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World Bank steps up on vaccines

2021-02-18T18:49:25.534Z


The fight against Covid is the priority of Makhtar Diop, new boss of the private arm IFC. Africans are on the rise. After the appointment, earlier this week, of Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is the turn of Senegalese Makhtar Diop to take over the management of IFC, the financial company international, a subsidiary of the World Bank. The entity is dedicated to promoting the private sector and public-private partnerships in developing


Africans are on the rise.

After the appointment, earlier this week, of Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is the turn of Senegalese Makhtar Diop to take over the management of IFC, the financial company international, a subsidiary of the World Bank.

The entity is dedicated to promoting the private sector and public-private partnerships in developing countries, including the poorest and most fragile states.

An economist by training, former Minister of Finance of his country, also spent by the IMF, he followed a long career within the World Bank, as head of several countries - Brazil, Kenya, Eritrea and Somalia - before becoming vice-president for Africa and most recently on infrastructure.

He succeeds Frenchman Philippe Le Hérou, who left office at the end of September.

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Source: lefigaro

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