Hafez Ghanem, , an Egyptian and French national, is the Vice President of the World Bank for Africa since July 1, 2018. A development expert with over 30 years of experience, Dr. Ghanem leads an active regional portfolio consisting of over 600 projects totaling more than $71 billion. Under his leadership, the World Bank supports inclusive growth and poverty reduction by financing projects that boost human...
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and World Champion Poet, Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud continuously advocates for the cause of refugees and disadvantaged communities the world over through her poetry and incredible experience. Named one of BBC's 100 Most Inspirational Women, Emi co-founded an international Sickle Cell research initiative at age 19 and has since worked with President Obama, the Dalai Lama, the...
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La Dra. Rania Al-Mashat es ministra de Cooperación Internacional de Egipto desde diciembre de 2019. Anteriormente, fue la primera mujer en ocupar el cargo de ministra de Turismo del país. También fue asesora del economista en jefe del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) en la ciudad de Washington. Se especializó en cuestiones relativas a los bancos centrales y el diseño de marcos de política...
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Zied Lahari is Tunisia’s Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation. Mr. Ladhari joined his last position after spending more than a year as Minister of Industry and Trade. He is a lawyer and international legal expert. Born March 30, 1975 in Sousse, he is married with one child. He studied law at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Tunis where he obtained a Master...
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Jehiel Oliver is a social entrepreneur responsible for the overall management and strategy of Hello Tractor, an agricultural technology company focused on global food and income security. He has been honored with numerous awards for his work in social entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation. Most recently he was appointed under the Obama Administration to serve two years as a member of the...
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Aart Kraay is the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank. He joined the World Bank in 1995 after earning a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University (1995), and a B.Sc. in economics from the University of Toronto (1990). His research interests include international capital movements, growth and inequality, governance, and the Chinese economy. His research on these topics...
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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017. He is the first WHO Director-General to have been elected from multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and is the first person from the WHO African Region to serve as WHO's chief technical and administrative officer. Immediately...
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Victoria Kwakwa is the World Bank’s Vice President for East Asia Pacific. Previously she was the World Bank Country Director for Vietnam. Victoria joined the World Bank as a young professional in 1989. Her work at the World Bank has included a focus on economic policy issues across a range of countries in Africa and East Asia. Key areas of her work include competitiveness and growth issues,...
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Lerato Mbele is the presenter of Africa Business Report on BBC World News. Lerato joined the BBC in 2012 as a presenter of the flagship breakfast radio program Newsday on the BBC World Service. Prior to that, she served as a senior business anchor for CNBC Africa when it launched in 2007. She hosted a variety of business-focused programming and specials, including presidential debates and the..., Twitter: , mbele_lnb
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