Togolese Edem Tengue and Paul-Harry Aithnard listed under 2018 Choiseul 100 Africa
Thursday, 18 October 2018 18:46 
(Togo First) - Kokou Edem Tengue and Paul-Harry Aithnard are the two Togolese listed on the 2018 Choiseul 100 Africa released October 17.
Co-founder of Emergence Capital, a firm that gets businesses listed on WAEMU’s regional stock market, Tengue, 38-year old, currently heads Maersk’s subsidiary in Togo. He is a graduate from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, Sciences-Po Paris in France and the Imperial College Business School of London.
The second, Paul-Harry Aithnard, Director of Ecobank Group WAEMU and chief of Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire, was placed under the “Alumni” category of the rankings’ fifth successive edition. This category regroups African economic leaders who have been ranked once or more under the Choiseul 100 Africa rankings, and are more than 40 years old.
The rankings are released yearly by the Choiseul Institute, an independent think tank established in 1997 to assess strategic global issues and global economic governance.
The Choiseul 100 Africa is an original annual study carried out by the Institut Choiseul. It identifies and ranks the 200 young African leaders of 40 years old and below, who will play a major role in the development of Africa in the near future. Selection criteria include image and reputation, experience and skills, power and position, influence and networks, potential and leadership.
This year, the rankings named Algerian Sahbi Othmani as the first of the laureates picked from 41 African countries, out of 54. There were 67 women among the listed laureates.
Octave A. Bruce
