Malado Kaba
Malado Kaba (born 1971) is a Guinean economist economist and the first female Minister of Economy and Finance of Guinea. She served from January 2016 until May 2018.
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Early life and education
Malado Kaba was born on March 22, 1971 in Montserrado county, Monrovia, Liberia. She and her parents moved to France when she was 3 months old.
She spent her childhood and teenage years between Paris and the suburbs. Kaba attended the Lycée Honoré de Balzac in Paris where she obtained her baccalauréat in 1989.
[1][2] She graduated from Paris Nanterre University in 1994 with a degree in development economics and a degree in international economics in 1994.[3] She also holds a certificate from the Goethe Institute as a proficient user of the German language.
Career
Kaba did an internship at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs[4] before working as an adviser at the Guinean ministry of economy, finance and planning from 1996 until 1999.[3] She has worked on several development projects with the European Union and oversaw analysis of the European Commission's partnership with South Africa related to macroeconomics and budgetary transparency.[3]
In 2014, Kaba became country-head of the Africa Governance Initiative of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.[3]
Kaba was appointed Minister of Finance by President Alpha Condé on 6 January 2016, the first woman in the role and one of seven women appointed to cabinet.[3][5]
In 2020, Malado Kaba was nominated to join the "inaugural class of Amujae Leaders, class of 2020" of the presidential center for women and development, a flagship program set up by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The vision for the Amujae Initiative is to shift the landscape for women in public leadership in Africa.[6]
References
- "Malada Kaba" (in French). Leaders Afrique.
- Freland, François-Xavier (8 March 2017). "Guinée : pour Malado Kaba, ministre de l'Économie, " on peut s'endetter quand il s'agit d'investir dans des projets productifs "". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- Tagba, Kamailoudini (7 January 2016). "Guinea: Malado Kaba, country's new Minister of Economy & Finance". The North Africa Post. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- Diallo, Malick (11 January 2016). "Guinea: Malado Kaba, New Minister of Economy". Africa News Agency. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Commodities, Rainfall, Instability Biggest Challenges —African Ministers". International Monetary Fund. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Malado Kaba | Amujae Initiative". EJS Center. Retrieved 2020-06-16.