{"id":362957,"date":"2025-08-20T10:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=362957"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:57:08","slug":"afdb-president-warns-africa-on-580bn-yearly-illicit-capital-outflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/afdb-president-warns-africa-on-580bn-yearly-illicit-capital-outflows\/","title":{"rendered":"AfDB president warns Africa on $580bn yearly illicit capital outflows"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>AfDB approved $650 million annual commitment for Nigeria to drive economic transformation, resilience, and broad-based prosperity from 2025\u20132030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The bank invested $40 million in blended capital for Alliance for Green Infrastructure to support green projects across Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called on African governments to end corruption and illicit capital flows.<\/p>\n<p>He said the continent loses more than $580 billion annually to such outflows, worsening Africa\u2019s $2 trillion debt pile.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina stated in a Bloomberg interview on Tuesday that access to concessional financing and debt restructuring remain important but tackling leakages is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how much water you pour into a bucket if the bucket is leaking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re able to reduce the leakages to illicit capital, also corruption and all of these things, Africa will be able to keep a lot of these resources and meet the amount of infrastructure it needs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the AfDB estimated Africa loses about $1.6 billion daily to what it described as \u201cfinancial leakages\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The figure includes $90 billion lost yearly to illicit financial flows, $275 billion siphoned away by multinationals shifting profits, and $148 billion lost to corruption.<\/p>\n<p>On May 2, the AfDB approved a five-year country strategy paper for Nigeria (2025\u20132030), committing about $650 million annually to drive economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The bank also announced a $40 million investment in blended capital for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa Project Development Fund on August 16.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina argued that curbing illicit flows would allow African countries to retain more resources for infrastructure and sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfDB approved $650 million annual commitment for Nigeria to drive economic transformation, resilience, and broad-based prosperity from 2025\u20132030. 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