Chioma Nnadi Appointed as Head of Editorial Content, British Vogue

On Monday September 18, the Condé Nast group announced the appointment of Chioma Nnadi as head of editorial content for British Vogue. She will start overseeing British Vogue on October 9 and will be based in London. She replaces Edward Enninful, Vogue’s British Editor-in-Chief and Vogue’s European Editorial Director. Nnadi has spent thirteen years at […]

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Cameroonian Trésor Penku appointed Africa Managing Director of the Spanish Football League (La Liga)

The appointment of La Liga’s new Africa General Manager was announced at two events organized by the league on September 12 at The Venue in Morningside, Johannesburg, and on September 14 at the Young Blood Gallery in Cape Town. In Africa, La Liga teams are present at the Celta Vigo academy in Evaton (South Africa) […]

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Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté wins Falling Walls 2023 award for science and innovation

Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté from Burkina Faso, principal investigator at Target Malaria Burkina Faso and a leading figure in medical entomology and parasitology, is one of 10 global winners of the prestigious Falling Walls Award for Science and Innovation. Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté is head of medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Health Sciences Research […]

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Italy: Angel Bipendu wins “Caravella” award

The nun, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was awarded the prize for her commitment to migrant rescue operations in Lampedusa, which saved the lives of 47,282 migrants of African origin, reports Vatican Radio. She was awarded the prize at the 15th edition of the Mediterranean Journalists Festival in Otranto, Italy, which closed on […]

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Fanfan Rwanyindo appointed Director for Africa at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

On 6 September, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo of Togo, announced the appointment of Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa of Rwanda as Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa of the ILO, effective 1 October. She will be based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the […]

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Senegalese entrepreneur Siny Samba wins AGRA’s 2023 Grand Prize for Women Agripreneurs

On 6 September, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced the winners of the 2023 Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA2023), at the African Food Systems Forum (AGRF2023) being held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, until 8 September. Now in their third year, the WAYA awards recognise African agripreneurs who have […]

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Alex Okosi appointed Managing Director of Google Africa

On Tuesday, September 5, Gooogle has announced the appointment of Alex Okosi as the new Managing Director of its activities on the African continent. Originally from Nigeria, he replaces his compatriot Juliet Ehimuan, who recently resigned from her position. Google has been operating in Africa for over a decade and has offices in Ghana, Kenya, […]

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Who is Florence Loan-Messan, the first woman to be elected President of the Côte d’Ivoire Bar?

The lawyer was elected at the elective general meeting of the Côte d’Ivoire Bar Association, held on Saturday July 29, 2023. She will take office in October 2024 for a 3-year term, becoming the first woman to hold this position within this professional order created in 1959. The Côte d’Ivoire Bar Association brings together lawyers […]

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UN: Gerardine Mukeshimana appointed Vice-President of IFAD

On Tuesday August 01, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Spanish economist Alvaro Lario, announced, on July 31, the appointment of Rwandan Gerardine Mukeshimana as Vice-President of IFAD. She will take office on August 28 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency […]

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Interview. Alain Okan Mboma: “My ambition is to show that Congolese productions can reach the whole world”

Entrepreneur and founder of the Kinshasa-based production company “Inrise Production”, Alain Okan Mboma is the author of the cartoon “Noah de Coco”, conceived entirely in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and soon to be broadcast on TV5Monde, Gully Africa and Trace TV. The aim is to use a cartoon character to introduce children around the […]

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IFC Appoints Josiane Kwenda as Country Manager for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea, and Togo

On Friday 21 July, the International Finance Corporation announced the appointment of Josiane Kwenda as Regional Representative for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea and Togo. IFC’s focus in in Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea, and Togo includes supporting agribusiness value chains, helping to bridge infrastructure and connectivity gaps, promoting digital inclusion, supporting affordable housing, strengthening the healthcare […]

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Angola: Vera Cristina dos Anjos Tangue Escórcio appointed Chairwoman of the IGAPE

The new Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for the Management of State Assets and Holdings replaces Patrício Bicudo Vilar, who has headed IGAPE since 2019, according to a document from the Angolan Ministry of Finance, signed by the Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa. The Institute for the Management […]

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