List of scientists from Africa

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This is a list of scientists from Africa.

Benin

Léopold K. Fakambi, he was a "Knight of the National Order of Benin" ; agronomist, d. 2021

Botswana

Linah Mohohlo, was Governor of the Bank of Botswana; economist
Thomas Tlou, was the first Motswana (Botswana citizen) to be vice-chancellor of the University of Botswana^[1]^[2]

Burkina Faso

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Lassina Zerbo, prime minister; has a PhD in Geophysics from the Université de Paris XI
Paul Kaba Thieba, former prime minister; economist

Cameroon

Esther Dang, Director of the Cameroon National Investment company; presidential candidate; economist
Achille Mbembe, he is a political scientist

Chad

Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, former prime minister; economist

Egypt

Ghana

Kofi Annan, was chief of the United Nations(or UN); economist
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, was vice-president of Ghana; economist

Kenya

Libya

Mohammed Magariaf, has been president of the General National Congress; economist

Morocco

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Mahdi Elmandjra, economist, writer, sociologist; d. 2014
Hamza Ben Driss Ottmani, was an award-winning writer, Transportation Planning Director, Secretary General of the Ministry of Transports; engineer, economist

Nigeria

Adebayo Adedeji, was Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction; Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; economist
Clement Isong, was governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, governor of Cross River State; economist
Farida Kabir, Nigerian-British epidemiologist

Rwanda

Agnes Kalibata, former minister of agriculture and animal resources

São Tomé and Príncipe

Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president, economist

Sierra Leone

J. B. Dauda - member of parliament (in Sierra Leone); economist; he died in 2017

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - a former president of Sierra Leone; economist; died in 2014

Somalia

Hassan Ali Khayre, economist, former prime minister

South Africa

Basil Yamey, was an expert in the history of accounting^[3]

Tunisia

Chedly Ayari, was President of the Central Bank of Tunisia; cabinet member; economist
Abbas Bahri, introduced the method of the critical points at infinity, which is a fundamental step in the calculus of variations; Mathematics, Variational analysis; died in 2016
Mohamed Talbi - the historian died in 2017

Uganda

Maria Mutagamba, was minister of tourism, wildlife and antiquities; economist
Jacob Oulanyah, was Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda; economist

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References

↑ "BOTSWANA: Academic leader, historian, diplomat dies". University World News. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
↑ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Jr, Professor Henry Louis Gates (2012-02-02). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Christopher J Napier (2021). "Vale Basil S. Yamey". Accounting History. 26 (2): 332–335. doi:10.1177/10323732211009907. S2CID 234771976.

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