Kamaria Badirou KWAMINA

Mrs. Kamaria Badirou-Kwamina is the Budget and Administrative Officer of the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank Group. In this role, she effectively coordinates three divisions budgets both Administrative and Trust Funds; She also efficiently provide support in the delivery of wide range of high-level policy dialogues, executive trainings activities and knowledge events for the Department. She previously served as Team Assistant for the Policy Management Division of the African Development Institute since May 2016. In which role she provided excellent support to the Department and beyond. She was actively engaged in the launch of the first cohort of the Public Finance Management Academy (PFMA) of the Institute. 

Before joining the African Development Bank, Mrs. Kamaria Badirou-Kwamina worked as Operations Associate at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during the period 2014 to 2016. In this role, she provided administrative, budget, finance, logistics and procurement support to the United Nations Agencies Operations Management Team. She also coordinated UNDP conferences, workshops and seminars and was often called upon to support the Human Resources department where she was charged with national and international staff placements, salary reviews and recruitments.

Before taking on this responsibility she was recruited as Administrative Assistant at the Operations Department charged with budget and financial management of five UN Agencies and administrative support to the Senior Management Team during the period 2012 to 2014. Mrs. Kamaria Badirou-Kwamina is enrol in a Certificate in Project Management with Laval University, Quebec, Canada. She is holder of a master’s in business administration (MBA) from UNICAF University and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Pigier Côte d’Ivoire.