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    • Appointment : Jalel Trabelsi, Special Envoy of the African Development Bank Group President for Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region
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African Development Bank’s Dr. Adesina appoints Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi as Special Envoy for Middle East and North Africa and Gulf Region

Ambassador Trabelsi brings to the role over 30 years of experience as a highly accomplished and distinguished diplomat

The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org) has appointed career diplomat Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi as his Special Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Gulf Region. Ambassador Trabelsi brings to the role over 30 years of experience as a highly accomplished and…

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African Legal Support Facility appoints Akere Muna as Goodwill Ambassador

A renowned lawyer and committed to fighting corruption, Muna will assist ALSF in mobilising resources to make its services accessible to its member countries

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has appointed Akere Muna, an eminent lawyer and international legal consultant, as Goodwill Ambassador, marking a new chapter in its commitment to build sustainable legal capacity on the African continent. Muna was  appointed by the Governing Council of the ALSF for a term of…

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African Development Bank appoints Aida Ndir Ngom as Director of the Private Sector Development Department

Prior to her appointment, Ngom served as Manager for the Energy Financial Solutions Division within the Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Aida Ngir Ngom as Director, Private Sector Development Department. Her appointment takes effect from February 1, 2024. Ngom, a Senegalese national, is a seasoned development finance banker with more than 20 years of experience in private sector origination and development, investment banking, and…

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    • African Development Bank appoints Dr Akinsola Babalola as Special Assistant to the President
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African Development Bank appoints Dr Akinsola Babalola as Special Assistant to the President

Dr Babalola is a Nigerian citizen with over 20 years of experience across sub-Saharan Africa

The African Development Bank Group (http://www.AfDB.org) has appointed Dr Akinsola Babalola, a banking and finance management professional, Special Assistant to the Bank Group President. Dr Babalola is a Nigerian citizen with over 20 years of experience across sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining the Bank, he was Assistant Vice President at Ecobank…

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    • African Development Bank appoints Desiré Jean-Marie Vencatachellum Senior Director, Country Economics Department (1)
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African Development Bank appoints Desiré Jean-Marie Vencatachellum Senior Director, Country Economics Department

Over the past decade Vencatachellum has played a key role in resource mobilization and partnerships

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Desiré Jean-Marie Vencatachellum Senior Director of the Country Economics Department, effective 1st November 2023. A Mauritian national and seasoned development banker, Vencatachellum has more than thirty years of experience in strategic leadership on development economics and finance issues, particularly in Africa. He has…

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    • African Development Bank names Malinne Blomberg as Country Manager for Tunisia (1)
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African Development Bank names Malinne Blomberg as Country Manager for Tunisia

Blomberg, a seasoned development finance professional with more than 25 years of experience, has served extensively in policy dialogue, portfolio and project management

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Ms Malinne Blomberg, a Swedish national, as Country Manager for Tunisia in addition to her current roles as Deputy Director General for North Africa and Country Manager for Libya and Mauritania. Blomberg, a seasoned development finance professional with more than 25 years…

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African Development Bank appoints Ousmane Fall as Director of Non-Sovereign Operations and Private Sector

Fall takes on this new role with 17 years of experience

The African Development Bank Group (http://www.AfDB.org) has appointed Ousmane Fall, a Senegalese national, as Director of Non-Sovereign Operations and Private Sector, effective from the 1st of August 2023. Fall takes on this new role with 17 years of experience. He spent the last four years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC),…

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African Development Bank appoints Max Magor Ndiaye as Director of Syndication, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department

Before this appointment, he served as the Acting Director of the Syndication, Co-financing, and Client Solutions Department

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Mr Max Magor Ndiaye as Director of the Syndication, Co-financing and Client Solutions Department, effective 1st July 2023. Ndiaye, a US national, is a structured finance, risk management, and capital markets professional with over 20 years of international public and private sector experience. Before…

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    • Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards a malnutrition-free world by 2030
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Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards a malnutrition-free world by 2030

The Bank has also partnered with the African Union Commission to launch the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative

African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group (https://apo-opa.info/3oXCYiH), a distinguished team of 22 global leaders dedicated to eradicating global malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The announcement, made on 1…

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    • The African Development Bank appoints Jacques Edjangue Vice President for People and Talent Management
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The African Development Bank appoints Jacques Edjangue Vice President for People and Talent Management

Edjangue, a Cameroonian national, is an accomplished senior executive with more than 28 years of experience in multilateral institutions, including 21 years at the African Development Bank Group

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Jacques Edjangue Vice President for People and Talent Management, effective 16th June 2023. Immediately before his appointment, Edjangue served as acting Vice President for the People and Talent Management complex. Before that, he was Acting Director of Corporate Human Resources Department, and Director…