Dr. Boubou Cisse is the Minister of Economy and Finance of Mali. Dr. Cisse holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Aix-Marseille, France and a Masters in Economics and Development Economics from CERDI/University of Auvergne, France. Dr. Cissé joined the World Bank Group in Washington in 2005 as an Economist and was promoted to Senior Economist and Project Manager of the Human Development…
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Dr. Natu Mwamba is the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Tanzania since June 2011. She is the first woman ever to hold such executive position at the Bank of Tanzania. Until her appointment, Dr. Mwamba was senior lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam. She holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom and a Masters’ degree from the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr.…
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Ms. Nathan leads a team which works with governments and international organizations in developing new technical and commercial solutions to tackle pressing development issues such as humanitarian response, financial identity and government efficiency and transparency. Prior to this, Ms. Nathan was the MasterCard CEO of Mobile Payments Solutions. She has also worked for Citibank in Cross-Sell and…
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Mr. Giusti leads the GSMA’s public policy and industry advocacy agenda, including establishing and promoting best practice in areas such as regulation, taxation and privacy; and expanding digital inclusion for citizens globally. Prior to joining the GSMA, he spent 17 years at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) working in a variety of capacities – most recently as Chief of Staff to…
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Dr. Waqar Masood Khan is an eminent economist with wide-ranging experience of both public and private sectors. He has done Ph.D in Economics and M.A. in Political Economy from Boston University Massachusetts, USA and has done M.A. in Economics and L.L.B. from University of Karachi. Presently, he is serving as Federal Secretary for Finance Division. Prior to this, Dr. Khan has held several…
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Dr. Philip Mpango is the Minister for Finance and Planning of the United Republic of Tanzania, and has been in office since November 2015. Dr. Mpango previously held positions as the Acting Commissioner General of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), the Executive Secretary in the President’s Office (Planning Commission), the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance & Economic…
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Cosma Wilungula has been the Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN), a semi-government authority in charge of the management of the protected areas in the DRC, since 2005. He is also a professor at the University of Kinshasa and a reverend with the English evangelical church. Previously, he was the President of the Board of Directors of the Ashanti Gold Kilo…
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Emmanuel de Mérode - Anthropologist, conservationist, pilot, Emmanuel worked to control the bushmeat trade and protect endangered wildlife in Central and Eastern Africa. His main focus has been support for African wildlife rangers in remote and difficult national parks and reserves. His work was primarily in the parks of eastern DRC, working to sustain the national parks through the DRC’s 15-year…
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