L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
On July 22, Anglo-Australian multinational mining group Rio Tinto announced the appointment of Guinean Aboubacar Koulibaly as CEO of Rio Tinto Guinea, effective the same day. He will head up the Simandou project, the largest mining and related infrastructure project in Africa. The mining group said Aboubacar Koulibaly, 53, joins the management team at a […]
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An independent member of the bank’s Board of Directors since January 2020, she was unanimously chosen by the 13 directors, including 6 independent directors, on the Board of Rawbank, the leading bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rawbank currently serves over 500,000+ corporate, SME and individual customers through a network of 100 outlets in […]
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On Monday July 1, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced the election and re-election of the members of its International Court of Arbitration for a second three-year term (2024-2027), from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027. The Court comprises 191 members representing 119 jurisdictions. The ICC International Court of Arbitration is an institution […]
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On July 8, the World Bank announced the appointment of Senegalese Ndiamé Diop as Country Director for Nigeria. Based in Abudja, he took up his new position on July 1, 2024. In his new role, he will lead the World Bank team in Nigeria and deepen policy dialogue and partnership with the Nigerian government and […]
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The World Bank Group announced on July 1 that Senegalese Fatou Fall becomes the Joint Resident Representative of the World Bank Group for Djibouti, a newly-created position. Fatou Fall is currently the World Bank’s Resident Representative in Djibouti. Prior to that, she served as the World Bank’s first Liaison Officer / Resident Representative for Cape […]
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Pioneering Congolese women took part in the struggle for DRC independence proclaimed on June 30, 1960. Others were politically active during the troubled post-independence period, marked in particular by the Mulelist rebellion and the secession of Katanga. These women leaders, often overlooked in accounts of anti-colonial protest movements, played an important role in reconciliation and […]
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On the sidelines of the 112th International Labour Conference, held in Geneva from June 3 to 14, 2024, and attended by delegates from the 187 member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO), a number of prominent figures were elected to the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO), the executive body of the […]
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The experienced banker has been appointed on Thursday June 6 in Lomé, at the Annual General Meeting of Ecobank, the leading pan-African private-sector banking group, operating in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in France, the UK, the United Arab Emirates and China. Papa Madiaw Ndiaye replaces the retiring Cameroonian Alain Nkontchou, who […]
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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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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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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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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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