Cairo: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Saturday 20/2/2016 with chief of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Akinwumi Adesina, on the sidelines of the Africa 2016 investment forum in Sharm el Sheikh.

Sisi lauded cooperation between Egypt and the bank, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Yousef said. Sisi urged expanding cooperation to include the sectors of agriculture and food security as well as supporting small and medium sized enterprises.

The president also stressed the importance of following up an agreement reached during a visit by a bank delegation to Cairo last week to discuss financing joint projects carried out by Egypt and other African countries.
For his part, Adesina praised the progress achieved in Egypt at the level of economic performance, pointing out to the economic reform measures taken by the Egyptian government.

Source: State Information Service