L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
The two Africans are among 11 individuals honored this year by the U.S. Department of State for Global Anti-Corruption Day, celebrated every December 9. These personalities, said the U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, “have demonstrated leadership, courage and impact in preventing, exposing and fighting corruption. Other honorees this year are Dorothy Bradley of Belize, […]
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98 Candidates, including 21 Africans, will take part in the election of Miss World 2021, to succeed the Jamaican Toni-Ann Singh, crowned in 2019. The 2020 edition did not take place because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The final of the Miss World 2021 pageant is scheduled for December 17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, specifically […]
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Appointed on Monday, December 6 by Unesco Director General Audrey Azoulay, Lazare Eloundou Assomo, a Cameroonian national, is is the fifth director of the center and the first African to hold this position. He replaces Mechtild Rössler, who retired on September 30, 2021. Lazare Eloundou Assomo will assume his duties as Director of the World […]
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday, December 6, the appointment of George William Okoth-Obbo of Uganda as Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect and the appointment of Sara Beysolow Nyanti of Liberia as the new Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator in South Sudan. […]
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr. Allan Pamba joins the management team of Roche Diagnostics EMEA-LATAM, which is active in 155 countries and supports the corresponding Roche businesses. In countries where there is no Roche subsidiary, the EMEA-LATAM organization works with agents and suppliers to make the full range of diagnostic systems and services available to […]
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A native of Nigeria, Dr Margaret-Mary, whose appointment is effective 5 December 2021, is also the group’s executive vice president. She will lead UnitedHealth’s clinical innovations, with a particular focus on improving health equity. Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson succeeds Dr. Richard Migliori, who has been with the company for 25 years and served as medical director […]
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Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, announced on Thursday 2 December, the appointment of Zurina Saban as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Her appointment takes effect from December 1, 2021. As a member of Africa50’s senior leadership team, Zurina. Saban will be the principal advisor of the firm for all legal and corporate secretariat matters. […]
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A member of the Landless People Movement political party, for which she was the national spokesperson, she was unanimously elected as the new mayor of Windhoek City Council on December 1. Windhoek has a population of around 450,000. Te Mayor of Windhoek is the political head of Council and its Chairperson. Like other elected municipal […]
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The Board of Directors of Santam Limited announced on Wednesday, December 1, the appointment of Tavaziva (‘Tava’) Madzinga to succeed Lizé Lambrechts as CEO of Santam Group, effective July 1, 2022. He will be appointed as an executive member of the Board of Directors of Santam, effective April 1, 2022. Santam is one of South […]
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Martine Musau Muele, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been chosen by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante to become the new Chair of the city’s City Council. Her appointment will be ratified by the Montreal City Council at its meeting on Monday, November 29. On the sidelines of the first regular meeting of […]
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Appointed Ecobank Cluster Head in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the current Managing Director of Ecobank Cameroon, in addition to her current position, will oversee all business activities of Ecobank’s subsidiaries in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad and São Tomé. Gwendoline Abunaw, the group explains, will continue to […]
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Africanshapers dedicates a special report to Portuguese-speaking Africa, this “other Africa”, which is sometimes forgotten. The African countries with an official Portuguese language (PALOP) are Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Equatorial Guinea, which in 2011 added Portuguese as a third official language, in addition to Spanish and French. Below is […]
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