May 14, 2015
On 28 May, the board of governors will vote on the next president of the AfDB. The candidates to take over from Kaberuka are nearly all African government ministers, with the exception of one head of a regional development group and one former AfDB official.
Each candidate has submitted a vision statement that details their priorities for the bank. Last month, seven of the eight contenders met at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC to outline these priorities.