The Foundation of renowned British-Sudanese philanthropist Mo Ibrahim recently announced the names of three emerging African leaders of the year. Selected from thousands of candidates from 54 African countries, these leaders will benefit from intensive preparation to become prominent leaders on the continent. They will also have the opportunity to be mentored directly by leaders of three strategic international organizations: the AfDB in Abidjan, UNECA in Addis Ababa and ITC in Geneva.
For the first time, a Moroccan was selected to join the Office of the President of the African Development Bank Group in Abidjan, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, thus joining the very closed circle of Leader Fellows of Mo Ibrahim.
An expert in renewable energies and green hydrogen and specialized in international development and cooperation, Hanae Rharnit has come to raise the flag of the Sherifian Kingdom high by entering the executive core of the most important development financing institution in Africa, which is celebrating this year his 60th birthday. She will have the opportunity to accompany President Adesina during his last year in office.
This is not the first time that the expert’s career has attracted international attention. In 2019, she was designated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japan Foundation as Young MENA Leader, to present Morocco’s environmental strategy and achievements to Japan.
Hanae Rharnit has been working for 7 years at MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy), where she is the preferred contact for global investors as part of the Morocco Offer for green hydrogen. A graduate of Sciences-Po Paris in Development Policy and Management, it was above all in Europe that the laureate developed her professional skills for 8 years, where she worked at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, at the German International Cooperation , at the French Ministry of the Economy and
finance, and the L’Oréal Group.
She also studied economics and management at the University of Paris-Dauphine. To develop her professional skills, she was trained by Ecole X-Polytechnique and HEC Paris in engineering and entrepreneurship in the field of renewable energies. From France where she was studying her Master’s degree at Sciences-Po, she observed the reforms and advances in her country, the Kingdom of Morocco, and realizes the importance of learning Moroccan legislation. She then decided to add a Moroccan law diploma to her list of achievements.
