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Sustainable innovation can transform Africa’s future. The Financial Times and the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) hosted the inaugural Africa Sustainable Futures ...

World Bank President Ajay Banga and Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's Managing Director of Operations, addressed the press ahead of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings.

Watch the replay of this press event organized on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings, where Spain announced an early financial commitment of €400 million to the International ...

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Enterprise of Spain since December 2023, holds a degree in Economics (2003) from the University of Extremadura, a Master's in Economics from ...

Reine Essobmadje is the co-founder of Digital Coalition and CEO of Evolving Consulting, a firm specializing in digital transformation in Europe and Africa. She holds a Global Executive MBA from IE ...

Simone Tebet is the Minister of Planning and Budgeting of Brazil. She was a Senator for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul between 2015 and 2022. In the Federal Senate, she led the first women's caucus ...

Satu Kahkonen is the World Bank Country Director for South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini. Ms. Kahkonen oversees the Bank’s program in these countries and leads policy dialogue with ...

Eric Asomani Asante is an ICT teacher, curriculum leader, and school chaplain at Naylor SDA Basic School in the Tema metropolis of Ghana. He holds a Diploma from the Seventh-Day Adventist College of ...

Professor Loretta Feris was appointed as Vice-Principal, Academic at the University of Pretoria (UP) on July 1, 2022. Her portfolio includes responsibility for all nine faculties and the Gordon ...

David Moinina Sengeh is Sierra Leone’s first-ever chief innovation officer. He is also the Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education. Previously he was a research scientist at IBM Research ...

Axel van Trotsenburg (@AxelVT_WB) is the World Bank’s Senior Managing Director (SMD), responsible for Development Policy and Partnerships. He currently co-leads the Evolution Roadmap aimed at ...