Aminata Zerbo-Sabané Explained

Aminata Zerbo-Sabané
Office:Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications
Term Start:5 March 2022
President:Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Ibrahim Traoré
Primeminister:Albert Ouédraogo
Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla
Predecessor:Hadja Fatimata Ouattara
Birth Date:1 January 1979
Birth Place:Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Nationality:Burkinabe
Occupation:Computer scientist, educator, politician
Known For:Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications
Alma Mater:École supérieure d'information
Polytechnique Montréal
Employer:Joseph-Ki Zerbo University -->

Aminata Zerbo-Sabané (born on January 1, 1979, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast), is a computer scientist, educator, and Burkinabe politician. Following the January and September 2022 coups d'état in Burkina Faso, she assumed the role of Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications in the transitional governments led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and Ibrahim Traoré.

Biography

Early life and education

Aminata Zerbo-Sabané attended a technical high school in Abidjan. She earned her baccalaureate in 2000 and pursued higher education at the École supérieure d'information in Burkina Faso. Obtaining a degree in computer engineering with a specialization in programming analysis in 2003, followed by a computer design engineering degree in 2006, she then enrolled at École Polytechnique de Montréal in Canada. In 2015, she received her doctorate in computer engineering. Joining Joseph-Ki Zerbo University in 2017 as a teacher-researcher in computer science, she co-initiated and served as deputy coordinator of the university's digital incubator, incub@UO,[1] which fosters and supports student startup projects.

Before assuming the position of Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications,[2] [3] she served as the director of the National Agency for the Promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ANPTIC).[4]

Career

Aminata Zerbo-Sabané coordinates various sectoral projects, including the e-Burkina project,[5] the ICT development support project, and the unique identification project for regional integration and inclusion in West Africa (WURI).[6] [7] She is actively involved in professional and scientific associations, serving as a member of IEEE Burkina (an international scholarly society focusing on research in electronic and computer systems) and the network of teachers and researchers in computer science of Burkina (Rcif).

References

  1. Web site: 2022-08-24 . fr-FR . INCUB@UO – L’université a du talent! .
  2. Web site: 2022-08-24 . Frédéric . fr-FR . 2022-03-07. Powelton . Burkina Faso: Composition du nouveau gouvernement de la Transition . Sahel Intelligence . https://archive.today/20240326190435/https://sahel-intelligence.com/26883-burkina-faso-composition-du-nouveau-gouvernement-de-la-transition.html. 2024-03-26. live.
  3. Web site: 2022-08-24 . Fériol . fr-fr . BEWA . Burkina Faso : le gouvernement de la transition officialisé, avec à sa tête Albert Ouédraogo . Agence Ecofin.
  4. Web site: 2022-08-24 . 2021-04-03 . Noufou . fr-FR . KINDO . Burkina Faso : Aminata Zerbo/Sabané, nouvelle Directrice générale de l’ANPTIC, installée dans ses fonctions . Burkina24.com - L'Actualité du Burkina Faso 24h/24.
  5. Web site: 2022-08-24 . fr . Accueil e-Burkina . eburkina.
  6. Web site: 2022-08-24 . fr . Le Togo, le Bénin, le Burkina Faso et le Niger rejoignent le Programme régional d'identification en Afrique de l'Ouest pour offrir un meilleur accès aux services essentiels à des millions de personnes . World Bank.
  7. Web site: 2022-08-24 . fr . Le Projet d’Identification Unique pour l'Intégration Régionale et l'Inclusion en Afrique de l'Ouest (WURI) lancé par le Bénin . Gouvernement de la République du Bénin.