Mauritania’s Sidi Tah elected to succeed Adesina as AfDB president
Sidi Tah of Mauritania has been elected president of the African Development Bank Group to succeed Akinwumi Adesina, whose tenure would elapse later this year.
Mr Tah’s emergence was announced in a statement published on AfDB website on Thursday.
The statement noted, “Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Mr Tah was elected by the Bank’s Board of Governors, comprising Finance and Economy Ministers or Central Bank Governors of the Bank Group’s 81 regional and non-regional member countries. The board is the highest decision-making authority for the Bank Group.”
Mr Tah polled 76.18 per cent, a margin above 50.01 per cent required to clinch AfDB presidency, ahead of Amadou Hott of Senegal, Samuel Maimbo of Zambia, Mahamat Abbas Tolli of Chad and Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala of South Africa.
In September, Mr Tah will succeed Akinwumi Adesina, who has served two terms of 10 years.
A former Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of Mauritania, Mr Tah, was a former president of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa for 10 years from 2015.
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