Donald Kaberuka receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Forbes Africa
Congratulations! Donald Kaberuka receives Forbes Africa Lifetime Achievement Award! On Thursday, December 4, 2014, The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka received an Award of Excellence for all that he has accomplished in ADB (“Lifetime Achievement Award”) awarded by Forbes Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, at the 4 thedition of the Prize for the personality of the year organized by the magazine every year.
In a speech delivered on his behalf by Gabriel Negatu, Africa Regional Resource Centre Director Eastern ADB, Donald Kaberuka expressed how honored he was with such this distinction…
“I am privileged to lead….”All I have done during these ten years at the head of the largest bank has been through their unwavering support, skills and dedication. ” Donald Kaberuka
Kaberuka also paid tribute to the leaders at the awards evening, inviting them and all those present to take up the torch, “When I look back, I look back on those years I past to serve Africa with the African Development Bank, I know we’re winning. But we have not yet won. “”Leadership brings us closer to this goal, and I salute those among you this evening, many are leaders. Those who register in your footsteps are the youngest and most dynamic population in the world. Africa has shown that it is full of wonderful opportunities for its youth. “
The price of the personality of 2014 was awarded to the Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote. Donald Kaberuka, the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the South African lawyer Thuli Madonsela and Arunma Oteh, director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria, were among the finalists…
Keep up the good work!
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