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General News of Monday, 22 May 2017

Source: starrfmonline.com

Mahama in India to speak at AfDB annual meeting

Former President John Dramani Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in India to attend the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.

The meetings under the theme: Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa, which begins today Monday, May 22, will end on May 26, 2017.

A statement from the office of the former president and signed by his aide, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, indicated that John Mahama would be speaking at a session on ‘Engaging Africa’s youth in Agriculture.’

According to the statement, he will also participate in a number of other sessions on Financing Infrastructure, Addressing Africa’s nutrition challenges, and Africa- Asia Partnership.

This comes months after Mr. Mahama addressed the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Person of the Year 2016 Awards Programme in Johannesburg, South Africa.