Rwanda’s Ngororano Appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Rwanda’s Anthony Ngororano as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, with the host government’s approval, effective 1 March 2025. Ngororano has over 20 years of experience in sustainable development, holding leadership roles across the UN system and, earlier, in the private sector. Most recently, he served as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Kenya. Before that, he was the UNDP Resident Representative in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Prior to his role in Mauritania,

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Rwanda’s Anthony Ngororano as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Madagascar, with the host government’s approval, effective 1 March 2025. Ngororano has over 20 years of experience in sustainable development, holding leadership roles across the UN system and, earlier, in the private sector. Most recently, he served as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Kenya. Before that, he was the UNDP Resident Representative in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Prior to his role in Mauritania, Mr. Ngororano served as Chief of the Executive Board Branch in the Office of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York. He also held several positions at UN Women, including Country Representative in Haiti and Chief of the Africa Section in New York. Additionally, he served as Senior Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Rwanda, with the rank of Permanent Secretary. Before that, he held various roles at UNDP, including Country Adviser in the Regional Bureau for Africa in New York and policy, planning, and program roles in Nigeria, Zambia, and Rwanda. He also worked as an investment banker at Citigroup N.A. in Kenya and Tanzania, having begun his career as an economist at the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development in Uganda. Ngororano holds master’s degrees in Development Economics and International Relations from the University of East Anglia and the University of Sussex, respectively. He also holds an MA (Honours) in Economics from the University of Edinburgh.