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The scout for a President for the Africa Development Bank (AFDB) is set as the AFDB holds a public debate between various candidates vying for the position.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA, Ghana) in collaboration with The Center for Global Development (CDG, USA) and The African School of Economics (ASE, Benin) has organized a live streaming debate forum for the candidates contesting the Presidency of the Africa Development Bank.

The AFDB has since opened room for potential aspirants to interact with stakeholders of the Bank, who will in turn, vote and elect a competent candidate into the office of the President.

The live streaming debate forum was held in USA on Thursday April 16, 2015 and carried across several nations including Ghana.

The live telecast of the debate centered on issues pertaining to the Bank's strengths and measures to rectify its weaknesses, the Bank's goals to improve infrastructure in Africa, contributions to the development of the socio-economic fabric of Africa.

During the debate, several questions were posed to the candidates and a paramount issue that cropped up was about the pragmatic steps that the President-to-be would undertake per the Bank's policy to revamp the private sector of the African continent.

The candidates assured the stakeholders that the private sector will be a key sector for them and they would go every inch to improve and increase the private sector.

The AFDB, according to a candidate, must adapt its operations to the Africa economic trends as Africa changes.

The debate which was telecast live to audience at the IEA conference hall saw in attendance the Executive Director of IEA, Mrs. Jean Mensah, IEA Senior Economist, Dr. John Kwakye, bankers and dignitaries from the current government and the erstwhile Kufour government.