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“How Education Experience Enriches Lives and Allows Students to Conquer Their Possibilities”, By Dr. Alain S. Miatudila, Sr.

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Last June, Dr. Alain Senga Miatudila, Sr. received the 2021 National Organization for Student Success Award for Outstanding Alumnus of a Student Success Program. This award recognizes an alumnus of a student success program who has distinguished himself/herself in an educational career and other areas of life. In this essay, Dr. Miatudila recounts his journey […]

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United Kingdom: Eva Omaghomi appointed Director of Community Engagement for Prince Charles

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Originally from Nigeria, she will take on this newly created position aimed at improving diversity within the royal services is to strengthen relations between the royal family and minority groups. The English royal family has faced criticism of racism after the interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle. Eva Omaghomi has, for the […]

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Elvira Dyangani Ose, first woman to direct the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona

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The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) has announced that Elvira Dyangani Ose will be its next director, for a five-year term. She becomes the first woman to head the museum since its creation in 1995. For her part, Oluremi C. Onabanjo has been appointed curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in […]

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Tunji Balogun named President and CEO of Def Jam Recordings

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Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music entertainment company, announced on Tuesday, August 10, the appointment of renowned A&R (Artists and Repertoire) executive Tunji Balogun as president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings, effective January 1, 2022. In conjunction with Balogun’s appointment as President and CEO, the label has also named the Nicki Farag […]

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Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu named head of content acquisition for Amazon Prime in Africa

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A Nigerian national, she was director of West Africa for M-Net, a South African television channel owned by the Naspers group, and similar to Canal+ in its operation. Prime Video is a video on demand service created by Amazon and present in many countries. A competitor to Netflix, it offers movies, series and TV shows […]

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WHO: Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu charged with protecting the world from future pandemics and epidemics

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The Nigerian physician is the new director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence Centre. Based in Berlin, Germany, the Center was inaugurated on September 1 by German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. Its mission is to provide the world with better data, analysis and decisions […]

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Senegalese Samba Salfal Seye, new Managing Director of Total Nigeria

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Dr. Samba Seye, whose appointment is effective September 1, 2021, replaces Imrane Barry, who has been reassigned to TotalEnergies SE headquarters in Paris. Dr. Samba Seye is described as a seasoned professional with work experience in several countries. He holds a PhD in fluid mechanics from the University of Science and Technology in Lille, France, […]

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Argentina Matavel Piccin, new UNFPA Director for West and Central Africa

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Argentina Matavel Piccin, a Mozambican national, was appointed to this position by the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Natalia Kanem. The new regional director of UNFPA’s West and Central Africa regional office took office on September 3 in Dakar, Senegal, replacing Senegalese Mabingue Ngom, who was assigned to other duties. […]

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Ugandan Melizsa Mugyenyi named CEO of Graça Machel Trust

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Her appointment was announced on Tuesday, September 7, by Madame Graҫa Machel, founder and chair of the Graҫa Machel Trust, former Minister of Culture and Education of Mozambique, former First Lady of Mozambique and former First Lady of South Africa. Melizsa Mugyenyi took office on Monday, September 6. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Graça […]

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Boris Bilé Coffi appointed CEO of BGFIBank Europe and Francesco De Musso appointed ADG of BGFIBank DRC

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Boris Bilé Coffi of Côte d’Ivoire has been appointed Managing Director of BGFIBank Europe, based in Paris. He succeeds Francesco De Musso of Congo-Brazzaville, who has been appointed Director General of BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). BGFIBank Group is an international financial group with 2,300 employees in 11 countries: Benin, Cameroon, Congo, […]

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Noellie Cécile Tiendrebreogo, new Managing Director of EcoBank Burkina Faso

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Since August 2021, Noellie Noellie Tiendrebeogo is the new General Manager of Ecobank Burkina Faso, an institution she had left in July 2019, after spending 14 years there. She had been appointed CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Burkina Faso, becoming the first female CEO of a bank in Burkina Faso and the only […]

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Elizabeth Adefioye appointed Director of Human Resources for multinational Emerson

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A native of Nigeria, Emerson’s new and first “Chief People Officer” was, since 2016, vice president and director of human resources of the American multinational Ingredion, which specializes in the production of food raw materials. Founded in 1890 and a Fortune 500 company, Emerson Electric Company, commonly referred to as Emerson , headquartered in St. […]

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