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KFC has announced on March 16 the appointment Akhona Qengqe as its new General Manager for Africa. She becomes the very first KFC black female General Manager for Africa and will step into this role on 01 April 2023. She will replace outgoing GM – Dhruv Kaul, who is moving into a GM role for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dr. Rose Mwebaza of Uganda has been appointed the new Director of the United Nations Environment Program’s Regional Office for Africa. She brings with her 20 years of experience on a wide range of climate change, environment and sustainable development issues.  The UN Environment Africa office is located in Nairobi, Kenya. The agency also has […]

At the end of its Extraordinary General Assembly, held virtually on Monday January 30, 2023, the West African Bankers’ Association (WABA) elected a new Executive Committee. The meeting was attended by members from the following countries: Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal (representing all banks in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The Cameroonian […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Aminata Maiga of Côte d’Ivoire as UN Resident Coordinator in Senegal and Christine N. Umutoni of Rwanda as UN Resident Coordinator in Liberia. They will take up their new positions on February 1. Ms. Aminata Maiga brings more than 25 years of experience in economic policy and international […]

BPR Bank Rwanda, a subsidiary of KCB Group (Kenya Commercial Bank) and the largest banking network in Rwanda, has appointed Patience Mutesi as the new managing director of the bank effective February 1, 2023. BPR is the largest banking network in Rwanda with 154 branches helping people, businesses and communities to thrive since 1975. The […]

The 3 centres are part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global partnership of international organisations involved in food security research that includes 15 research centres, donors and advisory bodies. Dr. Simeon Ehui from Côte d’Ivoire has been appointed Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Professor Appolinaire Djikeng […]

Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda has been appointed Vice President of Gabon on Monday, January 9 by Gabonese President Ali Bongo. She has been replaced as Prime Minister by Alain Claude Bilie By Nze.  Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda becomes the first woman to be appointed to this position, after being the first woman Prime Minister of […]

The new CEO will take office on 1 March 2023 and replaces the former CEO, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, who has retired, the Foundation said. In her new role, the Foundation explained, Chris-Asoluka will leverage her expertise, experience and network to provide strategic leadership in consolidating and deepening the company’s work of transforming Africa through entrepreneurship. Since […]

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appointed Senegal’s former minister Amadou Hott, as his Special Envoy and global champion for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The African Development Bank, Africa Union and Africa50 launched the Alliance during COP27 last November with global partners: the African Union Development Agency, the […]