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.

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
  1. "Malada Kaba" (in French). Leaders Afrique.
  2. 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.
  3. Tagba, Kamailoudini (7 January 2016). "Guinea: Malado Kaba, country's new Minister of Economy & Finance". The North Africa Post. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. Diallo, Malick (11 January 2016). "Guinea: Malado Kaba, New Minister of Economy". Africa News Agency. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. "Commodities, Rainfall, Instability Biggest Challenges —African Ministers". International Monetary Fund. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  6. "Malado Kaba | Amujae Initiative". EJS Center. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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