Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah has been elected the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group
His election was announced on the website of the AfDB on Thursday.
He will assume office on September 1, 2025, taking over from Dr Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria, whose 10-year tenure ends this year.
Tah emerged winner after rounds of voting conducted by the AfDB Board of Governors during the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The Board comprises finance ministers and central bank governors from the Bank’s 81 member countries.
He defeated four other contenders, including Amadou Hott of Senegal, Zambia’s Samuel Maimbo, Abbas Mahamat Tolli of Chad, and Swazi Tshabalala of South Africa.
Born in Mederdra, Mauritania in 1964, Tah holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France.
He has also undergone executive training at Harvard University and the London Business School.
He previously served as Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and later as Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa.
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