Thursday, December 5, 2013

Akinwumi Adesina named 2013 Forbes Africa person of the year

Akinwumi Adesina – Nigeria’s minister for Agriculture. PHOTO/Getty Images

Nigeria's minister for Agriculture Akinwumi Adesina, was earlier this week named 2013 Forbes Africa person of the year.

Adesina has put in place initiatives to modernize Nigeria's agriculture in a bid to diversify the economy away from oil and empower millions of rural farmers.

In January this year, he announced a scheme to hand out 10 million devices to farmers to "drive an agriculture revolution" so

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