Financial specialist Afrik has just released the top 5 best African finance ministers for the year 2020. Tested by the Covid-19 crisis, they have taken up the challenge of mobilizing resources for the financing of emergency social and health programs.

The Financial Afrik informs that the ministers chosen in this ranking, out of the 54 of the continent, are manually steered with, constantly, the hand on the button of the recovery and the foot on the lever of the financing of the emergency programs. " These ministers present a high level of leadership, evidenced by their backgrounds, their knowledge of the international financial system and their ability to attract financing and convince investors ," says the same source.
Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin is number 1 on the list. He is followed by Abouldaye Diallo, Minister of Finance and Bugdet and Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation of Senegal. Then comes Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maait, Minister of Finance of Egypt who has set aside his academic capital as an actuary, mathematician and professor at various universities in Egypt, Sudan and Scotland to put into practice unorthodox measures to deal with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 4th position, Tito Mboweni, Minister of Finance of South Africa faces macroeconomic balances that are difficult to consolidate. The wage bill has increased by 58% since 2008. Finally, Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance of Mauritius who is facing a difficult context marked by the impact of the pandemic on the tourism, finance and services sectors, the main providers of foreign exchange and jobs in Mauritius.
The selection criteria are : leadership, growth 2020-2021, private sector financing, debt control and deficit control.