This is a list of scientists from Africa.

Benin

• Léopold K. Fakambi, he was a "Knight of the National Order of Benin" ; agronomist, d. 2021

Botswana

• Linah Mohohlo, was Governor of the Bank of Botswana; economist
• Thomas Tlou, was the first Motswana (Botswana citizen) to be vice-chancellor of the University of Botswana^[1][2]

Burkina Faso

• Lassina Zerbo, prime minister; has a PhD in Geophysics from the Université de Paris XI
• Paul Kaba Thieba, former prime minister; economist

Cameroon

• Esther Dang, Director of the Cameroon National Investment company; presidential candidate; economist
• Achille Mbembe, he is a political scientist

Chad

• Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, former prime minister; economist

Egypt

Ghana

• Kofi Annan, was chief of the United Nations(or UN); economist
• Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, was vice-president of Ghana; economist

Kenya

Libya

• Mohammed Magariaf, has been president of the General National Congress; economist

Morocco

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• Mahdi Elmandjra, economist, writer, sociologist; d. 2014
• Hamza Ben Driss Ottmani, was an award-winning writer, Transportation Planning Director, Secretary General of the Ministry of Transports; engineer, economist

Nigeria

• Adebayo Adedeji, was Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction; Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; economist
• Clement Isong, was governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, governor of Cross River State; economist
• Farida Kabir, Nigerian-British epidemiologist

Rwanda

• Agnes Kalibata, former minister of agriculture and animal resources

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president, economist

Sierra Leone

• J. B. Dauda - member of parliament (in Sierra Leone); economist; he died in 2017

• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - a former president of Sierra Leone; economist; died in 2014

Somalia

• Hassan Ali Khayre, economist, former prime minister

South Africa

• Basil Yamey, was an expert in the history of accounting^[3]

Tunisia

• Chedly Ayari, was President of the Central Bank of Tunisia; cabinet member; economist
• Abbas Bahri, introduced the method of the critical points at infinity, which is a fundamental step in the calculus of variations; Mathematics, Variational analysis; died in 2016
• Mohamed Talbi - the historian died in 2017

Uganda

• Maria Mutagamba, was minister of tourism, wildlife and antiquities; economist
• Jacob Oulanyah, was Speaker of the 11th Parliament of Uganda; economist

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