3 Congolese women on the front line of Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to the DRC

The inaugural flight between Doha and Kinshasa landed at N’djili international airport on Saturday June 1, 2024, bringing the total number of African destinations served by Qatar Airways to 29. With this new route, Qatar Airways says it has opened a new gateway to Africa, linking the DRC with Europe, the Middle East and Asia. […]

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ICC: Déborah Tshidibi Sabanga crowned “Best speaker” in mock trial competition

The third edition of the French-language moot court competition was organized from May 21 to 24, 2024 by The Hague Academy of International Law, with the support of the French Embassy in the Netherlands. 42 universities from 17 countries took part in the competition, according to a press release from the International Criminal Court (ICC). […]

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Cameroonian Judith Yah Sunday elected Chairwoman of the Rascom Board of Directors

The Cameroonian has been elected at the 74th meeting of the Board of Directors of the African Regional Satellite Communications Organization (Rascom), held from May 22 to 24 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Created on May 27, 1992 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Rascom is a pan-African intergovernmental organization made up of 45 countries, whose mission is to […]

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Esther Cecil Maruma, 38, new Managing Director of Bank of Africa Tanzania

A seasoned banker with over 17 years’ experience in financial services, her appointment took effect on May 6. Prior to this, Esther Cecil Maruma was Head of Global Markets in Institutional and Investment Banking at Absa Bank Tanzania (formerly Barclays Bank).  Bank of Africa Tanzania is part of the BMCE Group, which operates in 18 […]

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IFC Appoints Mehita Fanny as Country Manager for Comoros, Eswatini, Madagascar and Mozambique

IFC has announced, on April 4, the appointment of the Ivorian Mehita Fanny as Country Manager for Comoros, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Seychelles. Her appointment took  effect on April 1, 2024 and she is based in Maputo. In her new role, Mehita Fanny will oversee IFC’s activities across the five countries while managing a multidisciplinary […]

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Judith Suminwa, First woman appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Her appointment by the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, was announced on Monday April 1. Since March 2023, Judith Suminwa has been Minister of State in charge of Planning and Chairman of the DRC Executive Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Judith Suminwa has over 20 years’ national and […]

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Fatiya Diene Mazza, the creative and innovative Senegalese Architect

Architect Fatiya Diene Mazza designed the new R+10 Tower for Radio-Télévision sénégalaise (RTS) and the refurbishment of the former building of the Senegalese public media, which will be inaugurated on Wednesday 20 March by the President of Senegal, Macky Sall. She is also the “brains” behind the design, modelling and construction of the emblematic Diamniadio […]

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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede returns to the helm of the Access Corporation group

Ten years after leaving the group he co-founded with his friend and business partner Herbet Wigwe, who died in the USA on 9 February, nigerian banker and businessman Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede has been appointed non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Access Corporation Group, parent company of Access Bank and other subsidiaries of the group. “Access […]

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Diaretou Madina Gaye Dieng appointed President of Schneider Electric’s Francophone Africa & Islands Cluster

On Monday March 11, Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Senegalese Diaretou Madina Gaye Dieng as President of the Francophone Africa & Islands Cluster. She will be based in Casablanca, where the Cluster is headquartered. In her new role, explains Schneider Electric, Diaretou Dieng will lead the group’s activities in more than sixty countries, including […]

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Ethiopian Airlines: Captain Kalkidan Girma at the helm of an all-female flight

To mark International Women’s Rights Day, celebrated on March 8, 2024, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading aviation group, organized, as it does every year, an all-female flight. This year’s flight was from Addis Ababa to London Heathrow, with Captain Kalkidan Girma, Ethiopia’s first female Airbus A350 captain, as lead pilot. The flight was preceded by a […]

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DRC: Rodolphe Kembukuswa and Eldon Khuty appointed to Africa Global Logistics (AGL)

Rodolphe Kembukuswa, a Congolese national, has been appointed Country Manager of Africa Global Logistics (formerly Bolloré Africa Logistics) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, based in Kinshasa, while Eldon Khuty, also a Congolese national, is the new General Manager of Africa Global Logistics in the province of Katanga, based in Lubumbashi. He replaces Rodolphe Kembukuswa. […]

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Finance :Three women bankers appointed CEOs

As part of the restructuring of First National Bank of Namibia’s (FNB) management committee, following the departure of its former Managing Director, Erwin Tjipuka, FNB, Namibia’s largest and most successful commercial bank, announced on 26 January that Nangula Kauluma has been appointed CEO of FNB Retail Banking, while Sepo Haihambo has been appointed CEO of […]

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