Category: Profile

Dalberg Advisors, a subsidiary of strategy and policy consultancy Dalberg Group, announced on 2 October the appointment of Lillian Kidane as its new Regional Director for Africa. Dalberg Advisors is a strategy consultancy that works with the public, private and philanthropic sectors. Dalberg Advisors has over 550 employees in more than 25 locations in Africa, […]

President Joe Biden announced, on September 26, the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States within the U.S. Department of State. These twelve leaders have all played important roles in strengthening United States-Africa relations and shaping United States foreign policy toward Africa. They reflect the diversity of […]

On Monday September 18, the Condé Nast group announced the appointment of Chioma Nnadi as head of editorial content for British Vogue. She will start overseeing British Vogue on October 9 and will be based in London. She replaces Edward Enninful, Vogue’s British Editor-in-Chief and Vogue’s European Editorial Director. Nnadi has spent thirteen years at […]

The appointment of La Liga’s new Africa General Manager was announced at two events organized by the league on September 12 at The Venue in Morningside, Johannesburg, and on September 14 at the Young Blood Gallery in Cape Town. In Africa, La Liga teams are present at the Celta Vigo academy in Evaton (South Africa) […]

Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté from Burkina Faso, principal investigator at Target Malaria Burkina Faso and a leading figure in medical entomology and parasitology, is one of 10 global winners of the prestigious Falling Walls Award for Science and Innovation. Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté is head of medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Health Sciences Research […]

The nun, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was awarded the prize for her commitment to migrant rescue operations in Lampedusa, which saved the lives of 47,282 migrants of African origin, reports Vatican Radio. She was awarded the prize at the 15th edition of the Mediterranean Journalists Festival in Otranto, Italy, which closed on […]

On 6 September, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo of Togo, announced the appointment of Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa of Rwanda as Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa of the ILO, effective 1 October. She will be based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the […]

The lawyer was elected at the elective general meeting of the Côte d’Ivoire Bar Association, held on Saturday July 29, 2023. She will take office in October 2024 for a 3-year term, becoming the first woman to hold this position within this professional order created in 1959. The Côte d’Ivoire Bar Association brings together lawyers […]

On Tuesday August 01, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Spanish economist Alvaro Lario, announced, on July 31, the appointment of Rwandan Gerardine Mukeshimana as Vice-President of IFAD. She will take office on August 28 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency […]

On Friday 21 July, the International Finance Corporation announced the appointment of Josiane Kwenda as Regional Representative for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea and Togo. IFC’s focus in in Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea, and Togo includes supporting agribusiness value chains, helping to bridge infrastructure and connectivity gaps, promoting digital inclusion, supporting affordable housing, strengthening the healthcare […]

The new Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for the Management of State Assets and Holdings replaces Patrício Bicudo Vilar, who has headed IGAPE since 2019, according to a document from the Angolan Ministry of Finance, signed by the Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa. The Institute for the Management […]

A lawyer at the High Court of Sierra Leone, she has ben appointed to this position on July 16 by the country’s president, Julius Maada Bio, becoming the first person to head this newly-created ministry and also the youngest member of the government. “Humbled and honored to answer the national call to service of H.E. […]