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Akinwumi Adesina

Nigerian economist

Akinwumi AdesinaCON is a Nigerian economist, who is currently serving as the President of the African Development Bank. He previously served as Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.[2] Until his appointment as Minister in , he was Vice President of Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

He was elected as the President of the African Development Bank in and re-elected for a second term in He is the first Nigerian to hold the post.[1]

Early life and education

Adesina was born to a Nigerian farmer in Ibadan, Oyo state.[3] He attended Ejigbo Baptist High School (EBHS) and had a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics with First Class Honors from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria in [4] He was the first student to be awarded this distinction by the university.

He pursued further studies at Purdue University, Indiana and briefly returned to Nigeria in , to get married.[5] He obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in from Purdue, where he won the outstanding Ph.D. thesis for his research work.[6]

Career

From to , Adesina served as a senior economist at West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) in Bouaké, Ivory Coast.[7] He worked at the Rockefeller Foundation since winning a fellowship from the foundation as a senior scientist in From to , he was the representative of the Foundation for the Southern African area.[7] From to , he was an associate director for food security.[8]

Adesina was the Nigerian Agriculture Minister from to [9] Adesina was named Forbes African Man of the Year, for his reform of Nigerian agriculture.

He introduced more transparency into the fertiliser supply chain.[10] He also said that he would give away mobile phones to farmers, but this proved too difficult. One of the reasons was lack of a mobile network in country areas.[11]

In , United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed him as one of 17 global leaders, to spearhead the Millennium Development Goals.[1] Adesina received the Borlaug CAST Communication Award from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), the year that the award was renamed after agricultural biologist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug.[12]

On 28 May , Adesina was elected the presumptive President of the African Development Bank.

He began his tenure of the office on 1 September [13]

In September , Adesina was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.[14] In , he was awarded World Food Prize.[15]

On 27 August , Adesina was re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank for a second term of five years.[16]

In March , the Obafemi Awolowo Leadership Award was officially presented to Akinwumi Adesina, during a ceremony held on 6 March at the Continental Hotel in Lagos.[17]

Personal life

While at Purdue University, Adesina and his wife, along with another couple, started a Christian group called the African Student Fellowship.[5]

Awards and Honors

  • , Borlaug CAST Communication Award, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)[12]
  • , Forbes Africa Person of the Year[11]
  • , one of the Top most influential Africans, New African magazine[18]
  • , Honorary Doctor, Afe Babalola University[19]
  • , Forbes Africa Person of the Year (2nd time)[20]
  • 28 January , Honorary Doctor of Science, Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria[21]
  • 14 May , Honorary Doctorate, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, for contributions to the field of economics[22]
  • , Doctor of Science, Veritas University Abuja[23]
  • , Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration, Bayero University, Kano[24]

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