The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, concluded a three-day official visit to Washington, DC on Saturday. During his visit, he met with the African Union's Group of 15 Finance Ministers (F15), where Adesina outlined the continent's immediate challenges and the solutions being applied to tackle them successfully. Top of Adesina’s list was a plan for massive food production in the face of a looming global food crisis caused by the Russian war in Ukraine war, and the need for a more flexible and substantial replenishment of the African Development Fund.