L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
Bola Adesola has been appointed chairman of the board of Ecobank Nigeria, the first woman to hold the position, while Titilayo Olujobi and Bimbola Wright have been appointed non-executive directors. Ecobank Nigeria said in a statement that the new board members have distinguished themselves in their various careers, bringing with them a wealth of experience […]
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The United Nations Development Programme announced, on september 27, that Dr. Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin has taken a role as Chief Innovation Officer within UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa, taking the lead in launching timbuktoo, a revolutionary private-public Youth Start-up Innovation Financing Facility for Africa. “Fostering digitalization and empowering youth to lead in developing Africa’s future […]
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Originally from Cameroon, he was elected in Frankfurt (with 29%) on behalf of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), during the legislative elections held on Sunday, September 26. To everyone’s surprise, Armand Zorn beat the one who was considered the favorite, the CDU deputy Axel Kaufmann, as well as Deborah Düring (Greens). The CDU had won […]
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Amrote Abdella, an Ethiopian national, will be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after serving as Africa Director for Microsoft’s “4Afrika” initiative, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud computing platform for Amazon’s cloud services. AWS brings together more than 100 services in various categories such as cloud […]
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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”), Karim A.A. Khan QC of the United Kingdom, announced on September 17 the appointment of 17 eminent experts as Special Advisors, in accordance with the provisions of Article 42(9) of the Rome Statute. The Special Advisors to the Prosecutor, says the ICC, are outstanding […]
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The South African will take up her position at the end of December 2021 and will succeed Simon Everest who will retire in December after 20 years with The Coca-Cola Company. Prior to her appointment, Fora Jika was director of logistics at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA). Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is Coca-Cola’s eighth largest […]
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A native of Gabon who was appointed to the position on September 8, Henri-Max Ndong Nzue served as secretary general and director of the Americas for “Total Marketing and Services,” after serving as managing director of Total Gabon from 2015 to 2019. Henri-Max Ndong Nzue is the very first African to head Total Energies’ exploration […]
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Originally from Burundi, Arielle Kayabaga was elected as the Member of Parliament for London West, the first Francophone and the first Black woman to be elected as a Member of Parliament in this riding since its creation in 1968. In 2018, at the age of 28, she was also the first black woman elected to […]
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She will be in charge of the YouTube Music business and partnership teams in sub-Saharan Africa and will report to the head of music for YouTube Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Originally from Nigeria, she had joined YouTube in 2018 as head of content partnerships for Africa before being promoted in March 2020 to […]
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The announcement of the appointment of Grace Muliisa was made by Kim Kariisa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecobank Uganda. She succeeds Annette Wabunoha Kihuguru, who retired after a distinguished 30-year banking career, the last eight years of which were spent with Ecobank Uganda, first as Executive Director and most recently as Acting […]
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H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete joined the Global Partnership for Education as Chair of the Board of Directors in September 2021. Elected in May 2021, he took office on Wednesday September 15, and will have as his vice chair Dr. Susan Liautaud, Chair of the Board of the London School of Economics and Political Science and GPE […]
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Kenza Ait Si Abbou was born in Morocco, and from a young age, it is reported, she was solving math problems faster than her mother was creating new ones. Today, she is responsible for robotics and artificial intelligence at Deutsche Telekom, the largest German and European telecommunications company. Her first book “Keine Panik, ist nur […]
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