SADC AND COMESA BACK ZAMBIAN CANDIDATE FOR AfDB PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA WRITES ✍️
It was a great honor to co-host a press briefing today in Addis Ababa alongside His Excellency Dr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe and Chairperson of SADC, and His Excellency Mr. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi and Chairperson of COMESA. The briefing formally introduced the candidature of Dr. Samuel Munzele Maimbo for the position of President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Dr. Maimbo brings with him nearly 30 years of extensive experience in development finance and resource mobilization. In his most recent role as Vice President for Budget, Performance Review, and Strategic Planning at the World Bank, he managed the institution’s expansive budget portfolio. His tenure as Chief of Staff to successive World Bank presidents has also equipped him with the strategic leadership and expertise necessary to steer the AfDB towards a new era of sustainable development and financial innovation.
Dr. Maimbo is now the official candidate endorsed by both SADC and COMESA. In this regard, we extend our sincere appreciation to Their Excellencies President Mnangagwa and President Ndayishimiye for their unwavering support in advancing his candidacy. Their ratificación of Dr Maimbo, underscores the collective vision of SADC, COMESA and indeed the rest of Africa, in promoting strong leadership at the helm of the continent’s foremost financial institution.
Hakainde Hichilema,
President of the Republic of Zambia
We wish Dr Maimbo all the best in the elections for the Presidency of the Africa Development Bank. Zambia’s foot prints are already at this bank through Dr Caleb Fundanga who was the Executive Director in the early 1990s and as advisor to the President in 2017.
A message to Mr Hakainde Hichilema is that today the Zimbabwean President has become a friend because of Dr Maimbo’s vote. This is the man you have been snubbing for some time now. Today you want to use him as a ladder for Dr Maimbo.
I doubt if you could have supported a Zimbabwean candidate had it been Zimbabwe sponsoring a candidate…
Your character is not lost on Mnangangwa and many leaders you are now falling all over for Dr Maimbo.
And who is having the last laugh Now?
And who is looking foolish?
The destiny of ego!
Ukoo!! Next, please!! the Count is not yet over, another toxic comment is still coming from another predictable Source, perhaps not yet awake, had a Hangover?!
Please specify when Zambia and Zimbabwe became enemies, particularly HH and Mnangagwa.
Don’t fall victim to the lies on social media.
There are thousands of Zimbabwean students studying in Zambian institutions and the Zambian government has never denied any of them the study visas. Many Zimbabweans still enter Livingstone to their business and no one has been attacked because we see Zimbabweans as brothers and sisters and nothing is going to change that.
Well done Mr. President for putting forward MAIMBO for this very important position.
Your appointments based on tribe are duly noted by the electorate. Well done Sir, your people are very proud of you.
Reject tribalism, corruption and oppression.
Vote like they do in Southern province.
Vote wisely in 2026.
Imwe fyonse ni tribalism. When are you going to mature? Am beginning to question your mental status. Use your brains and not your thick wicked skull.
Mr Willa Mung’omba headed the African Development Bank in the 70s or 80s, all of us as Zambians we were very proud of that, and no Zambia threw in any toxic narrative, but when a Tonga is a Candidate for the same mamama lwanya, the core Tribalists can’t sleep, all manner of insinuations are thrown in and about. These people, inga bafuma kwi?