Leila has 20+ years of experience in financial services and technology investments. She leads IFC’s FinTech investments in Latin America and also leads specific verticals globally including TradeTech and Lending. She’s contributed to numerous IFC/WBG initiatives on financial inclusion and development. Prior to IFC she worked at Bank of America in financial lending and structured finance products…
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Dr. Zeinabou Hadari is the Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister of Niger. In this capacity, she is responsible for the day-to-day planning and management of the administrative, financial, and operational activities. She is also in charge of diplomatic and representation functions, liaising with the media, civil society organizations, the private sector, and traditional and…
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James Oduor has worked with the Kenya government as a Civil Servant, for more than 38 years. Until February 2022, he worked for the National Drought Management Authority, where he was responsible for overall management and control of the Authority’s operations, with a staff of 500 in 27 locations in Kenya and an annual budget of Kshs 5 billion ($5 million). Prior to that, from 2004 to 2010, he…
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Belarmino Jelembi is the General Director of the Angola Local Development Institute, a state agency whose mission is to contribute to promoting sustainable development and poverty reduction. He is currently implementing one of the largest social protection programs in Angola, the World Bank-financed KWENDA cash transfer program, for 1.6 million families. Belarmino spent 20 years at Action for…
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Sara Batmanglich is currently a Senior Operations Officer in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence (FCV) Group at the World Bank where she coordinates the Bank’s Risk and Resilience Assessments (RRAs). Sara joined the Bank from the OECD, where she was a Peace and Conflict Advisor in the Crises and Fragility Unit, leading on the flagship States of Fragility report as well as the policy research…
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Denys Shmyhal was appointed Prime Minister in March 2020. He graduated in 1997 from Lviv Polytechnic National University with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned his PhD in Economics in 2003. From 1995 to 2009 Denys Shmyhal served in leadership positions at enterprises in Lviv. From 2009 to 2013 he worked in Lviv Regional State Administration. In 2014 Denys Shmyhal was appointed deputy…
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Casey Torgusson is a Senior Digital Development Specialist with the World Bank Group. He is a digital program coordinator for a number of countries across East and Southern Africa and is team leader for investment projects supporting broadband access, digital economy development and digital transformation of public services. He is the co-author of recent digital economy studies in Rwanda and…
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Ali Ahmad is a Climate Change Specialist at the World Bank's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Sustainable Development Department. So far, Ali's career at the Bank has focused on issues at the intersection of energy, climate change and development, with focus on MENA FCV contexts. Prior to joining the World Bank, Ali was a research fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (…
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Hervé Ndoba has been Minister of Finance and Budget since June 2021. Before his current position, Mr. Ndoba had an international career in the private sector. In 2013, he served as chief administrative and financial officer for a port towing conglomerate in Côte d’Ivoire, where he engineered and implemented the consolidation of the group’s subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. While he worked as…
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