, Akinwumi Adeshina was re-elected for a second term as the President of the African Development Bank.
Recognition
Akinwumi Adeshina's age
Akinwumi Adeshina was born on the 7th of February, 1960. He is 63 years old.
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