Marwa Abbas,the first woman to be appointed General Manager of IBM Egypt
Marwa Abbas, whose appointment was announced on Monday 17 January, succeeds Wael Abdoush, who has been appointed IBM's general manager...
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Rosette Chantal Rugamba and Dr. Paula Kahumbu join the WWF International Board of Directors
Rosette Chantal Rugamba, a 24-year veteran of the African ecotourism and protected areas sector, and Dr Paula Kahumbu, one of...
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Standard Chartered appoints Dr. Sandie Okoro as Group General Counsel
Standard Chartered (the Group) announced on January 13 the appointment of Dr. Sandie Okoro as Group General Counsel. She will...
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Paula Kahumbu becomes the first National Geographic explorer to join the organisation’s Board of Directors
Kenyan national Paula Kahumbu is one of five new members of the Board of Trustees of the National Geographic Society,...
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Chef Thiam creates joint-venture to boost fonio production
USAID/Prosper Africa has awarded a $1.98 million co-investment grant to Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam's Yolélé and Simballa Sylla's Mali Shi...
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Gabonese Huguette Oyini appointed Regional Director of BGFI Bank group in Central Africa
She is responsible for overseeing BGFI Bank's subsidiaries in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria reappointed as UN Deputy Secretary-General
UN Secretary-General António Guterres made official on Monday 10 January his announcement that Nigerian Amina J. Mohammed will continue to...
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka appointed Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg
The Council of the University of Johannesburg (UJ) announced on January 10 the appointment of former United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General...
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Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh appointed Microsoft’s Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa
Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, a native of Ghana, has been appointed head of strategic partnerships for Africa in Microsoft's newly created Africa...
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Miriam Camara, 34,appointed Senior Vice President of Encore Recordings
Miriam Martine Camara will serve as Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs of Encore Recordings, while Tawny Thompson,...
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Ambroise Wonkam, World Renowned Geneticist and Sickle Cell Disease Exper,now leads Genetic Medicine Department at Johns Hopkins
South African geneticist, of Cameroonian origin, Ambroise Wonkam, M.D., Ph.D., D.Med.Sc., has been selected as Johns Hopkins Medicine’s director of...
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After Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai also praises Nadia Owusu’s book
To help readers navigate the endless list of books published in 2021, the American channel CNN asked influential figures -...
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Senegalese Ababacar Diaw appointed CEO of Allianz Insurance Company Ghana Limited Non-Life
The appointment of Ababacar Diaw, currently deputy managing director of Allianz Africa Services and regional head of protection and resilience...
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Aisha Ahmad Appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange Plc.
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Aisha Ahmad, has been appointed Chairperson of the reconstituted Board...
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Eric Odhiambo and Chinedu Ikwudinma promoted at Ecobank
Kenya's Eric Odhiambo has been appointed executive director of Ecobank's corporate and investment banking arm, while Nigeria's Chinedu Ikwudinma is...
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Leyla Gozo appointed Executive Secretary of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development
In a press release issued on Wednesday 5 January and signed by its President, Antoinette Sassou N'Guesso, First Lady of...
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Henone K. Girma appointed new Curator for Art of Global Africa at the Newark Museum of Art
Born in Ethiopia, Henone K. Girm is leaving the Africa Center in Harlem, where she worked as a programme manager,...
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45 Congolese personalities or those of Congolese origin who distinguished themselves in 2021
In 2021, several Congolese personalities or those of Congolese origin were appointed or elected to positions of responsibility in the...
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Yetide Badaki, Mo Abudu and 50 Cent to produce series on Angola’s Queen Nzinga
The STARZ media group announced on 16 December the development of "Queen Nzinga", produced by Nigerian-American actress Yetide Badaki, Nigerian...
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The 7 cultural elements of Africa inscribed on the Unesco Intangible Heritage Lists 2021
The Unesco Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met online from 13 to 18 December and...
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