h.e. ramatoulaye diallo n'diaye

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Founder and CEO for Great Green Wall of Africa (GGWoA)

Ramatoulaye (Rama) Diallo is the founder and CEO of GGWoA Foundation. The foundation is aimed at enabling climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives across Africa, to improve lives for millions of African, particularly women, children, and youths. Through the foundation, she has led and co-led major climate initiatives in Africa, some of which aimed at fostering inclusive climate action, scaling private sector engagement in climate action, developing value chain investment opportunities for climate initiatives,  and mobilization financial, technical and capacity building resources for sustainable developments across Africa.

Prior to GGWoA Foundation, Rama was a Special Adviser to the UAE for Expo 2020 where she led the agendas for African Union and Francophone African countries. She was decorated by the Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for her outstanding contribution to the success of the Expo. She was the Minister in Mali for eight consecutive years where she led several strategic initiatives and was decorated as the Officer of the National Order of Mali and the Commander of the National Order of France.

Rama joined Human Capacity Africa as a board member in 2021. She was instrumental in the organization’s effort to bridge the gap between evidence and action on improving learning for children under the age of 10 across sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, prior to serving in Malian Government, she worked for the World Bank, as the regional coordinator for the Development Marketplace in the WAEMU area. She was the CEO of STARCOM, a leading Public Relations company, for over 10 years where she led over 15 Presidential summits in AU, ECOWAS, and CENSAD. Rama has a master’s degree in international marketing from Columbus University. She earned a post-master’s degree in Economic and Competitive Intelligence from the École de Guerre Économique in Paris France. She is currently working on a PhD on Digital Literacy and Development for Ecological and Energy Transition.