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Far from home, they are the pride of Cameroon

Dr Vera Songwe appointed Chairwoman of the Board of the Liquidity & Sustainability Facility (“LSF”)

5 Oct 2022 | ECONOMY

[CamerExcellence] - Dr Vera Songwe was appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Liquidity & Sustainability Facility (LSF) this September 29, 2022, in New York. Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has also accepted to lead the Board in an honorary...

Cameroonian Mercy Miyang Tembon was promoted to Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group

26 Aug 2022 | ECONOMY

[CamerExcellence] – This is another excellent pride for Cameroon. "World Bank Country Director in Bangladesh Mercy Tembon has been promoted to Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group. She will join Washington DC’s World Bank Group headquarters...

Jean Genestar Priso [GENESTAR Group S.A]: “Our ambitions for the CAR are great, as in all the other countries of the franc zone where we are present”

7 Mar 2022 | ICT and TELECOMS

[CamerExcellence] – After Cameroon, Gabon and Benin, the IT group GENESTAR Group SA moved to the Central African Republic (CAR) in August 2021. Cameroonian Jean Genestar Priso, the group's CEO, explains to CamerExcellence his ambitions in this country which, according...

The development of Africa as the leitmotiv of Cameroonian economist Albert Zeufack

3 Feb 2022 | ECONOMY

[CamerExcellence] – It is an obsession on his part to see sub-Saharan Africa developed. Albert Zeufack is the World Bank's Chief Economist for the Africa region. He is the very first African appointed to this position. He is the head of the World Bank's Office of the...

Rebecca Enonchong: a professional life for a more digital Africa

16 May 2020 | ICT and TELECOMS, INNOVATION

[Digital Business Africa] –Cameroonian Rebecca Enonchongbreaks down the misconceptions that digital entrepreneurship is the preserve of young people of a certain age group and sometimes only men. At 53, she sits atop Afrilabs and AppsTech and supports many African...

Meet Acha Leke, author of a new guide to succeeding in business in Africa

22 Nov 2018 | ECONOMY

Meet Acha Leke, senior partner, chair of McKinsey's Africa office and co-author of Africa's Business Revolution: How to Succeed in the World's Next Big Growth Market With more than 400 companies doing $1.0 billion in revenue, $1.4 trillion in consumer spending, and an...

Albert G. Zeufack, World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa

21 Jul 2017 | ECONOMY

Dr. Albert G. Zeufack, a Cameroonian national, is the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa. Prior to his appointment in May 2016, he was Practice Manager in the Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice and leader of the World Bank-wide Community of...

Vera Songwe appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

17 Apr 2017 | ECONOMY

Addis Ababa, 17 April 2017 (ECA) - United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the first woman to ever serve in this role. Ms. Songwe has been working as...

Janvier Litse, Director General, West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office at AfDB

2 Dec 2016 | ECONOMY

[CamerExcellence] - The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Janvier Litse as the Director-General for the West Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, with effect from 1 December 2016. The West Africa Regional...