Anta Babacar Ngom Diack | |
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| Born | 1984 or 1986 |
| Citizenship | Senegalese |
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| Occupation(s) | entrepreneur and politician |
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 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]
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]
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]