Category: Profile

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday, October 9, the appointment of Dr. Monde Muyangwa as deputy administrator of the Africa Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government agency responsible for economic development and humanitarian assistance around the world. The agency works under the supervision of the U.S. President, […]

As General Counsel for GE Africa, the Nigerian will be responsible for leading General Electric’s legal and compliance department in Africa, and providing guidance to teams across GE’s geographies and businesses on the continent. Prior to her appointment, Ozim Ifeoma Obasi had served as legal director for GE Gas Power Business in Africa since January […]

A native of Kenya, he had been “Chief Corporate Affairs” of Safaricom, Kenya’s leading communications company and the pioneer of M-PESA, the world’s most widely used mobile payment system, since 2015. South African operator Vodacom owns 35 percent of Safaricom. In 2019, Safaricom and Vodacom formed a joint venture and acquired the intellectual property rights […]

Bolloré Transport & Logistics announced on Friday, October 22, the appointment of Ugandan entrepreneur Patrick Bitature as Chairman of the Board of its Ugandan subsidiary. Patrick Bitature, explains Bolloré, is a highly respected businessman and philanthropist in Uganda. He is, among other things, the founder and chairman of the Simba Group of Companies, a conglomerate […]

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, since February 2018, Jaha Dukureh,31, announced, this Friday, October 15, her candidacy for the presidential election in Gambia, scheduled for December 4, 2021. If elected, she would become the youngest president of a republic in the world. The president of […]

Airtel Africa plc, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, announced, on October 12, the appointment of Tsega Gebreyes as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Tsega Gebreyes becomes the 13th member of the Airtel Africa Board of Directors. At the end of its 2021 financial period, Airtel Africa paid a total […]

Dr. Irène Kilubi, a German national from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been nominated for the German Diversity Awards in the category “Audience Award”. The awards ceremony will take place on November 25. Since September 2021, Irène Kilubi is also an “Expert Advisor” for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, the German international […]

Appointed to this position since October 6, 2021, Serge Agnero succeeds Mohamed Abdoulaye Diop who is transferred to the Atlantic region of Africa. In his new position, Serge Agnero will oversee the activities of Bolloré Transport & Logistics in Cameroon, Chad, CAR and Equatorial Guinea. Prior to his appointment, he was managing director of Bolloré […]

Keji Mustapha is the first person to hold this newly created position at Partech. Partech, the Paris-based VC investment fund with operations in Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia, announced on Monday, October 11, the addition of Keji Mustapha as Global Director of Brand & Community and Simone Riva as Senior Principal on the […]

Based in Lagos, Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye will lead the foundation’s office of West Africa and oversee its grantmaking, external relations and local operations. The Ford Foundation announced, on October 7, the appointment of Catherine Chinedum (‘ChiChi’) Aniagolu-Okoye as its new regional director for its office serving West Africa. Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye began the Lagos-based role in September. […]

Dianne Dusaidi, appointed as AB Bank’s board chair, becomes one of the youngest and few women to chair a board in the banking sector in Rwanda. The new PCA joined the AB BANK board in September 2020. AB Bank Rwanda is a socially responsible bank and the bank of choice for micro and small enterprises. […]

Award-winning journalist and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) alumna Zeinab Badawi, a native of Sudan and a British citizen, has been named the new president of SOAS. Her appointment is effective immediately and replaces Graça Machel, former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa. SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education […]