The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank as the \u201cBest Multilateral Financial Institution in the world for 2021\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award is a global recognition for the path breaking efforts of the African Development Bank as it transforms itself into a solutions bank for Africa, through a combination of its operations, knowledge services, and investment positioning, which continue to help accelerate Africa\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award is an affirmation of the success of the operational strategy being pursued by the African Development Bank under the leadership of Akinwumi A. Adesina, who was unanimously re-elected to a second consecutive five-year term as President of the institution last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith widespread expectations of consolidation in multiple sectors and all around the world, investment banks will play a leading role in reshaping the world economy post-pandemic,\u201d said Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher and editorial director of Global Finance on announcing the winning list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCompanies need more than ever to understand the specialties and skills that investment banks bring to the table. Global Finance awards are a valuable guide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2020 the African Development Bank received broad recognition for responding swiftly to the needs of the African continent in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and for its pioneering role in the global social bond market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October 2020, the African Development Bank was selected in a poll of global bond market players as the best issuer for its $3 billion dollar-denominated Fight Covid-19 social bond, issued on 27 March 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bank\u2019s Fight Covid-19 Social bond was the largest ever US dollar denominated bond in world history, floated on the Luxembourg stock exchange, and listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, in March 2020, the African Development Bank received the Environmental Finance\u2019s 2020 bond of the year award\u2014SSA category\u2014 for a successful one billion Norwegian Krone social bond issued in 2019. It was the first social bond ever launched in the Norwegian market, and the African Development Bank\u2019s first transaction in Norwegian Krone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2017, the African Development Bank has launched nearly $5 billion worth of such instruments, denominated in US dollars, euros and Norwegian Krone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, said: \u201cI am delighted at Global Finance\u2019s recognition of the African Development Bank as the best multilateral financial institution in the world in 2021. I am proud that for first time since its establishment in 1964, the African Development Bank has risen to a position as a foremost globally-respected financial institution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adesina described the award as one which was \u201cduly earned” and credited the Bank\u2019s continued success to a new culture of results, strong client orientation, leadership, creativity, and continued innovation by a team of excellent staff across all its jurisdictions. He added: \u201cWe are constantly innovating, developing and deploying financial, investment and knowledge products to meet the rapidly changing needs of African countries and the private sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February 2021, the ratings agency S&P Global affirmed the African Development Bank\u2019s \u201cAAA\/A-1+\u201d foreign currency issuer credit rating with a stable outlook. The Bank has continued to receive extraordinary support from its shareholders, including an increase in its subscribed capital from $93 billion to $208 billion, the largest increase in its capital since its establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Adesina \u201cThe extraordinary support of our shareholders and the strong corporate governance of the Bank\u2019s board of directors have served us well. We will continue to leverage our resources to better serve our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full results of the 22nd annual World\u2019s Best Investment Banks will be published in an exclusive survey in the April 2021 print and digital editions and online at GFMag.com.Contact: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amba Mpoke-Bigg, Communication, and External Relations Department, African Development Bank, email:\u00a0a.mpoke-bigg@afdb.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank as the \u201cBest Multilateral Financial Institution in the world for 2021\u201d. 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