It is therefore without much surprise that Central African Yvon Sana Bangui was appointed this Friday, February 9, governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) following a virtual summit of heads of state. He succeeds the Chadian Abbas Mahamat Tolli whose mandate was punctuated by difficulties within the institution until a dispute over the date of the end of his mandate emerged in the public square a few days ago.
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A biography widely distributed on Central African networks reports studies carried out in Morocco and France: specialized studies in IT as well as economics and public management.
Originally from Lobaye, a region in the southwest of the country, Yvon Sana Bangui, who will celebrate his 50th birthday in May, would have started his professional career as a data engineer for a telephone operator, taught at the University of Bangui, before to join the BEAC almost 20 years ago as a senior management agent. He rose through the ranks to become Director of Information Systems at the Bank in 2017.
His appointment does not go without comment. A BEAC executive, for example, questions the knowledge of economic and monetary issues of Yvon Sana, whom some pejoratively present as the “computer scientist”.
Other observers denounce family favoritism which would have motivated President Touadéra to support this candidacy and question the freedom he will have to carry out reforms within the institution. Another Cemac executive highlights the advantage of his belonging to the “house” and concludes that it will be up to him to reveal his managerial and technical qualities.
The outgoing governor, Chadian Abbas Mahamat Tolli, was endorsed by heads of state in the region to run for the post of president of the African Development Bank.
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