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Vera Songwe Appointed to Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
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Vera Songwe appointed to Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Dr Vera Songwe has been appointed a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences by Pope Leo XIV, placing one of Africa’s most prominent development economists within a Vatican institution that studies global economic, social and political challenges. The appointment, announced on 9 March 2026, brings the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa into a body that advises…
© (DR)This international distinction comes a few weeks before the visit of the sovereign pontiff to Cameroon and highlights the African expertise in the major global economic and social debates. On 9 March 2026, the Vatican announced the appointment of the Cameroonian economist Vera Songwe as an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The decision was taken by Pope Leo XIV, who thus pursues the mission of this institution o…
The timing questions geopolitical observers. On the eve of his first official visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo XIV chose to appoint a central figure of the African economy within the pontifical institution. A strong signal, to be decrypted. A pontifical appointment with strategic scope The Vatican has today formalized the appointment of Vera Songwe as an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. This institution, founded by John P…
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