L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
Kenya’s Eric Odhiambo has been appointed executive director of Ecobank’s corporate and investment banking arm, while Nigeria’s Chinedu Ikwudinma is the new Group Chief Risk Officer. Eric Odhiambo replaces Akin Dada, who recently retired at the age of 60. Prior to his appointment, Eric Odhiambo was the Group Chief Risk Officer since September 2017, when […]
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In a press release issued on Wednesday 5 January and signed by its President, Antoinette Sassou N’Guesso, First Lady of the Republic of Congo, the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, announced the appointment of Leyla Gozo, from Togo, as its new Executive Secretary, effective 1 January. Formerly […]
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On 1 January, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Amanda Khozi Mukwashi of Zambia as UN Resident Coordinator in Lesotho. Edward Kallon of Sierra Leone has been appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe, effective 6 January. Amanda Khozi Mukwashi holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick, UK, and a Bachelor […]
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Born in Ethiopia, Henone K. Girm is leaving the Africa Center in Harlem, where she worked as a programme manager, to join the Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey. Her new appointment was announced on Monday 3 January and she officially took up her post on the same day. The Newark Museum of Art, […]
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In 2021, several Congolese personalities or those of Congolese origin were appointed or elected to positions of responsibility in the DRC or abroad, while others won awards in various fields. Let’s take a look at these Congolese honored in 2021. Deborah Kayembe, First Black Person Elected as Rector of the University of Edinburgh On February […]
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The STARZ media group announced on 16 December the development of “Queen Nzinga”, produced by Nigerian-American actress Yetide Badaki, Nigerian producer Mo Abudu, American artist and producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Steven S. DeKnight, producer of the “Spartacus” series, among others. The scripted drama series will chronicle the amazing life of the famed African […]
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The Unesco Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met online from 13 to 18 December and inscribed, for this year 2021, 4 new elements on the List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, including one cultural element from Africa, and 39 new elements on the Representative List of the […]
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De Beers Group announced, on December 14, the appointment of the South African Thembinkosi Moses Madondo as Managing Director of De Beers Group Managed Operations, effective from 1 January 2022, following the announcement that Nompumelelo ‘Mpumi’ Zikalala will leave the business to take up the position of CEO of Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore business. […]
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United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced on december 14, the appointment of Joyce Msuya of the United Republic of Tanzania as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. A national of the United Republic of Tanzania, Joyce Msuya, who succeeds Ursula Mueller of […]
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The global oil and gas sector has been a male-dominated industry for many years. According to a study conducted by McKinsey in 2020, women make up just 15% percent of the world’s oil and gas workforce; 17% of the power and utilities sector and 32% of the renewable energy workforce. In Africa and the Middle […]
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Oxford University announced Dec. 13 that its senior research fellow, Patricia Kingori has, this term, become one of the youngest women to be awarded a full professorship in Oxford’s 925-year history and the youngest Black professor at Oxford or Cambridge. Professor Kingori, a sociologist based at Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and […]
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Originally from Rwanda, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy has held this position since November 2021. She has lived for long periods in Ethiopia, France, Kenya and South Africa, where she still resides. Prior to her appointment, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy was head of Meta’s (formerly Facebook) strategic media partnerships with media in sub-Saharan Africa. Her team worked with news, entertainment […]
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