Zimbabwean gets top World Bank post
Economist Andrew Bvumbe has been elected executive director of the World Bank Group representing the Africa Group One constituency, the first time a Zimbabwean has held such a post in the history of the bank.
Bvumbe was elected on Thursday at the Africa Group One Constituency meeting held on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. His tenure runs from November 1 through October 31, 2018.
The Africa Group 1 Constituency is made up of 22 countries — Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Prior to the new post, Bvumbe was alternate to executive director Loms Rese Peter Larose from Seychelles since November 1 2014.
More: NewsDay
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