Akinwumi Adesina and the Quiet Geopolitics of African Economic Independence
Why Africa’s push to process its own resources is becoming a question not only of development, but of power By Ola Aina For a decade, Dr Akinwumi Adesina stood at the centre of one of Africa’s most consequential economic debates: who truly benefits from the continent’s natural wealth? As President of the African Development Bank from 2015 to 2025, Adesina advanced…