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Oluwatobi Ojabello | Top Stories | Aug 29, 2025

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After 3,650 days at the helm of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina is stepping down. His decade-long presidency was defined not by donor pledges but by an audacious idea: Africa did not need aid; it needed investment.

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