Modibo Ibrahim Touré
Touré was the former Malian Minister in Charge of New Technologies, Telecommunications and Post Office from March 2011 to March 2012 [1]. Modibo Ibrahim Touré is a citizen of the Republic of Mali and was born in 1959. On 1 November 2018, he was appointed Special Envoy for Shareholder Relations (Africa) at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Prior to his current appointment at AfDB, Touré served as Under Secretary-General (USG) and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until May 2018.
Education[edit]
Touré obtained his master's degree in Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the National School of Administration (Ecole Nationale d'Administration) in Mali.[2]
Career Overview[edit]
Touré began his career as an Internal Auditor at United Parcel Service (UPS)[3], after which he crossed over to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He later went on to hold several leadership positions for UNDP as Deputy Resident Representative and Resident Representative in various countries in Africa. He has nearly 30 years of experience working in both the public and private sectors, in international development, banking with national governments, peacekeeping, and political affairs. He has also held high-level positions within regional and international organizations, particularly in the United Nations (UN) and the AfDB.
African Development Bank (AfDB)[edit]
In his current role as Special Envoy for Shareholder Relations (Africa) at AfDB, Touré works to strengthen the Bank's strategic partnership with and mobilize support from all of the bank's 54 African member states. Prior to his most recent appointment at AfDB, Touré held other high-level positions at the bank during the tenure of AfDB's former President, Mr. Donald Kaberuka. From May 2006 to February 2008, Touré served as Secretary-General of AfDB when the Bank was based in Tunis, Tunisia[4][5]. He consequently served as Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of the President of AfDB from March 2008 to February 2011[6].
United Nations[edit]
On 5 May 2016, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appointed Touré as his Special Representative (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) [7], a position which he held until May 2018. In this role, which he assumed at the height of the political and institutional impasse in Guinea-Bissau[8], he was charged with, inter alia, overseeing the implementation of UNIOGBIS' mandate in Guinea-Bissau, as determined by the UN Security Council Resolutions 2267 (2016), 2343 (2017) and 2404 (2018)[9]. He was responsible for the broader oversight of the UN country team in Guinea-Bissau, providing critical counsel to national authorities and other political actors and conducting good offices on behalf of the UN Secretary-General at the national and regional level to promote political stability, national dialogue, social cohesion, gender mainstreaming in line with UN Security Council Resolutions, as well as the protection and promotion of human rights in Guinea-Bissau. Touré was also responsible for mobilizing, harmonizing and coordinating international assistance to Guinea-Bissau, working closely with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as the lead sub-regional organization leading the mediation process in Guinea-Bissau as well as with the African Union (AU), Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP), and the European Union (EU)[10] and other bilateral partners. In his capacity as SRSG, Touré spearheaded UN support to ECOWAS-led mediation efforts in Guinea-Bissau. The combined efforts of both institutions led to the breakthrough of a near three-year long institutional impasse in Guinea-Bissau following an ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Guinea-Bissau, held on 14 April 2018 in Lome, Togo under the chairmanship of then Chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, H.E. Faure Eyadema Gnassingbe, President of the Togolese Republic[11].
Prior to his role as SRSG for Guinea-Bissau, Ban Ki-Moon appointed Touré served Assistant Secretary General (ASG) and Special Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, a position he held from May 2013 to April 2016. As ASG in Nairobi, Kenya, Touré worked closely with the then Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Mary Robinson, to support her initiatives towards ensuring the monitoring and implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region, signed on 24 February, in Addis Ababa [12][13].
Between January to May 2013, Touré was the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator, and UNDP's acting Resident Representative in Kenya. In this capacity, he led and coordinated the UN country team in support of the 2013 general elections in Kenya. Between July to December 2012, he served as Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and Acting Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General at the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA)[14][15].
From October 2005 to April 2006, Touré was a member of the UNDP Transition Team established by Kemal Dervis, the new Administrator of UNDP, and later, served as Team Leader of the Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA) Management and Review Team established by the new Director, Regional Bureau for Africa (MoRev)[16].
From 2001 to 2004, Touré served as Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Chad. He assumed these same functions between August 2004 and August 2005 in Ethiopia. In Rwanda and Djibouti, Touré served as UNDP's Deputy Resident Representative from February 1998 to March 1999 and from January 1994 to January 1997, respectively[17]. From January 1991 to January 1994, Touré served as Programme Officer and later, as UNDP's Assistant Resident Representative in Burkina Faso.
Minister in Charge of New Technologies, Telecommunications and Post Office[edit]
From March 2011 to March 2012, Touré was the Minister in Charge of New Technologies, Telecommunications and the Post Office in Bamako, Republic of Mali[18][19]. As Minister, he created and initiated the implementation of new legal policies and frameworks to further development the country's technology sector and lay the groundwork for improved digital services. Toure also mobilized multi-source funding from AfDB (USD 37 million), the French Development Agency (USD 11.5 million) and the Government of Mali (USD 3 million) for the backbone infrastructure for the country, the Bamako Digital Complex (le Complexe Numerique de Bamako), through fiber optic covering a total of 1600 miles, connecting Mali to six neighboring countries[20][21]. The Bamako Digital Complex was described then as an innovative project, the first of its kind in the West African subregion. Toure also successfully conducted the process of awarding through internationally competitive bidding the award of the third global telecommunications license[22].
References[edit]
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Afribone.com :: BAD, Le Malien Modibo Ibrahim Touré, nouveau Secrétaire Général, chez ATT". www.afribone.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Modibo Ibrahim Touré, nouveau RSSG en Guinée Bissau : Une mission à hauteur d'expérience". Malinet (in français). 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ Bank, African Development (2019-03-01). "Senior Management Appointments: President Stresses Competence, Youth and Diversity". African Development Bank - Building today, a better Africa tomorrow. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "Modibo Ibrahim Touré, Secrétaire Général de la BAD, à l'inauguration des assemblées". french.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ Bank, African Development (2019-02-08). "Appointments in the office of the President, the African Development Bank". African Development Bank - Building today, a better Africa tomorrow. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Modibo Touré of Mali Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ Chronicle, The. "Guinea-Bissau 'practically paralysed'". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "UN Documents for Guinea-Bissau: Security Council Resolutions". www.securitycouncilreport.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ Bank, African Development (2019-02-08). "Appointments in the office of the President, the African Development Bank". African Development Bank - Building today, a better Africa tomorrow. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS ADOPTED TO ENSURE THE RESOLUTION OF THE PROTRACTED POLITICAL CRISIS IN GUINEA BISSAU | Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS)". www.ecowas.int. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Modibo Touré of Mali as Special Adviser to Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Great Lakes Region | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Le Malien Modibo Ibrahim Touré nommé sous-secrétaire de l'ONU pour les Grands Lacs - Xibaaru". Xibaaru (in français). Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Modibo Touré of Mali Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Pierre Buyoya rencontre le Représentant spécial adjoint du SG". BINUCA (in français). 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "Modibo Ibrahim Toure: Le Nouveau Ministre des Postes et des Nouvelles Technologies" (PDF). June 2011.
- ↑ "JournalDeBangui.com: Ibrahim Modibo Touré: le nouveau visage du système de Nations unies à Bangui". Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Mali Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members". InfoPlease. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ↑ "Modibo Ibrahim Touré", Wikipédia (in français), 2014-11-04, retrieved 2018-11-27
- ↑ "AfDB loan for Mali ICT centre". BiztechAfrica. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "Mali - Bamako Digital Complex Support Project". projectsportal.afdb.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "New Mali operator soon?". BiztechAfrica. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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