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Akinwumi Adesina chairs The General Meeting of the Shareholders of Africa50 in Dakar 

By Alkassoum DIALLO
Africa Akinwumi Adesina
SEP 12, 2017 LISTEN
Akinwumi Adesina

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, September 11, 2017 – The President of the African Development Bank Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Africa50, Akinwumi Adesina, will attend the third shareholders meeting of Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, September 12.

The event will be held by 11:00 a.m GMT at the King Fahd Hotel.

Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, as well as Bruno Tshibala, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, [please double check] will also participate in the event. Africa50's 23 shareholder governments will be represented by Finance Ministers, senior officials, and ambassadors. Distinguished members of the business community and the Senegalese Government will also attend.

Africa50 CEO Alain Ebobissé will provide updates on Africa50's most recent investments and its growing investment pipeline, as well as announcing two new country shareholders. Delegates will review Africa50's 2016 activities and approve its financial statements.

Africa50's Board of Directors will present the fund's updated investment, fund-raising and capital increase strategies.

Following the event, the media is invited to a press conference with the principals at 17:00 p.m. at the King Fahd Hotel conference centre.

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