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Aboubacar Koulibaly, new Managing Director of the Rio Tinto mining group in Guinea

Aboubacar Koulibaly, new Managing Director of the Rio Tinto mining group in Guinea

On July 22, Anglo-Australian multinational mining group Rio Tinto announced the appointment of Guinean Aboubacar Koulibaly as CEO of Rio...
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Isabelle Lessedjina appointed Chairwoman of Rawbank’s Board of Directors

Isabelle Lessedjina appointed Chairwoman of Rawbank’s Board of Directors

An independent member of the bank's Board of Directors since January 2020, she was unanimously chosen by the 13 directors,...
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Who are the 35 eminent African lawyers elected and re-elected to the ICC International Court of Arbitration?

Who are the 35 eminent African lawyers elected and re-elected to the ICC International Court of Arbitration?

On Monday July 1, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced the election and re-election of the members of its...
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Dr. Ndiamé Diop appointed World Bank Country Director for Nigeria

Dr. Ndiamé Diop appointed World Bank Country Director for Nigeria

On July 8, the World Bank announced the appointment of Senegalese Ndiamé Diop as Country Director for Nigeria. Based in...
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Fatou Fall Announced as World Bank Group Joint Resident Representative for Djibouti

Fatou Fall Announced as World Bank Group Joint Resident Representative for Djibouti

The World Bank Group announced on July 1 that Senegalese Fatou Fall becomes the Joint Resident Representative of the World...
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Tribute to the women pioneers of DRC independence

Tribute to the women pioneers of DRC independence

Pioneering Congolese women took part in the struggle for DRC independence proclaimed on June 30, 1960. Others were politically active...
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African women elected to ILO Governing Body

African women elected to ILO Governing Body

On the sidelines of the 112th International Labour Conference, held in Geneva from June 3 to 14, 2024, and attended...
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Senegalese Papa Madiaw Ndiaye appointed Chairman of Ecobank Group

Senegalese Papa Madiaw Ndiaye appointed Chairman of Ecobank Group

The experienced banker has been appointed on Thursday June 6 in Lomé, at the Annual General Meeting of Ecobank, the...
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3 Congolese women on the front line of Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to the DRC

3 Congolese women on the front line of Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight to the DRC

The inaugural flight between Doha and Kinshasa landed at N'djili international airport on Saturday June 1, 2024, bringing the total...
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ICC: Déborah Tshidibi Sabanga crowned “Best speaker” in mock trial competition

ICC: Déborah Tshidibi Sabanga crowned “Best speaker” in mock trial competition

The third edition of the French-language moot court competition was organized from May 21 to 24, 2024 by The Hague...
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Cameroonian Judith Yah Sunday elected Chairwoman of the Rascom Board of Directors

Cameroonian Judith Yah Sunday elected Chairwoman of the Rascom Board of Directors

The Cameroonian has been elected at the 74th meeting of the Board of Directors of the African Regional Satellite Communications...
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Esther Cecil Maruma, 38, new Managing Director of Bank of Africa Tanzania

Esther Cecil Maruma, 38, new Managing Director of Bank of Africa Tanzania

A seasoned banker with over 17 years' experience in financial services, her appointment took effect on May 6. Prior to...
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IFC Appoints Mehita Fanny as Country Manager for Comoros, Eswatini, Madagascar and Mozambique

IFC Appoints Mehita Fanny as Country Manager for Comoros, Eswatini, Madagascar and Mozambique

IFC has announced, on April 4, the appointment of the Ivorian Mehita Fanny as Country Manager for Comoros, Eswatini, Madagascar,...
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Judith Suminwa, First woman appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Judith Suminwa, First woman appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Her appointment by the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, was announced on Monday April 1. Since...
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Fatiya Diene Mazza, the creative and innovative Senegalese Architect

Fatiya Diene Mazza, the creative and innovative Senegalese Architect

Architect Fatiya Diene Mazza designed the new R+10 Tower for Radio-Télévision sénégalaise (RTS) and the refurbishment of the former building...
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Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede returns to the helm of the Access Corporation group

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede returns to the helm of the Access Corporation group

Ten years after leaving the group he co-founded with his friend and business partner Herbet Wigwe, who died in the...
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Diaretou Madina Gaye Dieng appointed President of Schneider Electric’s Francophone Africa & Islands Cluster

Diaretou Madina Gaye Dieng appointed President of Schneider Electric’s Francophone Africa & Islands Cluster

On Monday March 11, Schneider Electric announced the appointment of Senegalese Diaretou Madina Gaye Dieng as President of the Francophone...
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Ethiopian Airlines: Captain Kalkidan Girma at the helm of an all-female flight

Ethiopian Airlines: Captain Kalkidan Girma at the helm of an all-female flight

To mark International Women's Rights Day, celebrated on March 8, 2024, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's leading aviation group, organized, as it...
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DRC: Rodolphe Kembukuswa and Eldon Khuty appointed to Africa Global Logistics (AGL)

DRC: Rodolphe Kembukuswa and Eldon Khuty appointed to Africa Global Logistics (AGL)

Rodolphe Kembukuswa, a Congolese national, has been appointed Country Manager of Africa Global Logistics (formerly Bolloré Africa Logistics) in the...
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Finance :Three women bankers appointed CEOs

Finance :Three women bankers appointed CEOs

As part of the restructuring of First National Bank of Namibia's (FNB) management committee, following the departure of its former...
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