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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