Anta Babacar Ngom Diack (born 1986 or 1984, in Malika, Senegal),[1] is a Senegalese entrepreneur and politician. She is the general director of the Sedima group.

Anta Babacar Ngom Diack
Born1984 or 1986
CitizenshipSenegalese
Education
Occupation(s)entrepreneur and politician

Life and career

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Early life

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Anta Babacar Ngom was born in 1986[2] or 1984.[3]

As the daughter of Babacar Ngom, who is the founding president of SEDIMA, Anta Babacar Ngom Diack grew up on the Malika family farm.[1] She first went to study in Canada where she obtained a master's degree in economics from York University in Toronto, Ontario. She then continued her studies in France where she completed her Master 2 in international project management and NICT in Paris, then her Executive MBA in communication at Sciences Po Paris.[1]

Career

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Anta Babacar Ngom Diack began her professional career in 2009 within the family business Sedima,[4] a poultry farming company.[2] She successively held the positions of executive officer, strategy and development manager, director of the strategy and development division and deputy general director[4] before taking over in 2016 at the head of the company as general director of Sedima.[2][5]

Anta Babacar Ngom Diack is married and is the mother of two children.[6]

Political career

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Anta Babacar Ngom Diack created her political party, the Alternative for New Citizens (ARC) in August 2023.[3][7] She announced her candidacy in the 2024 presidential election that was scheduled for February 2024[8][9] and whose first round was held on 24 March 2024. She protested against the postponement of the election and was briefly arrested.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Anta Babacar Ngom Bathily: Héritière par le mérite". La référence du Business au Sénégal (in French). 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Agroalimentaire : Anta Babacar Ngom Bathily, la reine du poulet au Sénégal". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. ^ a b Anait Miridzhanian et Portia Crowe (2024-02-02). "Main candidates in Senegal's presidential election". Reuters.
  4. ^ a b "Portrait - Qui est Anta Babacar Ngom Bathily, directrice générale de Sedima, leader de l'aviculture au Sénégal". La Vie Sénégalaise (in French). 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ^ "Ngom, Anta Babacar". www.cta.int (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ^ "Anta Babacar Ngom : 32 ans et DG de Sedima, leader de l'aviculture au Sénégal". Vudaf (in French). 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. ^ "Le lancement du mouvement Alternative pour la relève citoyenne (ARC) reporté à une date ultérieure". Fédération atlantique des agences de presses africaines. 2023-08-02.
  8. ^ "Présidentielle 2024 au Sénégal : Découvrez la liste définitive des candidats". senego.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-07..
  9. ^ Estelle Maussion (2023-11-15). "Présidentielle au Sénégal : Anta Babacar Ngom Diack, la " capitaine d'industrie " qui veut changer la politique". Jeune Afrique.
  10. ^ Théa Ollivier (2024-02-05). "Au Sénégal, premières manifestations et répressions après le report de l'élection présidentielle". Le Monde.