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Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
Baord member
Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki of the Republic of Niger is the former Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). He held this position from 2009 to April 2022 transforming the Nepad Secretariat into the first continental development Agency.
A former Prime Minister of Niger, from 1997 to 2000 and Foreign Affairs Minister, he previously worked as a Professor of Public Administration in Niger and Venezuela.
In August 2000, he set up the Analysis Centre for Public Policy in Niger.
From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Mayaki was a guest Professor at the University of Paris XI, where he lectured on international relations. He also led research at the Research Centre on Europe and the Contemporary World within that university.
In 2004, he served as Executive Director of the Platform in support of Rural Development in West and Central Africa, the Rural Hub, based in Dakar, Senegal.
He is Commandeur de l’Ordre du Mérite agricole of France and an Associated Member of the French Academy of Agriculture.
He also received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japanese Emperor Naruhito.