Akinwunmi Adesina

**Akinwumi** "**Akin**" **Adesina** jẹ́ olókòwò orílè-èdè Nàìjíríà, ẹnití ó ń sìngbà gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ààrẹ African Development Bank. Ó ti kọ́kọ́ jẹ́ Mínísítà fún ètò-ọ̀gbìn àti ìdàgbàsókè àwọn ìgbèríko. Kí a tó yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bíi Mínísítà ni 2010, òun ni igbá-kejì Ààrẹ fún ètò-ìmúlò àti àjọṣe pò fún Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Wọ́n dìbò yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bíi Ààrẹ fún African Development Bank ní 2015 wọ́n tún dìbò yàn án ní èkejì ni 2020. Òun ni ọmọ Nàìjíríà àkọ́kọ́ láti wà ní ipò náà.

## Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ayé àti ètò-ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ́
Wọ́n bí Adesina fún àgbẹ̀ Nàìjíríà kan ní Ibadan, Oyo state. Ó lọ sí ilé ẹ̀kọ́ ìgbèríko ó sì kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè láti University of Ife. Òun ni akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ tí a kọ́kọ́ fún ní ipò kíní láti Fáṣítì rẹ. Ó tún tẹ̀síwájú ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀  Ó sáré wá sí Nàìjíríà láti gbéyàwó ní í  níbi tí ó ti tayọ jùlọ nínú ẹ̀kọ́ fún iṣẹ́ ìwádìí rẹ̀.
## Career
From 1990 to 1995, Adesina served as a senior economist at West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) in Bouaké, Ivory Coast. He worked at the Rockefeller Foundation since winning a fellowship from the foundation as a senior scientist in 1988. From 1999 to 2003, he was the representative of the Foundation for the Southern African area. From 2003 to 2008, he was an associate director for food security.

Adesina was the Nigerian Agriculture Minister from 2010 to 2015. Adesina was named *[[Forbes]]* African Man of the Year, for his reform of Nigerian agriculture. He introduced more transparency into the fertiliser supply chain. He also said that he would give away mobile phones to farmers, but this proved too difficult. One of the reasons was lack of a mobile network in country areas.

In 2010, United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, appointed him as one of 17 global leaders, to spearhead the Millennium Development Goals.

On 28 May 2015, Adesina was elected the presumptive President of the African Development Bank. He began his tenure of the office on 1 September 2015.

In September 2016, Adesina was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. In 2017, he was awarded 2017 World Food Prize.

On 27 August 2020, Adesina was re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank for a second term of five years.

## Ìgbésí ayé rẹ
Nígbà tí ó wà ní Purdue University, Adesina àti aya rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn tọkọtaya mìíràn, ẹgbẹ́ ọmọlẹ́yìn Jésù tí wọ́n pè ní African Student Fellowship. Òun àti aya rẹ̀, Grace, ní ọmọ mẹ́ta, Rotimi, Emmanuel àti Segun.

## Recognition

* A rí Adesina gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan lára ẹgbẹ̀rún àwọn tó gbajúmọ̀ jùlọ ní Áfíríkà nínú ìwé ìròyìn New African ní 2
* 2015.
* Ní 2013, a pé é ní *[[Forbes Africa]] ènìyàn tí ọdún náa* .
* Ní 2018, wọ́n fun ni àmì ẹ̀yẹ Honorary Doctor láti Afe Babalola University.
* Ní 2019, a tún pé é ní Forbes Africa ènìyàn tí ọdún náa.
* Ní January 28, 2020, wọ́n fun ní àmì ẹ̀yẹ Honorary Doctor tí ìmò sayensi láti Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nàìjíríà. 
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* May 14, 2022, he was awarded Honorary Doctor  by Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, for his contributions to the field of economics.

## Honours

* 2019 : Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit of Tunisia.

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