African Development Bank Group President appoints Senegal’s former Minister Amadou Hott as Special Envoy for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appointed Senegal’s former minister Amadou Hott, as his Special Envoy and global champion for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The African Development Bank, Africa Union and Africa50 launched the Alliance during COP27 last November with global partners: the African Union Development Agency, the African Sovereign Investors Forum, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the French Development Agency, the Rockefeller Foundation, the US Trade and Development Agency, the Global Center on Adaptation and the Private Infrastructure Development Group. The Alliance will accelerate Africa’s transition to Net Zero by mobilizing, at scale and speed, investments needed to bridge the infrastructure gap for the continent’s low-carbon and climate-resilient development. The Alliance will mobilize up to $500 million needed for a robust pipeline of bank...