UN: G.William Okoth-Obbo appointed Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, Sara Beysolow appointed Representative to South Sudan

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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Dr. Allan Pamba appointed Africa Network Lead of the Swiss multinational Roche

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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USA: Dr Margaret-Mary Wilson appointed Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealth Group

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 appoints Zurina Saban as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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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Namibia:Sade Gawanas,32,elected mayor of Windhoek

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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Zimbabwean Tavaziva Madzinga appointed CEO of South African Santam Group

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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Canada: Martine Musau Muele to chair Montreal City Council

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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Gwendoline Abunaw appointed Ecobank Cluster Head CEMAC

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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Focus on 100 personalities from Portuguese-speaking Africa

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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Miss Universe 2021: Meet the 9 candidates who will represent Africa

The 70th edition of Miss Universe will take place on December 12 in the southern Israeli resort of Eilat and will feature 80 contestants from around the world. This year’s contestants will travel to Israel in the coming weeks to compete in national costumes, evening gowns and swimsuits. They will also test their public speaking […]

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Abena Osei-Poku is the new Chairperson of the Ghana Stock Exchange

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Council has announced, on November 17,  the appointment of Mrs. Abena Osei-Poku as the Chairperson of the Council, effective October 14, 2021.She is the second female in twenty-six years to become the Chairperson of the Exchange after Mrs. Gloria Nikoi of blessed memory. She takes over from Mr. Ray Anselm […]

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Amini Kajunju,new Chief Operating Officer of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center

Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amini Kajunju assumed her position in September 2021. Founded in 2018, the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) aims to amplify the voices of women and girls in all spheres of life by increasing the representation of women in public service leadership positions […]

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