An attempt by the Africa CEO Forum to run a debate on 13 May in Abidjan where the bank is headquartered was scuppered after Chad's Abbas Mahamat Tolli former governor of the Bank of Central African States (Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale) South Africa's Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala former senior vice-president of the AfDB and Maimbo declined to participate...

Algeria may prefer to back South Africa's Swazi Tshabalala rather than Sidi due to Nouakchott's recent siding with Morocco in the dispute over Western Sahara...

BAJABULILE SWAZI TSHABALALA – SOUTH AFRICAThe only woman in the race Swazi Tshabalala has run a diplomatically savvy campaign drawing on her track record as a chief finance officer and then senior vice-president in the AfDB...

South Africa's Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala who was Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group before resigning to campaign is also a strong contender though her candidacy with Pretoria's support angered Zambia whose Samuel Munzele Maimbo a senior World Bank official secured the endorsement of the Southern African Development Community (Dispatches 8/10/24 Why is South Africa challenging Zambia's bid for the AfDB Presidency...