He’s had his critics over the last eight years, but you could never really fault Akinwumi Adesina for a lack of passion and resilience. The newspapers have called him Africa’s optimist-in-chief; surely, the Nigerian would have been a poor president of the AfDB if he were a pessimist.
This is Adesina’s valedictory year and he will be circling the globe talking to investors and world leaders with his brand of pragmatism blended with…


