Closing Speech by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina President, African Development Bank Group for the Finance in Common Summit - October 20, 2022

Your Excellencies, Distinguished ladies, and gentlemen.
The time has come for the closing ceremony of the Finance in Common Summit. From across the world we gathered, public financial institutions, public development banks and multilateral development banks, for the Finance in Common Summit.

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