L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
The United Nations University (UNU) has announced on May 2 the appointment of six new members to the UNU Council. The new appointees, who will serve six-year terms (2022‒2028), will formally take office on 4 May and will participate in the upcoming 77th Session of the UNU Council on 30–31 May. The six new UNU […]
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Originally from Sierra Leone, he will be joining a collective of creatives and overseeing the artistic direction of the brand created by Virgil Abloh who passed away on 28 November 2021. Ibrahim’s relationship with Virgil and Off-White™, it’s explained, born and nurtured through DM messages on Instagram, blossomed both personally and professionally in the last […]
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Her appointment will take effect on August 1, 2022. The mission of the School of Engineering Sciences is to serve the country (Ghana) and the world by graduating highly talented and broadly educated engineers, conducting cutting-edge multi-disciplinary research in engineering, building partnerships with industries and engaging in technology transfer from basic research. Prof. Elsie Effah […]
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As CTO, the Kenyan Jack Ngare joins the office of the chief technology officer (CTO) of Google cloud. Google recently announced the upcoming opening in Nairobi of its first product development center in Africa. Since August 2019, Jack Ngare was the general manager of Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC), Microsoft’s first technology innovation center in […]
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Cheick-Oumar Sylla will be based in Cairo, Egypt, and will lead the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) investment and advisory services teams in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. IFC’s portfolio in North Africa currently stands at US$1.58 billion. Cheick-Oumar Sylla is responsible for leading IFC’s strategy to support private sector growth and job creation in […]
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Larbi Alaoui Belrhiti has been promoted CEO Of Jumia Express Logistics and will now oversee Jumia’s operations in Africa. Jumia, it is explained, has built over 10 years a unique logistics platform in Africa, offering efficient delivery services thanks to its “in-house” technology, its 700 partners and its strong physical presence (nearly 3,000 points of […]
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Appointed on Monday April 25, Gugu Ndebele succeeds Reverend Canon Dr Vicentia Kgabe, who became the first woman deputy chairperson of Rhodes University Council in 2020. Dr Kgabe was, in 2021, elected the Bishop for the Diocese of Lesotho. Located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Rhodes is a small university […]
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Fairtrade has announced, on Monday 25 april, the appointment of its new Global CEO, Sandra Uwera, who steps into the role following the departure of Dr. Nyagoy Nyong’o, who served as Interim Global CEO until 31 March 2022. Fairtrade is an international organisation whose mission is to change the way trade works through better prices, […]
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The Chef from Congo Brazzaville is one of four personalities to receive this award which “recognises and celebrates the unsung heroes of the hospitality industry who are taking meaningful action and creating plans for a better world”. The international 50 Best organisation announced on 25 April its three Champions of Change 2022, hospitality heroes who […]
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Employing only women and run by women, “Bilan,” which means “bright and clear” in the Somali language, offers women a safe workspace and the power to choose what they report and how they cover it. Somalia’s first-ever women-staffed and -led media unit is made up of six women (five journalists and an editor) and is […]
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After resigning and being reappointed as Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, Patrick Achi, has presented a new government of 32 members (41 members in the previous one) in which two new personalities have entered, notably Françoise Remarck, President of the Board of Directors of Canal+ Côte d’Ivoire, appointed Minister of Culture and Francophonie, replacing Arlette […]
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Benedict Lombe, 30, a British Congolese playwright based in London is the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She received the award on Monday April 11at at Shakespeare’s Globe in London for his first play “Lava,” a one-woman memoir-monologue that deals with Black identity and displacement. Benedict Lombe won this award against 9 other […]
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