South Africa: Mary Vilakazi appointed CEO of FirstRand Ltd.
The 47-year-old banker becomes the first woman to be appointed CEO of FirstRand Ltd, one of Africa's largest financial services...
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Lillian Kidane, new Regional Director for Africa at Dalberg Advisors
Dalberg Advisors, a subsidiary of strategy and policy consultancy Dalberg Group, announced on 2 October the appointment of Lillian Kidane...
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USA: Who are the Inaugural Members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States?
President Joe Biden announced, on September 26, the inaugural members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in...
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Chioma Nnadi Appointed as Head of Editorial Content, British Vogue
On Monday September 18, the Condé Nast group announced the appointment of Chioma Nnadi as head of editorial content for...
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Cameroonian Trésor Penku appointed Africa Managing Director of the Spanish Football League (La Liga)
The appointment of La Liga's new Africa General Manager was announced at two events organized by the league on September...
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Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté wins Falling Walls 2023 award for science and innovation
Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté from Burkina Faso, principal investigator at Target Malaria Burkina Faso and a leading figure in medical entomology...
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Italy: Angel Bipendu wins “Caravella” award
The nun, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was awarded the prize for her commitment to migrant rescue operations...
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Fanfan Rwanyindo appointed Director for Africa at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
On 6 September, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo of Togo, announced the appointment of...
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Senegalese entrepreneur Siny Samba wins AGRA’s 2023 Grand Prize for Women Agripreneurs
On 6 September, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced the winners of the 2023 Women Agripreneurs...
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Alex Okosi appointed Managing Director of Google Africa
On Tuesday, September 5, Gooogle has announced the appointment of Alex Okosi as the new Managing Director of its activities...
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Who is Florence Loan-Messan, the first woman to be elected President of the Côte d’Ivoire Bar?
The lawyer was elected at the elective general meeting of the Côte d'Ivoire Bar Association, held on Saturday July 29,...
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UN: Gerardine Mukeshimana appointed Vice-President of IFAD
On Tuesday August 01, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Spanish economist Alvaro Lario, announced, on...
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IFC Appoints Josiane Kwenda as Country Manager for Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Guinea, and Togo
On Friday 21 July, the International Finance Corporation announced the appointment of Josiane Kwenda as Regional Representative for Côte d'Ivoire,...
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Angola: Vera Cristina dos Anjos Tangue Escórcio appointed Chairwoman of the IGAPE
The new Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for the Management of State Assets and Holdings...
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Côte d’Ivoire: Who is Fatoumata M’Balou Sanogo, the new Managing Director of Petroci?
Appointed Managing Director of Société nationale d'opérations pétrolières de Côte d'Ivoire (PETROCI) on Tuesday July 18, Fatoumata M'Balou Sanogo replaces...
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Sierra Leone: Salima Monorma Bah, 32, appointed Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation
A lawyer at the High Court of Sierra Leone, she has ben appointed to this position on July 16 by...
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Interview. Debora Kayembe: “The tense climate I found at the University of Edinburgh has now dissipated”.
Officially installed on 21 June as the 54th Rector of the University of Edinburgh, after being elected to the post...
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Meet Nikki Ogunnaike, the new editor-in-chief of Marie-Claire Magazine
The Nigerian-born Nikki Ogunnaike will take up her new role on August 8, after serving as Senior Digital Director at...
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South African “Starchitect” Sumayya Vally pays tribute to Congolese Paul Panda Farnana
Sumayya Vally, who was chosen in a competition to build a new bridge in the Belgian town of Vilvorde, discovered...
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Who is Iman Abuzeid, Sudanese-born and one of the richest Self-Made Women in the USA?
Ranked in the Forbes 2023 list of America's richest self-made women, 38-year-old Iman Abuzeid is the CEO and co-founder of...
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