{"id":54658,"date":"2025-06-25T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-kagame-hosts-outgoing-afdb-boss-akinwumi-adesina\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:23:23","slug":"president-kagame-hosts-outgoing-afdb-boss-akinwumi-adesina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-hosts-outgoing-afdb-boss-akinwumi-adesina\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame hosts outgoing AfDB boss Akinwumi Adesina"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a statement, the Office of the President said the duo’s meeting at Urugwiro Village focused on the enduring partnership between Rwanda and the AfDB, and the transformative development projects achieved under Dr. Adesina\u2019s leadership over the past decade. <\/p>\n

“Their discussion focused on the fruitful partnership between Rwanda and the African Development Bank, and the successful collaboration across key economic sectors under Dr.
\n@akin_adesina\u2019s leadership,” the statement reads.<\/p>\n

The visit coincides with the AfDB\u2019s latest [approval of a $500,000 grant ->https:\/\/en.igihe.com\/science-technology\/article\/afdb-backs-kigali-cable-car-project-with-500-000-grant] to fund a feasibility study for the Kigali Urban Cable Car Project, a pioneering 5.5 km aerial transit system set to be sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s first urban cable car. <\/p>\n

The project, valued at $100 million, aims to improve urban mobility, reduce emissions, and better connect communities to essential services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis transformative project aligns perfectly with the Bank\u2019s vision for sustainable, green, climate-resilient urban mobility infrastructure,\u201d said Dr. Adesina in a separate statement issued by AfDB.<\/p>\n

The cable car will connect major routes including Nyabugogo to the Central Business District, and Kigali Convention Center to Sports City, integrating landmarks such as Amahoro Stadium, BK Arena, and Zaria Court. Construction is expected to begin in late 2026, with operations launching by 2028, and a projected capacity of over 50,000 passengers daily.<\/p>\n

Dr. Adesina\u2019s visit also comes ahead of his scheduled departure from the Bank. He is set to be succeeded by Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, former Mauritanian finance minister, who was elected in May and will assume office on September 1, 2025, after winning more than 75% of the shareholder vote.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame on Wednesday received Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), who is in Rwanda for the 28th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000089835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000089835,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gutjdv7xuaanevjnew.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000089835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54658"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54658"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}