Aminata Zerbo-Sabané

Aminata Zerbo-Sabané
Minister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 March 2022
PresidentPaul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Ibrahim Traoré
Prime MinisterAlbert Ouédraogo
Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla
Preceded byHadja Fatimata Ouattara
Personal details
Born (1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 45)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityBurkinabe
Alma materÉcole supérieure d'information
Polytechnique Montréal
OccupationComputer scientist, educator, politician
Known forMinister of Digital Transition, Posts, and Electronic Communications

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.[citation needed]

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).[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "INCUB@UO – L'université a du talent!" (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. ^ Powelton, Frédéric (2022-03-07). "Burkina Faso: Composition du nouveau gouvernement de la Transition". Sahel Intelligence (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  3. ^ BEWA, Fériol. "Burkina Faso : le gouvernement de la transition officialisé, avec à sa tête Albert Ouédraogo". Agence Ecofin (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  4. ^ KINDO, Noufou (2021-04-03). "Burkina Faso : Aminata Zerbo/Sabané, nouvelle Directrice générale de l'ANPTIC, installée dans ses fonctions". Burkina24.com - L'Actualité du Burkina Faso 24h/24 (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  5. ^ "Accueil | e-Burkina". eburkina (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. ^ "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 (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  7. ^ "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 (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-24.