Oley Dibba-Wadda

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Oley Dibba-Wadda ( Oley Lucretia Clara Dibba-Wadda , born March 24, 1967 in Oxford ) is a Gambian development politician with a focus on education and gender.

Family and education

Dibba-Wadda was born in Oxford, where her father Omar Baboucar Yusupha Dibba was studying at the time. Her mother is Lucretia Eleanor Clara Dibba , née Carayol . She got her first name from her paternal grandmother. She is related to Lucretia Ayeshemi Joof , the first female Gambian MP. She has three younger siblings and is married to the well-known Gambian athlete Bye Malleh Wadda (also: Bai Malleh Wadda ) and has a daughter and four sons.

Career

After attending St. Joseph's High School , she earned a Masters in Gender Analysis in Development from the University of East Anglia in Norwich , UK.

She was the first woman managing director of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) of the African Development Bank . She was also the managing director of the non-governmental organization Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) and the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE).

She was also a Global Ambassador for Concern Universal (now United Purpose ) and a consultant for Oxfam , Great Britain, the Commonwealth Education Fund and the European Development Fund .

In 2013 she received the Women Leadership Award for her work .

Dibba-Wadda founded the charity and education organization Gam Africa Institute for Leadership (GAIL) in 2017 , where she is President and CEO.

Since July 2017 she has been Director Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development at the African Development Bank .

In late 2017 she published her autobiography Memoirs of an African Woman on a Mission , which was presented by the Gambian Vice President Fatoumata Tambajang .

In early January 2020 she publicly joined the Gambian United Democratic Party .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oley Dibba Wadda, Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development, AfDB. Retrieved January 18, 2019 : “In terms of who motivated me, I would say my great grand-mother. Her name was Mrs. Lucretia Ayeshemi Joof. She was the first female member of parliament in The Gambia. She had no children of her own, but she raised several children (including my grandmother, my mum and my mum's siblings) under her wing. "
  2. ↑ a b webmaster: Oley Dibba Wadda, Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development, AfDB | TheWomensTorch. Retrieved December 26, 2018 (UK English).
  3. ^ World Women Leadership Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ GAIL | Gam Africa Institute for Leadership | The Gambia. Accessed December 26, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Webmaster Webmaster: Gambian Oley Dibba-Wadda is director of human capital at AfDB. In: The Standard Newspaper. June 28, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2018 (American English).
  6. ^ Editor: Book Launch: Memoirs Of An African Woman On A Mission. December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2018 (American English).
  7. ↑ Oley Dibba joins UDP. Retrieved January 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Dibba-Wadda, Oley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dibba-Wadda, Oley Lucretia Clara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian development politician with a focus on education and gender
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford