Africa
Radio News Release (Soundbite): “A 1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production plan to avoid a looming food crisis,” tells President Adesina to U.S. Senate
The recordings are excerpts from a hearing session at the US Senate subcommittee on State Appropriations, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, during which the chairman of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, presented a compelling case. that the United States support the institution’s $1.5 billion emergency food production plan. The plan seeks to avert an impending food crisis in Africa caused by Russia‘s war in Ukraine. The head of the Bank testified about global food insecurity and the lingering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Keynote Speech by President Adesina (Text in English): https://bit.ly/3Ndx6s6
Opening speech by President Adesina (text in French): https://bit.ly/3FLPllZ