Cote d’Ivoire: Former Board Chairman of Rwanda Finance Tidjane Thiam to Run in Côte d’Ivoire Presidential Election

Former Board Chairman of Rwanda Finance Limited Tidjane Thiam, 62, will run for president in Côte d’Ivoire’s October election, his party has confirmed. Reports indicate that Thiam was the only candidate vying to represent the country’s main opposition party, the PDCI.

The former planning minister (1998) has held senior positions in leading international businesses like Aviva, Prudential and Credit Suisse.

Following his return to the country’s politics, he assumed the leadership of the PDCI in…