Anta Babacar Ngom
Anta Babacar Ngom (born 1986 or 1984, in Malika, Senegal), she is a Senegalese entrepreneur and politician. She is the general director of the Sedima group. As the daughter of Babacar Ngom, who is the founding president of SEDIMA, she grew up on the Malika family farm. She first went to study in Canada where she obtained a master's degree in economics from York University in Toronto, Ontario. She then continued her studies in France where she completed her Master 2 in international project management and NICT in Paris, then her Executive MBA in communication at Sciences Po Paris.
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[edit]- The healthcare sector definitely needs reforms. I dream of a form of 'Obamacare' for Senegalese people and I think it's doable.
- As the only female presidential candidate, I represent Senegalese women.
- In the 2019 presidential election, there were no female candidates,And that didn't bother anybody, the two women who contested the 2012 polls took "zero-something" percent of the vote.
- In Senegal, this is the first time a woman is actually being taken seriously. It's a shock to me.
- While hard-working women play a vital role in all sectors of the workforce, they're given little opportunity to thrive – something she wants to change.
- The economy is in the hands of women. They work hard and are very courageous. Their only problem is that they are very limited.
- No matter the result, I want to give hope to them and to show the way. The main question is: Can a woman be president in Senegal?
- We've had women lawmakers, ministers, and even a prime minister. Moreover, Islam supports women in this regard. So why not have a woman president.
- This postponement was absolutely unnecessary. In my opinion, the delay holds the voting rights of the Senegalese people hostage. No one knows what President Macky Sall has in mind.
- For the first time, a woman managed to gather enough signatures. We need to reflect on why women have not been able to participate sufficiently in the presidential candidacy process. We must make the candidacy system more fair and inclusive.
- Establishing national women's bank to support their economic independence is one of our key projects.