List of scientists from Africa
This is a list of scientists from Africa.
Benin[change | change source]
- Léopold K. Fakambi, he was a "Knight of the National Order of Benin" ; agronomist, d. 2021
Botswana[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Lassina Zerbo, prime minister; has a PhD in Geophysics from the Université de Paris XI
- Paul Kaba Thieba, former prime minister; economist
Cameroon[change | change source]
- Esther Dang, Director of the Cameroon National Investment company; presidential candidate; economist
- Achille Mbembe, he is a political scientist
Chad[change | change source]
- Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, former prime minister; economist
Egypt[change | change source]
Ghana[change | change source]
- Kofi Annan, was chief of the United Nations(or UN); economist
- Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, was vice-president of Ghana; economist
Kenya[change | change source]
Libya[change | change source]
- Mohammed Magariaf, has been president of the General National Congress; economist
Morocco[change | change source]
- Pages appear in Category:Moroccan scientists
- 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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Agnes Kalibata, former minister of agriculture and animal resources
São Tomé and Príncipe[change | change source]
- Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president, economist
Sierra Leone[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Hassan Ali Khayre, economist, former prime minister
South Africa[change | change source]
- Basil Yamey, was an expert in the history of accounting[3]
Tunisia[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Maria Mutagamba, was minister of tourism, wildlife and antiquities; economist
- Jacob Oulanyah, was Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda; economist
Related pages[change | change source]
- List of women scientists from Africa
- List of scientists from Asia
- List of scientists from Europe
- List of scientists from North America
- List of scientists from Oceania
- List of scientists from South America
- List of female scientists from Africa
- Category:LGBT_scientists
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "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.