Africa hemorrhages a staggering $580 billion each year due to corruption and illicit capital flight, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed. This bleeding of resources is eroding economic stability, hampering infrastructure development, and exacerbating a mounting debt crisis—an alarm sounded by AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina in a recent Bloomberg interview.
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