South Africa v Zambia in AfDB presidency vote
Regional bloc split over endorsement by Pretoria of its own candidate to head Africa’s prime development bank
A major showdown is brewing in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, where five candidates will be hoping to earn an endorsement to lead the continent’s top development bank.
The presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB), soon to be vacated by Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina, will be up for grabs when more than 6,000 delegates, including African heads of state and government, finance ministers, central bank governors, development partners, private sector representatives, civil society leaders and academics descend on the city to decide who becomes the next president of the 60-year-old development finance institution...
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