List of scientists from Africa

This is a list of scientists from Africa.

Benin
Léopold K. Fakambi, he was a "Knight of the National Order of Benin" ; agronomist, d. 2021

Botswana
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

Burkina Faso
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Lassina Zerbo, prime minister; has a PhD in Geophysics from the Université de Paris XI
Paul Kaba Thieba, former prime minister; economist

Cameroon
Esther Dang, Director of the Cameroon National Investment company; presidential candidate; economist
Achille Mbembe, he is a political scientist

Chad
Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, former prime minister; economist

Egypt

Ghana
Kofi Annan, was chief of the United Nations(or UN); economist
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, was vice-president of Ghana; economist

Kenya

Libya
Mohammed Magariaf, has been president of the General National Congress; economist

Morocco
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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
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
Agnes Kalibata, former minister of agriculture and animal resources

São Tomé and Príncipe
Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president, economist

Sierra Leone

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
Hassan Ali Khayre, economist, former prime minister

South Africa
Basil Yamey, was an expert in the history of accounting

Tunisia
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
Maria Mutagamba, was minister of tourism, wildlife and antiquities; economist
Jacob Oulanyah, was Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda; economist 

Related pages
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
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