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
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
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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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)
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
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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African Union: Dr. Tidiane Ouattara appointed Head of Science, Technology and Space Division
Dr. Tidiane Ouattara, a national of Côte d'Ivoire, is the new Head of the Science, Technology and Space Division in...
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Abena Osei-Poku appointed Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana
Ecobank announced on January 05 the appointment of Ghanaian Abena Osei-Poku as CEO of Ecobank Ghana and Regional executive, anglophone...
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Tariye Gbadegesin appointed CEO of the Climate Investment Funds
The Trust Fund Committee of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) announced, on November 27, the appointment of Tariye Gbadegesin as...
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Tsakani Maluleke appointed Unesco’s External Auditor
Currently Auditor General of South Africa, she has been appointed External Auditor of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
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Samallie Kiyingi appointed Global General Counsel of Standard Chartered Bank
The lawyer, of Ugandan and Australian nationality, has been appointed Standard Chartered Bank's Global General Counsel for Corporate, Commercial and Institutional...
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IFC Appoints Cláudia Conceição as Regional Director for Southern Africa
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced on Wednesday October 25, it has appointed Cláudia...
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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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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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