Listen To This About The Importance Of Agriculture !!!The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina

The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021.

Adesina said this at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco over the weekend.

He said Africa should focus on agriculture to drive growth and employment on the continent.

Adesina recalled that during his tenure as Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture, Dangote decided to invest in local production of rice due to government’s import substitution policies.

Adesina said that Dangote initially planned a 300 million-dollar investment in production and processing of rice in Nigeria but later changed it to one billion dollars three months after.