According to a note from the Ministry of Planning, Adesina is visiting Angola at the invitation of the head of state and has scheduled several meetings with Angolan leaders, including the Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano.
The programme also includes meetings with the Minister of Planning, Victor Hugo Guilherme, in his role as Governor of Angola at the AfDB, and the Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa, Alternate Governor at the AfDB.
Adesina will visit School 42, which belongs to a network of programming and technology schools based in Paris, France, where he will meet with students and young entrepreneurs.
The note highlights that the AfDB, through the recently approved Crescer project, in addition to other components, will finance the implementation of TUMO in Angola, an educational initiative that trains adolescents and young people between the ages of 12 and 18 with advanced technical and technological skills in areas that are relevant today and in the future.
During the visit, a press conference is scheduled by the head of this multinational development bank, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
The AfDB has a portfolio of 12 projects in Angola, in the sectors of fisheries, agriculture, environment, finance, energy, water, sanitation and human capital in the field of science and technology.
The AfDB recently expressed its openness to financing projects that promote mobility and regional integration through roads, railways and energy.
