Abdoulie Janneh

IAC member

Abdoulie Janneh is a member of Afrobarometer’s International Advisory Council.

Biography

Abdoulie Janneh is a former United Nations under-secretary general and executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) (2005-2012). A Gambian national, he is an advisory council member/senior adviser at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. He served as UN assistant secretary-general and UNDP regional director for Africa from June 2000 to October 2005.

Janneh is an active participant on the boards/advisory panels of several organisations involved in Africa’s development, notably the Africa Forum of Former Heads of State, and is president of the governing board of the African Governance Institute and a board member of International Lawyers of Africa (ILFA), Global Integrity, AO Alliance, TrustAfrica, and Africa Risk Capacity.

Known as a strong pan-Africanist, he has delivered a number of keynote addresses, policy statements, and articles on issues germane to Africa’s development and is the author of the book Integrating Africa.

Areas of interest

Language

English

Countries

Gambia Senegal