“The time for Africa is now. We can. We must. We will,” said Mr Tinubu.
Before the appointment, Mr dos Ramos served as the governor of the country’s central bank.
Ongoing conflicts in the region have sharply cut into Egypt’s crucial Suez Canal revenues.
According to the bank, the initiative aims to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030.
Mr Mahama, who previously served as president from 2012 to 2017, returned to office after securing victory in the 2024 elections.
Mr Babafemi said a combined 1.398kg of cocaine and a precursor substance used in preparing crack cocaine were recovered from them.
Inaugurated in April 2024 by the AfDB and the World Bank, Mission 300 sought to provide electricity access to 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
The minister stated that Nigeria couldn’t tackle insecurity in its region simply by a partnership or by being friends with the Sahel countries.
“Let’s note that France has neither the capacity nor legitimacy to ensure Africa’s security and sovereignty,” Mr Sonko said.
Mr Macron told French ambassadors that France’s military interventions in the Sahel to fight terrorism had been reciprocated with ingratitude.
