Author: Patrick Ndungidi

A Cameroonian national and current World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, she will take up her post on 1 September, according to bangladeshpost.net. Mercy Miyang Tembon is an experienced international development professional who has worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America for over 30 years. She is the World Bank’s Country Director […]

Adissa Barry, who has lived in the US for over 30 years, is the owner of the electrical construction company “Tei Electrical Solutions”, which has a turnover of about $25 million. She is one of the few female owners of a construction company in the US and also invests in the purchase of real estate. […]

While in 2017, only 3 women were elected as governors of a city in Kenya, for the August 9 elections, 7 women were elected as governors, 6 of whom are the first women to be elected as governors of their respective cities, after hotly contested electoral battles. The seventh was re-elected to her position, having […]

Shelter Afrique (SHAF), a pan-African housing development financier, announced on Tuesday, August 16, the appointment of Thierno Habib Hann as its new CEO, succeeding Andrew Chimphondah who left the company earlier this year. Originally from Guinea (Conakry), Thierno Habib Hann has over 20 years of experience in strategic positions in the banking sector and multilateral […]

Twenty-five leaders from 23 countries have been selected for the prestigious 2022 Eisenhower Global Fellowship Program, which consists of six weeks of intensive mid-career development in the United States. Now in its 69th year, the program is named after the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, and brings together innovative leaders from all […]

At the end of the meeting of the Board of Directors held on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at the institution’s headquarters, Birahim Diouf is appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Central Depository/Settlement Bank, the structure of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Regional Financial Market in charge of centralization, custody of securities, the […]

The African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General in the Cabinet Office of the Bank Group’s President, with effect from 16 August 2022. Dr. Mubiru, a Ugandan national, brings close to 25 years of experience to the position, with a proven track record in the various positions he has held at […]

The Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands has appointed Dr Musonda Mumba as the new Secretary General of the Convention. Dr Mumba will be the seventh Secretary General, succeeding Ms Martha Rojas Urrego who has served the Convention for the past six years. The Convention on Wetlands is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the […]

PwC Africa announced on July 25 the election of Anastacia Tshesane as the new chair of the firm’s Africa Governance Council. Anastacia Tshesane is the first female partner to be elected by her peers on the Governance Council for Africa to hold this prestigious position. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2022. In addition to […]

Established in 1972 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as the authoritative voice for the global environment. Prior to his appointment as Deputy […]