Akinwumi "Akin" Adesina shine Shugaban Bankin Raya Kasashen Afirka. Ya fara aiki ne a matsayin ministan Najeriya ne noma da raya karkara.Har zuwa lokacin da aka nada shi a matsayin Minista a shekarar ta 2010, ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Siyasa da Kawance na Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).An zabe shine a matsayin Shugaban babban Bankin Raya Kasashen Afirka a shekarar ta 2015 sannan aka sake zabarsa a karo na biyu a shekarar ta 2020. Shi ne dan Najeriya na farko da ya taba rike wannan mukami. An haifi Adesina ne a Najeriya a garin Ibadan, jihar Oyo . Ya halarci makarantar ƙauye kuma ya kammala karatun digirinsa na farko a fannin tattalin Arzikin Noma tare da Darajoji na Farko a Jami'ar Ife,a Nijeriya (1981), inda shi ne ɗalibi na farko da jami'ar ta ba wannan darajar. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Jami'ar Purdue da ke Indiana, a takaice ya dawo Nijeriya a shekarar ta 1984 don yin aure. Ya sami PhD (Tattalin Arzikin Noma) a shekarar ta 1988 daga Purdue inda ya ci Fitaccen Takardar Digirinsa na PhD don yin aikin bincikensa.