ZOUERA YOUSSOUFOU, CEO, Dangote Foundation addresses The Economic and Social Case for Human Capital Investment at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICA
Our senior photojournalist, Emmanuel Ikodor, spent last week capturing the faces of some prominent Africans who attended the just concluded World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2019 in Washington D.C. Below are some of the faces of those who were there.ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund, addresses journalists on the Regional Economic Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Friday, April 12, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICALUCIE MBOTO FOUDA, Senior Communication Officer, International Monetary Fund, moderates press briefing on the Regional Economic Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Friday, April 12, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICA
ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund addresses journalists on the Regional Economic Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Friday, April 12, 2019. With him is moderator LUCIE MBOTO FOUDA, Senior Communication Officer at IMF. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund, addresses journalists on the Regional Economic Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Friday, April 12, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZAINAB AHMED, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and head of the Nigerian delegation at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings addresses journalists in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAGODWIN EMIEFELE, the Central Bank Governor at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings addresses journalists in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAUDOMA UDO UDOMA, Minister of Budget and National Planning at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings addresses journalists in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZAINAB AHMED, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and head of the Nigerian delegation at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings addresses journalists in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019, along with GODWIN EMIEFELE, the Central Bank Governor. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZAINAB AHMED, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and head of the Nigerian delegation at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings addresses journalists in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019, along with UDOMA UDO UDOMA, Minister of Budget and National Planning. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAROMUALD WADAGNI, Minister of Finance, Benin, discussed TACKLING THE NEXT WAVE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAFANWELL BOKOSI, Executive Director, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD), discussed TACKLING THE NEXT WAVE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAROMUALD WADAGNI, Minister of Finance, Benin, discussed TACKLING THE NEXT WAVE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAFANWELL BOKOSI, Executive Director, African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD), discussed TACKLING THE NEXT WAVE OF SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZOUERA YOUSSOUFOU, CEO, Dangote Foundation addresses The Economic and Social Case for Human Capital Investment at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZOUERA YOUSSOUFOU, CEO, Dangote Foundation addresses The Economic and Social Case for Human Capital Investment at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICAZOUERA YOUSSOUFOU, CEO, Dangote Foundation addresses The Economic and Social Case for Human Capital Investment at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICACATHY PATTILLO, Assistant Director, Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, addresses journalists on the FISCAL MONITOR at the IMF Headquarters in Washington DC on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICA.ZAINAB AHMED, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and head of the Nigerian delegation at the 2019 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings with SIMON ATEBA, Publisher TODAY NEWS AFRICA in Washington D.C. on Sunday April 14, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICA
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