L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
On the occasion of the International Women’s Rights Day, celebrated on 8 March, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that “women play a central role in the future of African football and in the socio-economic development and growth of the African continent”. In recent years, women’s leadership in African […]
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Gilbert Houngbo was elected director-general of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on March 25 in Geneva by the ILO’s Governing Body, which is made up of representatives of governments, workers and employers. He will take office on October 1 for a five-year term and will be the 11th director general of the ILO and the […]
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A Malian national, he will take up his post on 1 April and will also oversee other Central African countries such as Gabon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe. Aboubacar Coulibaly holds a doctorate in medicine from Cheik Anta Diop University in Senegal […]
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The Board of Management of Ethiopian Airlines Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Mesfin Tasew Bekele, as Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines Group, effective March 23, 2022. Mr Mesfin has been a successor to the former CEO of the Airline group, Tewolde GebreMariam whose early retirement request due to health issues has been […]
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Girma Wake, former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, replaces Tewolde GebreMariam who requested the Board of Management of Ethiopian Airlines Group, for early retirement in order for him to focus his full attention to his medical treatment in the USA. In a press release, Ethipian Airlines said that Tewolde GebreMariam has been under medical treatment in […]
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Toyin Tofade is the first Black woman to serve as president in the college’s 141-year history. She begins her term on July 1, 2022. Toyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP, has been selected as the 10th president of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS), following a comprehensive national search. Founded in […]
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Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, originally from Burkina Faso, was awarded the Pritzker Prize on Tuesday 15 March, becoming the first African to receive the architectural profession’s highest honour. Diébédo Francis Kéré, an architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker, chairman of […]
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Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Odimba reorganized the Gabonese government on March 8, 2020. Some ministers have kept their posts, others have been swapped or have left the government. The government now has 38 members, including 13 women, some of whom hold key ministries such as justice, defense, the economy and the ministry responsible for foreign […]
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Originally from Guinea, Adamadia Diallo is a train driver at the Belgian National Railway Company (SNCB), since 2017. She shares her passion for her job on her various social networks under the account “@mama.is_a.traindriver”. Living in Belgium for about 20 years, and mother of 2 children (a 7 and a half year old boy, and […]
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Aissata Koné Sidibé, currently General Manager of Coris Bank International Mali has held this position since February 9, 2022. The Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions of Mali (APBEF) is a non-profit association to which any bank or financial institution operating in Mali is a member. Its objective is to create and maintain cordial […]
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A criminologist and political scientist by training, the Belgian of Congolese origin is one of the 8 laureates selected from around the world this year. The other winners this year are Chantal Hemerijckx (Belgium), Thao Kilbee (Vietnam, Belgium), Monique Ouassa Kouaro (Benin), Rita Ricketts (New Zealand, United Kingdom), Jamila Sedqi (Morocco) and Svetlana Spaic (Yugoslavia, […]
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The Air Madagascar Group announced on February 25 the appointment of Ny Riana Rasolofonjatovo as General Manager of Madagascar Airlines, the company that operates the assets of the national airline Air Madagascar, currently in receivership. Before his appointment Ny Riana Rasolofonjatovo was the Country manager of DHL Global Forwarding in Madagascar, since 2011, before combining […]
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