Category: Profile

A native of Cape Verde and a Swiss national, the former Swiss international has been appointed regional director of FIFA’s member associations division for Africa. He will take up his position on 1 August 2022. Gelson Fernandes, 35, will be responsible for overseeing services to strengthen the development of African member associations through FIFA’s Forward […]

Titi Cole was named CEO of Legacy Franchises in February 2022 and Chinwe Esimai has been appointed as Managing Director – Chief Compliance Officer, Legacy Franchises, since April 2022.  Citi’s Legacy Franchises is the new operating segment that houses Citi’s consumer businesses and colleagues in the markets Citi is exiting across Asia, Europe, the Middle […]

Gilbert Houngbo was elected director-general of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on March 25 in Geneva by the ILO’s Governing Body, which is made up of representatives of governments, workers and employers. He will take office on October 1 for a five-year term and will be the 11th director general of the ILO and the […]

A Malian national, he will take up his post on 1 April and will also oversee other Central African countries such as Gabon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe. Aboubacar Coulibaly holds a doctorate in medicine from Cheik Anta Diop University in Senegal […]

Toyin Tofade is the first Black woman to serve as president in the college’s 141-year history. She begins her term on July 1, 2022. Toyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP, has been selected as the 10th president of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS), following a comprehensive national search. Founded in […]

Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, originally from Burkina Faso, was awarded the Pritzker Prize on Tuesday 15 March, becoming the first African to receive the architectural profession’s highest honour. Diébédo Francis Kéré, an architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker, chairman of […]

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Odimba reorganized the Gabonese government on March 8, 2020. Some ministers have kept their posts, others have been swapped or have left the government. The government now has 38 members, including 13 women, some of whom hold key ministries such as justice, defense, the economy and the ministry responsible for foreign […]

Aissata Koné Sidibé, currently General Manager of Coris Bank International Mali has held this position since February 9, 2022. The Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions of Mali (APBEF) is a non-profit association to which any bank or financial institution operating in Mali is a member. Its objective is to create and maintain cordial […]

A criminologist and political scientist by training, the Belgian of Congolese origin is one of the 8 laureates selected from around the world this year. The other winners this year are Chantal Hemerijckx (Belgium), Thao Kilbee (Vietnam, Belgium), Monique Ouassa Kouaro (Benin), Rita Ricketts (New Zealand, United Kingdom), Jamila Sedqi (Morocco) and Svetlana Spaic (Yugoslavia, […]

The Air Madagascar Group announced on February 25 the appointment of Ny Riana Rasolofonjatovo as General Manager of Madagascar Airlines, the company that operates the assets of the national airline Air Madagascar, currently in receivership. Before his appointment Ny Riana Rasolofonjatovo was the Country manager of DHL Global Forwarding in Madagascar, since 2011, before combining […]

Moroccan Sanae Lahlou has been appointed Country Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in her home country. She will be responsible for coordinating UNIDO’s strategy in Morocco and overseeing the continued implementation of UNIDO’s Country Partnership Programme in Morocco. Comprising 179 countries, UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced, on February 24, the appointment of Valentine Rugwabiza of Rwanda as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Valentine Rugwabiza succeeds Mankeur Ndiaye of Senegal, who has led the Mission since 2019. With more than 30 […]