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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced on January 26, the appointment of a board of trustees, with Strive Masiyiwa, Baroness Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Thomas J. Tierney, and Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman joining co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates as members. The board members will work alongside Gates and French Gates, bringing independent […]
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The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) of the Global Reporting Initiative has selected 20 members to participate in the global working group that will develop the content of a sector standard for the mining sector that addresses the impacts of organizations in this sector. The Global Reporting Initiative is an independent international standard-setting body for […]
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The position of Senior Vice President of Technology and Society at Google is a newly-created position. American citizen and native of Zimbabwe, James Manyika will report directly to the CEO of Alphabet, Sundar Pichai. James Manyika’s role works on “shaping and sharing” the company’s view on the way tech affects society, the economy and the […]
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Aliko Dangote is completing “Dangote Oil refinery”, his $19.5 billion mega-refinery project, which is expected to begin production by the end of the third trimester of 2022. Since 2020, its commissioning has often been postponed due to delays in the completion of the work with the pandemic. Aliko Dangote announced the launch of the refinery’s […]
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The WorldFish Board of Directors announced on 21 January that it has appointed Dr Essam Yassin Mohammed, from Eritrea, as Interim Director General of WorldFish from January 2022. Based in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia, WorldFish describes itself as an international non-profit research and innovation organisation that reduces hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Africa, Asia and the […]
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The appointment of Wangui Mbugua, it is explained, is expected to take Uber Eats to an even higher growth trajectory. Wangui Mbugua’s responsibilities include continuing the growth of Uber’s delivery services in Kenya, where the new CEO says the increasing demand for a variety of delivery services indicates a trend that she expects to continue […]
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Marwa Abbas, whose appointment was announced on Monday 17 January, succeeds Wael Abdoush, who has been appointed IBM’s general manager for the Gulf region, the Arab Mashreq and Pakistan. As general manager of IBM Egypt, Marwa Abbas will manage all business operations of the company, in addition to her technical role of driving business growth […]
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Rosette Chantal Rugamba, a 24-year veteran of the African ecotourism and protected areas sector, and Dr Paula Kahumbu, one of Africa’s best-known wildlife conservationists joined on 1 January 2022. Rosette Chantal Ruganba, a 24-year veteran of the African ecotourism and protected areas sector, and Dr Paula Kahumbu, one of Africa’s best-known wildlife conservationists joined the […]
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Born in the DRC, raised in the US and currently living in Germany, Freda Katunda won the Social Hero award from Global Digital Women GmbH (Germany) in December 2021 for her startup LEAP. In partnership with UNICEF, the London School of Economics, international universities and African organizations, among others, LEAP offers affordable and accessible training […]
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Standard Chartered (the Group) announced on January 13 the appointment of Dr. Sandie Okoro as Group General Counsel. She will be reporting to Group CEO, Bill Winters and be based in the UK. Sandie Okoro will join the Standard Chartered Group in early-April 2022. She replaces David Fein, who retired as Group General Counsel at […]
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Kenyan national Paula Kahumbu is one of five new members of the Board of Trustees of the National Geographic Society, the renowned 134-year-old organisation. The five new members, whose appointments were announced on 12 January, took up their positions on 1 January. The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit organisation specialising in geography, archaeology, […]
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USAID/Prosper Africa has awarded a $1.98 million co-investment grant to Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam’s Yolélé and Simballa Sylla’s Mali Shi SA, which it says will boost Mali’s fonio exports and create 13,700 jobs. The ancient grain fonio has been grown as a subsistence crop in West Africa for over 5000 years. A new venture in […]
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