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The race for AfDB president: How the bank elects its leader

AfDB presidential candidates (from left): Sidi Ould Tah (Mauritania), Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala (South Africa), Abbas Mahamat Tolli (Chad), Amadou Hott (Senegal) and Samuel Munzele Maimbo (Zambia). Inset outgoing AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina.

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By  Aggrey Mutambo

Editor - Africa & International

Nation Media Group

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will on Thursday vote in its new president for a five-year term. The winner will succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina, whose two five-year terms end in September.

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