L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
Olebile Makhupe will take over as Managing Director on July 1, 2023. Meanwhile, it’s explained, she will work closely with outgoing Managing Director Sybrand Coetzee to ensure a smooth transition in the leadership of Bank Gaborone. Following the acquisition of a controlling stake of 68.7% in Capricorn Investment Holdings Botswana Limited which in turn holds […]
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Ecobank Group has announced, on February 20, the appointment of Ghanaian career banker, Mrs. Josephine Anan-Ankomah as the Regional Executive, Central, Eastern and Southern African (CESA) and Managing Director, Ecobank Kenya. She replaces Senegalese Cheikh Travaly who retired in December 2022 after 21 years at the Bank and after attaining the mandatory retirement age of […]
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Dr. Rose Mwebaza of Uganda has been appointed the new Director of the United Nations Environment Program’s Regional Office for Africa. She brings with her 20 years of experience on a wide range of climate change, environment and sustainable development issues. The UN Environment Africa office is located in Nairobi, Kenya. The agency also has […]
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Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr. Jean Kaseya has been elected this Saturday, February 18 by the African Heads of State, as Director General of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The election took place on the sidelines of the 36th African Union Summit, which is being held from February […]
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At the end of its Extraordinary General Assembly, held virtually on Monday January 30, 2023, the West African Bankers’ Association (WABA) elected a new Executive Committee. The meeting was attended by members from the following countries: Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal (representing all banks in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The Cameroonian […]
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Aminata Maiga of Côte d’Ivoire as UN Resident Coordinator in Senegal and Christine N. Umutoni of Rwanda as UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia. They will take up their new positions on February 1. Ms. Aminata Maiga brings more than 25 years of experience in economic policy and international […]
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BPR Bank Rwanda, a subsidiary of KCB Group (Kenya Commercial Bank) and the largest banking network in Rwanda, has appointed Patience Mutesi as the new managing director of the bank effective February 1, 2023. BPR is the largest banking network in Rwanda with 154 branches helping people, businesses and communities to thrive since 1975. The […]
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A Ghanaian national, Abiola Bawuah was the Regional Director of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in West Africa overseeing 9 countries including Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal and Guinea. Her appointment is effective since 26 January 2023. She becomes the first female CEO of the UBA Group […]
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Chiva-Som, one of the world’s leading luxury spa and wellness destinations, announced on Jan. 3 the launch of a new online naturopathic and nutritional consultation program specifically for children, to be headed by new naturopath Patience Sangwa, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was living in South Africa. Located in Hua Hin (Thaland), Chiva-Som […]
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Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, the current president, since 2017, of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), will become the 20th president of Columbia University on July 1, 2023. She is a distinguished economist who for more than three decades has served in senior leadership roles across a range of prominent international and academic […]
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The 3 centres are part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global partnership of international organisations involved in food security research that includes 15 research centres, donors and advisory bodies. Dr. Simeon Ehui from Côte d’Ivoire has been appointed Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Professor Appolinaire Djikeng […]
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Aminata Ndiaye Niang has been appointed deputy CEO of Sonatel, effective January 1, 2023. She is also senior vice president at Orange Middle East and Africa. The leading telecommunications operator in Senegal, 42% owned by the Orange Group, the Sonatel Group offers global telecommunications solutions in the areas of fixed-line, mobile, Internet, television and data […]
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