AfDB appoints Ofori-Mante as Acting Director of Agricultural Finance and Rural Development

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Richard Kwaku Ofori-Mante Acting Director of the Agricultural Finance and Rural Development Department, effective April 16, 2023.

Ofori-Mante, a Ghanaian national, was manager of the Agriculture and Rural Finance Division, a position he has held since November 2017.

He leads and manages the origination, structuring and execution of agribusiness transactions for the Bank’s non-sovereign guaranteed operations.

Ofori-Mante brings over 22 years of experience in debt capital markets, project, corporate and structured finance, with a demonstrated record of utilising innovative financial structures, risk-mitigating solutions and credit-enhancing instruments to mobilize capital for various transformative projects.

Ofori-Mante joined the Bank in 2010 as a Principal Financial Analyst. In 2012 he was appointed Chief Financial Analyst in the Financial Technical Services Division of the Treasury Department, (now the Client Solutions Division of the Syndications, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department)