Monday, March 8, 2021
  • Markets & Companies
    • Stock Market
    • Companies
    • Appointments
    • Commodities
  • Business & Economy
    • Energy
    • Agricultural Economy
    • Insurance & Pensions
    • Aviation
    • Maritime
    • Road Transport
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Investment
    • Manufacturing
    • Consumer Goods
  • Innovation
  • MSME
  • Empire
  • Opinion
  • Cultural Currents
  • Features
  • AE Magazine
  • Corporate Rendezvous
Financial Street is a meeting point for technology, economy, and journalism.
No Result
View All Result
  • Markets & Companies
    • Stock Market
    • Companies
    • Appointments
    • Commodities
  • Business & Economy
    • Energy
    • Agricultural Economy
    • Insurance & Pensions
    • Aviation
    • Maritime
    • Road Transport
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Investment
    • Manufacturing
    • Consumer Goods
  • Innovation
  • MSME
  • Empire
  • Opinion
  • Cultural Currents
  • Features
  • AE Magazine
  • Corporate Rendezvous
Financial Street is a meeting point for technology, economy, and journalism.
No Result
View All Result

Adesina pledges to fight unemployment, poverty, hunger in Africa

by Africana Entrepreneur
February 12, 2019
in Frontline
0
Stakeholders discuss how AfDB can strengthen PPP
0
SHARES
5
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on WhatsApp

*Donates $500,000 to fight hunger in Africa

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has pledged to do more to advance Africa’s fight against hunger, poverty and youth underemployment.

READ ALSO

Huawei boss: 5G making industries go digital at faster pace

5G’s impact on global GDP over $7.5tn — Huawei partner

Adesina, the 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate, and co-Laureate, Waris Dirie, shared the prestigious $1 million prize at an award ceremony held on February 9, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.

Read Also:

  • Climate change: Let Africa harness its natural resources
    Climate change: Let Africa harness its natural resources
  • Mozambique’s energy success and regional integration
    Mozambique’s energy success and regional integration
  • If Africa must attract capital into gas markets…
    If Africa must attract capital into gas markets…

Said Adesina: “We are in a race with time to unlock the full potential of Africa.”

Known globally for his dogged determination to reduce global poverty, Adesina declared,“My life is only useful to the extent that it helps to lift millions of people out of poverty.”

He immediately announced he was donating his $500,000 share of the prize to fighting hunger in Africa.

“There is tremendous suffering going on in the world. While progress is being made, we are not winning the war on global hunger. There cannot be peace in a world that is hungry. Hunger persists in regions and places going through conflicts, wars and fragility. Those who suffer the most are women and children,” Adesina said during the award ceremony.

Dirie, who has played a leading role in drawing global attention to the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and the need for legislation to ban the practice, said, “Female Genital Mutilation scars victims physically, emotionally and mentally.”

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries of Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is carried out on young girls between infancy and the age 15.

Adesina, who believes a peaceful world will be a food secure world, pointed out that only one per cent of the world’s richest own 50 per cent of global wealth.

“Nothing is more important than ensuring that we feed the world and eliminate hunger and malnutrition. Hunger is an indictment on the human race. Any economy that claims growth without feeding its people is a failed economy. Nobody has to go hungry, white, black, pink, orange or any colour you can think.”

The AfDB president told participants including global leaders: “There must be accountability to the poor. We must reduce global income inequality. We need wealth, yes, but we need wealth for everyone not just a few. Today, the poor are stuck and only end up eating crumbs, if any at all, that falls from the tables of the rich. This sense of exclusion and lack of equity or fairness often drives conflicts. We have an opportunity to reverse the situation through sustainable agriculture as a business, and not as an aid programme.”

More than 1,000 influencers from over the world, including current and former heads of state and government, private sector leaders, investors and development experts attended the SunHak Peace Prize.

Each year, the SunHak Peace Prize honours an individual or organisation making significant contributions to global peace and the welfare of mankind.

close
Subscribe to our newsletter and join thousands of readers of our financial, economic & investments news blog!
We don't spam with your email

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn

Tags: AfricaAfrican Development BankAkinwumi AdesinaWorld Health Organisation

Get real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now.

Unsubscribe

Related Posts

Hadi Sirika, minister of Aviation
Frontline

Huawei boss: 5G making industries go digital at faster pace

July 6, 2020
386 operators investing in 5G, launched in 42 countries  -GSMA Report
Frontline

5G’s impact on global GDP over $7.5tn — Huawei partner

July 1, 2020
Africa's blockchain startups and roadmap to prosperous future
Frontline

Africa’s blockchain startups and roadmap to prosperous future

June 21, 2020
HIV test kit
Frontline

SPONSORED: Enter the new HIV test kit

May 23, 2020
SME Growth
Frontline

Survival of Nigerian start-ups and SMEs amid COVID-19

April 29, 2020
Sledgehammer On The Ant
Frontline

Sledgehammer On The Ant

April 11, 2020
Next Post
Why SEC shut down Dantata’s firm, arrested officials

Why SEC shut down Dantata’s firm, arrested officials

RECENT STORIES

Experts say blockage exposed Nigeria's food production flaw

Experts say blockage exposed Nigeria’s food production flaw

March 8, 2021
83 countries received $165bn loan from IMF

Nigerian govt should repay $500m Chinese loan, not FAAN – Group

March 7, 2021
Nigeria explains need to fasttrack AU passport

Nigeria explains need to fasttrack AU passport

March 7, 2021
Nigeria’s foreign reserve drops by $1.2bn

Nigeria’s foreign reserve drops by $1.2bn

March 7, 2021
PTCS to accredit Lagos transporters

Drivers explain motive for Badagry strike

March 7, 2021
Nigeria's dollar reserves hit $35.6bn, resumes sales to BDCs

CBN to pay N5 for every dollar remitted

March 7, 2021
As South Sudan pursues power sector revival

Mozambique’s energy success and regional integration

March 6, 2021

TRENDING

  • #FixPolitics unveils school of politics, says initiative 'not about 2023 election'

    #FixPolitics charges cohorts on nation building, service

    2 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Cryptocurrency: Presidency, NASS, other stakeholders may review CBN directive

    2 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • EXCLUSIVE: Why OPEC can’t influence fuel price in Nigeria – Experts

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • COVID-19: CBN extends discounted interest rate

    2 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Dark web threatens valid COVID-19 vaccines, certificates

    2 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Financial Street is a meeting point for technology, economy, and journalism.

© Financial Street 2020. All Rights Reserved.

More Links

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Markets & Companies
    • Stock Market
    • Companies
    • Appointments
    • Commodities
  • Business & Economy
    • Energy
    • Agricultural Economy
    • Insurance & Pensions
    • Aviation
    • Maritime
    • Road Transport
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Investment
    • Manufacturing
    • Consumer Goods
  • Innovation
  • MSME
  • Empire
  • Opinion
  • Cultural Currents
  • Features
  • AE Magazine
  • Corporate Rendezvous