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Vera Songwe is a Cameroonian economist and banking executive who has worked for the World Bank since 1998, and in 2015 became Western and Central Africa's regional director for the International Finance Corporation.^[1] In 2017 Songwe was appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as the ninth Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the first female in history to hold this position.

Forbes listed her in 2013 as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa", and the following year the Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics chose her as one of their "African leaders of tomorrow".

Early life and education

Songwe grew up in Bamenda, in the northwest of Cameroon, where she attended Our Ladies of Lourdes College, a private Catholic school, and thus formed part of the local English-speaking elite. After obtaining her B.A. in economics and a B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan, she obtained her PhD in mathematical economics at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), in Belgium. She later migrated to the United States, where she worked at the University of Michigan for three years.

Career

Early career

She accepted a position working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and simultaneously had a visiting professor's appointment at the University of Southern California. In 1998 she joined the World Bank, where she worked in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit, covering Morocco and Tunisia.^[2]^[3] Over the subsequent years, she filled several roles in the PREM unit for East Asia and the Pacific region.^[3]

Later career

From 2011 to 2015 she was operations manager for the World Bank in Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania.^[5] In July 2015 she was appointed Regional Director of the International Finance Corporation for West and Central Africa.^[3]

In 2011, Songwe was involved in Africa 2.0, an initiative to bring young Africans together to aid in the continent's economic development.^[4] She is a scholar at the Brookings Institution,^[5] at its Africa Growth Initiative.^[6] Forbes listed her in 2013 as one of the "20 Young Power Women in Africa",^[7] and the following year the Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics chose her as one of their "African leaders of tomorrow".^[8] In 2014, African Business Review described her as one of the "Top 10 Female Business Leaders in Africa.^[9] In 2015 she collaborated with the newly founded Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme, which pledged $100 million for African start-up companies.^[10]

In August 2017, Songwe became the first ever female to serve as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Other activities

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.businessincameroon.com/economy/2212-5876-young-managers-inventive-and-competent-they-are-the-pride-of-cameroon-1st-part|title=Young, managers, inventive and competent, they are the pride of Cameroon|date=22 December 2015|work=Business in Cameroon|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/289690/economie/a-ifc-vera-songwe-passe-chevet-secteur-prive/|title=À IFC, Vera Songwe passe au chevet du secteur privé|last=Oury Diallo|first=Amadou|others=Omer Mbadi|date=11 January 2016|publisher=JeuneAfrique.com|language=French|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
3. ^¹²{{cite news|url=http://en.starafrica.com/news/ifc-appoints-vera-songwe-regional-director-for-west-and-central-africa.html|title=IFC Appoints Vera Songwe Regional Director for West and Central Africa|date=1 July 2015|publisher=AfricaStar|accessdate=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126143132/http://en.starafrica.com/news/ifc-appoints-vera-songwe-regional-director-for-west-and-central-africa.html|archive-date=26 January 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/12/world/africa/africa-2-0-entrepreneurs/|title=Africa's emerging leaders launch 2020 growth vision|last=Sesay|first=Isha|others=Teo Kermeliotis|date=12 October 2011|work=CNN|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d18e758a66cf48fcb5b14101cebb53a7/he-heads-africa-obamas-electricity-plan-jeopardy|title=Obama's top initiative to aid Africa is now in jeopardy|last=Lederman|first=Josh|date=23 July 2015|work=Associated Press|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-announce-expansion-of-electrification-in-africa/2014/08/05/5b241554-1cab-11e4-82f9-2cd6fa8da5c4_story.html|title=Obama to announce expansion of electrification in Africa|last=Eilperin|first=Juliet|date=5 August 2014|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2013/12/04/the-20-young-power-women-in-africa-2013/#2715e4857a0b3320d3797231|title=The 20 Young Power Women In Africa 2013|last=Mfonobong|first=Nsehe|date=4 December 2013|work=Forbes|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
8. ^¹{{cite news|url=http://www.businessincameroon.com/public-management/2708-5582-after-the-world-bank-cameroonian-vera-songwe-becomes-the-ifc-resident-representative-to-senegal|title=After the World Bank, Cameroonian Vera Songwe becomes the IFC resident representative to Senegal|date=27 August 2015|work=Business in Cameroon|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
9. ^{{Cite web|title = Top 10 Female Business Leaders in Africa|url = http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/leadership/1688/Top-10-Female-Business-Leaders-in-Africa|website = www.africanbusinessreview.co.za|access-date = 2016-01-20}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/business/elumelu-entrepreneurship-program/|title=African entrepreneurs boosted by billionaire investor|last=Court|first=Alex|date=23 January 2015|work=CNN|accessdate=15 January 2016}}
11. ^Advisory Council Mo Ibrahim Foundation.