Ebrima Ousmane Ndure

Ebrima Ousmane Ndure (* around 1952 in Bathurst ) is a Gambian diplomat.

Life

Ndure attended the Armitage School (now Armitage Senior Secondary School ) in Georgetown (now Janjanbureh ) from 1967 to 1972 . From 1976 to 1977 he attended the Center de Langue et Civilization Francaises at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar and studied French (qualification: Certificat De Langue 1e Degre ). By 1978 he obtained a diploma in the French language (degree: Diplome D'Etudes Francaises 2e Degre ). In France at the University of Franche-Comté , he obtained another higher degree in French from 1978 to 1979 (degree: Diplome D'Etudes Superieures 3e Degre ). At the same university he continued to study until 1981 (degree: License des Lettres Modernes ). From 1984 to 1985 Ndure studied international development and diplomacy at the German Foundation for International Development (today the German Society for International Cooperation ) (degree: Advanced Diploma Special Field of Foreign Services ). From 1985 to 1986 he obtained a certificate in public administration at the Management Development Institute in Kanifing Municipal in Gambia. In 1998 he attended the Institute of Computer Science and Technology in Dakar to improve his computer skills. In 2001 he trained in the field of international procurement procedures and practices within the United Nations system in Accra, Ghana.

From December 1981 to November 1982 he was employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Secretary. There he translated official documents and verbal notes from French into English and vice versa. He also ensured the protocol service for visiting foreign ministries and dignitaries and managed the VIP lounge at Banjul International Airport .

In November 1982 he became Second Secretary of the Management of the Gambian High Commission in Dakar. He stayed in Dakar until March 1987 and then returned to Banjul to be employed as a protocol officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 1987. August 1991 he was appointed Chief of Protocol at the Office of the President of the Republic of Gambia, Dawda Jawara . Ndure lost this position after the coup of Yahya Jammeh and the dismissal of Jawara in July 1994.

Ndure began working as an administrative officer at the World Health Organization (WHO) in July 1997, which he held until December 2011. From July 2012 to 2012 he was in charge of the Namibian Entrepreneurial Development Week, a week-long conference and exhibition in Namibia. In April 2014, he founded CUFFS & LINKS (C&L), a Gambia-based company that specializes in the production of handcrafted jewelry (cufflinks, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, Muslim prayer beads), and is also its CEO (as of July 2020).

Under President Adama Barrow , he was sent to the Gambian High Commission in Dakar in September 2017 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary or High Commissioner of the Republic of Gambia. The accreditation , based in Dakar, also extends to the countries of Mauritania , Algeria , Morocco , Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau as well as the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Burkina Faso .

Awards and honors

2020 - Named one of the 50 most influential people in West Africa by The Influences magazine

Individual evidence

↑ Gambiann Ambassador To Mali Presents Letter Of Credence. In: standard.gm. August 14, 2019, Retrieved July 11, 2020 (American English).
↑ GunjurOnline: Press Release: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad. In: gunjuronline.com. Gunjur Online, August 13, 2019, accessed on July 11, 2020 .
^ President Barrow appoints ambassadors. In: foroyaa.net. Foroyaa Newspaper, May 21, 2017, accessed July 11, 2020 (American English).
^ Gambia High Commissioner to Senegal amasses prestigious award - The Point. In: thepoint.gm. June 30, 2020, Retrieved July 11, 2020 (American English).
↑ 50 personnalités les plus influentes d'Afrique de l'Ouest: les guinéens Bobo Dencken et Aissata Béavogui présents (classement). In: mosaiqueguinee.com. 2020, accessed on July 11, 2020 (Fri-FR).

personal data
SURNAME	Ndure, Ebrima Ousmane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ndure, Ebrima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bathurst

[standard20190814-1] Gambiann Ambassador To Mali Presents Letter Of Credence. In: standard.gm. August 14, 2019, Retrieved July 11, 2020 (American English).

[gunjuronline20190813-2] GunjurOnline: Press Release: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad. In: gunjuronline.com. Gunjur Online, August 13, 2019, accessed on July 11, 2020 .

[foroyaa20170521-3] President Barrow appoints ambassadors. In: foroyaa.net. Foroyaa Newspaper, May 21, 2017, accessed July 11, 2020 (American English).

[thepoint20200630-4] Gambia High Commissioner to Senegal amasses prestigious award - The Point. In: thepoint.gm. June 30, 2020, Retrieved July 11, 2020 (American English).

[mosaiqueguinee-5] 50 personnalités les plus influentes d'Afrique de l'Ouest: les guinéens Bobo Dencken et Aissata Béavogui présents (classement). In: mosaiqueguinee.com. 2020, accessed on July 11, 2020 (Fri-FR).