6 African women entrepreneurs win Cartier Women’s Initiative awards

Three women entrepreneurs won in the new category “Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa” while the other three were awarded in the category “Anglophone and Lusophone Africa”. The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to create change by building the capacity of women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to […]

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Alain Capo-Chichi and Stacey Fru, 2023 winners of the World Literacy Foundation

The Beninese entrepreneur and the young South African writer are among the four winners of this year’s World Literacy Awards, which were presented on April 3 in London. Alain Capo-Chichi was awarded for “significant contribution to literacy by an individual”, while Stacy Fru received her award for significant contribution to literacy by a young person. […]

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AFDB: Cameroonian Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade appointed Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery

The African Development Bank has announced, on April 4, the appointment of Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, a Cameroonian national, as the new Vice President for its Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery complex. The appointment is effective from the 1st of April 2023. Before her appointment, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade was Acting Vice President for the complex, and Director […]

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50 women experts who are changing the Game in Port and Maritime Logistics in Africa

General managers or executives in ports, container terminals or multinational maritime logistics companies, these experienced professionals are sailing against the tide of limiting stereotypes, proving, through the quality of their work, that logistics is also a woman’s business. Portraits of 50 women experts who excel in a sector historically dominated by men. NB: The personalities […]

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Georgiana Viou gets her first Michelin Star

The chef, originally from Benin, who was unveiled 13 years ago in the French TV show “MasterChef”, was awarded a star on Monday, March 6 in Strasbourg, during the 2023 Michelin Guide ceremony, a directory and gastronomic guide for hotels and tourists.  Unveiled from Alsace, during an exceptional ceremony at the Palais de la Musique […]

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Jeremy Awori leads Ecobank Group as the new Chief Executive Officer

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, has announced, on March 2, that kenyan Jeremy Awori has officially assumed his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Ecobank Group. He takes over from Ade Ayeyemi and was appointed on September 2022. Jeremy Awori brings with him […]

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Dr Oulie Keita appointed as Greenpeace Africa Executive Director

Mali-born development expert Dr. Oulie Keita has been appointed as Greenpeace Africa’s Substantive Executive Director after an intensive and competitive recruitment process to usher the organisation into a new wave of environmental justice, said Greepeace Africa, in a press realease, issued on March 1, 2023. Dr. Keita succeeds Paul Ngugi, who served as Acting Executive […]

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DRC: Guy-Robert Lukama appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gécamines

A specialist in the mining sector, Guy-Robert Lukama Nkunzi was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gécamines by the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, on February 28. Guy-Robert Lukama has been a non-executive member of the Gécamines Board of Directors, since June 2019. The Société générale des carrières […]

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Equatorial Guinea: Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, 36, appointed Managing Director of the national oil company

The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, appointed on Friday 24 February, Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo as the new Managing Director of the national oil company, Guinea Ecuatorial de Petróleos (GEpetrol). Isabel Nnang Avomo becomes the first woman to head GEPetrol, one of the country’s largest public companies. GEpetrol is the National Oil […]

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African and diaspora architects honored for the first time at the Venice Biennale

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition, entitled “The Laboratory of the Future”, will be open to the public from Saturday, May 20 to Sunday, November 26, 2023 at the Giardini and Arsenale, as well as at Forte Marghera. It will be organized by the Venice Biennale, under the direction of Lesley Lokko, a Ghanaian and Scottish […]

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Josephine Anan-Ankomah appointed Ecobank’s Regional Executive, Central, Eastern and Southern African and Managing Director, Ecobank Kenya

Ecobank Group has announced, on February 20, the appointment of Ghanaian career banker, Mrs. Josephine Anan-Ankomah as the Regional Executive, Central, Eastern and Southern African (CESA) and Managing Director, Ecobank Kenya. She replaces Senegalese Cheikh Travaly who retired in December 2022 after 21 years at the Bank and after attaining the mandatory retirement age of […]

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