L'actualité inédite des acteurs d'une Afrique en pleine mutation
As well as being appointed Managing Director, the Congolese banker will also be head of corporate and investment banking at Standard Bank DRC. She replaces Amedeo Anniciello, who retired in March 2023. Standard Bank is one of the largest investment banks in the DRC. It has injected more than $300 million into the Congolese economy […]
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Sarah Mensah, currently Nike’s Vice President and General Manager for North America, will become President of Jordan Brand, the first woman to hold this position. Established in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Nike brand, Jordan Brand, named after former Chicago Bulls NBA player Michael Jordan, specializes in the production of sports footwear, apparel and […]
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Written in Italian and entitled “Giù le mani dall’Africa!”, the book, prefaced by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a collection of speeches and homilies given by Pope Francis during his recent apostolic trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. The Vatican Publishing Bookshop announced on Monday, May 22, the publication […]
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The Gambian banker is the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria and West Africa since December 2018. In his new position, he will still be based in Nigeria . In Africa, Standard Chartered Bank operates in 16 countries: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, […]
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Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum and Peter Piot has been honoured for their tireless commitment to health. The ceremony took place on Sunday 21 May, during the high-level opening session of the 76th World Health Assembly. The Global Health Leaders Award was established in 2019 by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He presented the two winners with […]
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Francia Marquez is the highest ranking Colombian authority to visit African countries in 26 years. “I am the first Afro-descendant woman vice-president of our country to come here today. My ancestors left these lands 400 years ago in slavery and today I am coming back in freedom, without chains, and as vice-president of the Republic […]
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Following a comprehensive national search, explains a press remease, Morgan State University President David K. Wilson and Provost Hongtao Yu, have appointed a new dean of the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P). Distinguished global professor Abimbola O. Asojo, Ph.D., will take lead of the rising architectural school, effective August 2, 2023. She is only […]
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On Friday, May 5, in the presence of Ethiopian Prime Minister , Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated the second extension of the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, the first building of which was inaugurated in January 2019. With this new extension, Ethiopian Ethiopian Skylight has become the largest hotel in Africa. With the new extension, the hotel […]
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The South African Football Association (SAFA), has announced on May 8 the appointment of Ms Lydia Monyepao as the Association’s new CEO. She is the first female Chief Executive Officer of the SAFA. Lydia Monyepao holds a Masters in Sports Management from Loughborough University in the UK, obtained during her playing career ; a BCom […]
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Monday, May 1, the appointment of Clementine Nkweta-Salami of Cameroon as Deputy Special Representative for Sudan in the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). Clementine Nkweta-Salami has many years of experience in managing complex humanitarian situations and refugee issues. Clementine Nkweta-Salami will also serve as the […]
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Since March 2019, Lillian Barnard is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft South Africa, the first woman to hold this position since Microsoft reinvested in the country in the early 1990s. She is replaced in this position by Kalane Rampai, who becomes Managing Director of Microsoft SA. “The new appointments are an important milestone in […]
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Joe Chialo has been appointed during the session of April 27, 2023, during which, the House of Representatives of Berlin elected the new Mayor-Governor of Berlin, Kai Wegner. After taking the oath of office as the reigning mayor of Berlin, he appointed the members of his government (Berlin Senate). The Senate of Berlin (in German: […]
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