The three key figures in this campaign – Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and European Union Ambassador to Harare Jobst von Kirchmann – see the election assessment as key...

Under a plan led by Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank and Joaquim Chissano former President of Mozambique Zimbabwe is to implement a set of economic political and land reforms in exchange for international backing to clear its debt arrears and the ending of financial restrictions on the government (AC Vol 64 No 15 ZANU-PF takes a cut of the green economy)...

Backed by African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano the plan is held up as proof of the government's seriousness on reform...

It raised commitments of $31bn for projects during its Africa Investment Forum in 2-4 November according to AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said that stating the right of African states to exploit their fossil fuel resources should be part of the COP27 communiqué...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has unveiled a $1bn plan by the AfDB to invest in programmes to increase the production of wheat rice soybeans and other crops...

A few days after Africa Confidential reported on the power of financiers in Nigerian politics a couple of colourful election prospectuses extolling the virtues of African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and Nigeria's Central Bank governor Godwin Emefiele landed in our social media feed...

They are African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina and Chairman of Transcorp and United Bank for Africa (UBA) Tony Elumelu...

The two favoured names to emerge are African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and billionaire banker Tony Elumelu both of whom have national name recognition and international sway...