On the sidelines of the fourth edition of the Financial Afrik Awards held on December 17 in Nouakchott (Mauritania), 100 unpublished portraits of the personalities who made economic and financial Africa in 2021 were published.

These 100 personalities all have in common the fact of having dared to take head on the obstacles of a business environment that is even more difficult for natives and natives. These are public decision-makers, bankers, insurers, investment funds, business lawyers, economists, etc., among others: Ousmane Mamoudou KANE, Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sectors; Romuald Wadagni, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin; Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance of Nigeria; Nicolas Kazadi Minister of Finance of the DRC; Mthuli Ncube, Minister of Finance of Zimbabwe; Tiémoko Meyliet KONE, Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO); Adrien Diouf, Managing Director of Agence UMOA-Titres; Edoh Kossi Amenounvé, CEO of the BRVM; Dr. Leila Fourie, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange; Sidi Oud Tah, Managing Director of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA); Serge Ekué, President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD); Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB); Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Christian Agossa, Director General CRRH-UEMOA; Ade Ayeyemi, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI); Constant Nemale, CEO of Africa 24; Khady CISS Wade, CEO of Reussir Business; Leonard Dossou, Economist of Benin and Priscilla Wolmer, CEO Africa 54.