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Lecturer Researcher at Faculty of Administrative and Political Sciences of the USJP of Bamako Area of expertise: political science, international relations, governance and regional integration, policies and
development strategies, conflict, terrorism, Sahel, West Africa.
Nationality: Malian Date of Birth: 27/01/1982 Marital: Single
Email: madibiramu@gmail.com Mobile: (+223) 73582152 / (+2) 01140088435 -WhatsApp ORC-ID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0732-4791Website: https://madyibrahimkante.academia.edu/
Address: rue 547, P. 435, Kalaban-Coura ACI, Bamako, Mali.
University Education
2019: Ph.D. in Governance and regional Integration, Pan African University, Yaounde, Cameroon.
2019: Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Egypt.
Prize of the best PhD thesis of KEMET Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge.
2014: MSc. in politic and economic “Politic”, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Egypt.
2009: Diploma in Politic and Economic, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Egypt.
2009: Diploma in Computer Sciences, TCL Institute Cairo, Egypt.
2008: Management Certificate, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
2008: B.A. in Law, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
Prizes and appreciations
2020: KEMET Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge Prizes award for the two best PhD theses presented to Egyptian universities in the field of: African studies (political science and African regional organizations) during the years 2018 and 2019. Dr. Mady Ibrahim Kante's thesis on “The role of the Economic Community of West African States in combating terrorism in West Africa” is one of winners of 2020.
2018: African Union Network of Science (AUNS) project, African Union Scientific, Technical and Research Commission.
2011: Certificate of Appreciation of First Afro-Arab Youth Forum, by the United Nations Center for Media in Cairo and Arab youth council for integrated development
Achievement Certificates
2020: Fundamental Knowledge of Peacekeeping Operations, The School of Peacekeeping Alioune Blondin Bèye (Ecole de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Bèye), Bamako, Mali.
2016: Certificate of E-commerce and services of International trade, Egyptian International Trade Point, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Egypt.
2015 December: Certificate of Community Organizing for Action, Young African Leaders Initiative Center, U.S Department of State, International Information Programs.
2015 October: Certificate of Creating and Maintaining Social Enterprises, Young African Leaders Initiative Center, U.S Department of State, International Information Programs.
Mady Ibrahim KANTE
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2014 – 2015: Achievement certificates in organization of the Model of the African Union, Cairo University (Organized 4 times in 2014, 2015).
2015: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), IT. Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
2014: Cisco Certified Network Associated (CCNA), CISCO Academy.
2011: Fellowship program by the International Center for future and Strategic Studies (The impact of Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and similar movements on the Socio-Economic development in the region), Cairo, Egypt.
2009: IT. Essentials Certificate, CISCO Academy Training
2009: Certificate of Web Design [HTML, Dreamweaver] African Society.
2006: French language Certificate CCF, Cairo, Egypt.
2005: Upper intermediate level 304, English language, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
2004: High School Diploma (literary), Al-Azhar Institute Cairo, Egypt.
2003: Achievement Certificate in Computer Sciences (Secretariat diploma) YAT Cairo, Egypt.
2002: High School Diploma (Science), Yatabare Institute, Bamako, Mali
2009: Self-Management and Communication Skills, Human Resource Development Committee, African Economic Council.
2009: International Relations and Diplomacy, African Researches and Studies Institute Cairo University, Egypt.
2009: Human Resource, Human Resource Development Committee, African Economic Council.
2009: Communication on African Continent, African Society.
Positions Held
2021: Member of the team of experts for the development of the "Fight against the financing of terrorism" course at the Alioune Blondin Bèye Peacekeeping School, Bamako, Mali.
2021 (February - March): Head and Supervisor of the Investigation Project on "Crime (terrorists and criminals in prisons) and those involved (judges, magistrates, lawyers, police and gendarmes) in the fight against crime, terrorism and violent extremism" in Mali, Timbuktu Institute African Centre for Peace Studies.
2020 – Still: Member of Scientific Committee of African Journal for Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). African Union.
2020 (November - December): Head and Supervisor of the “The Truth about Covid-19”
Investigation Project in Mali, Timbuktu Institute African Center for Peace Studies.
2020 – Still: Lecturer & researcher at Faculty of Administrative and Political Sciences of the USJP of Bamako.
2018- Still: Researcher Associate, Timbuktu Institute, African Center for Peace Studies, Dakar, Senegal.
2019 – Still: Member of the Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (Af-STAG-DRR), African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Volunteer)
2019 – Still: Member of Scientific Committee of Journal of extremism and armed groups, Arab Democratic Center for Strategic Economic and Political Studies, Berlin, Germany. (Volunteer) 2018: Member of African Union Network of Science (AUNS) project, African Union Scientific, Technical and Research Commission.
2011 - 2019: Researcher in Research Unit of Emirates Policy Center (Cairo Unit) Egypt.
2017- 2019: Research Officer for Inspire Magazine in the Network of African Youths for Development (NAYD), African Union.
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May 2016 – November 2016: Team Leader of the Canadian Company (Videotron), Xceed, Smart Village, Cairo Egypt.
2014 – 2018: Speaker and co-organizer of the Model of African Union, Cairo University (organized four times).
2014 - 2016: Trainer & Quality Coordinator of the Canadian Company (Videotron), Xceed, Smart Village, Cairo Egypt.
2014 - 2019: President of the Foreign Malians Council in Egypt.
2011 – 2014: Vice-President of the Foreign Malians Council in Egypt.
2012 - 2014: Researcher in Economic and Political Science, Institute of African Studies and Researches – Cairo University
2011 – 2013: Reporter of the National voting committee of Mali in Egypt.
2012 – 2014: Technical support agent, Videotron Company, Xceed, smart village, Egypt.
2011 - 2012: Co-founder and General Secretary of Africa Youth Organization in Egypt.
2009 – 2011: Treasurer General, secretary for Finance, Development and Investment in the Board of the Foreign Malians Council in Egypt.
2008 - 2010: Secretary General of the General Union of African Students Associations in Egypt.
2009 (4 months): Model of African Union (Economic Committee), Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt.
Social Activities & Field Research
2016: member of reconciliation group between young Christians and Muslims of Central Africa in Cairo, Egypt. Co-organizer of the peace day for Central Africa.
2015: Member of team, Peace building in Minya, Egypt (Conflict between Muslims and Christians).
2008 - 2014: Team member of the organization Annual event: The cultural diversity of Mali in Egypt.
2011: Co-founder of Africa Youth Organization.
Countries visited as part of field research: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
Academic Awards and Research Grants
African Union scholarship for Ph.D. program at Pan African University, November 2016 to October 2019.
2014 (5 days): Workshop program organized by the future for Advanced Research and Studies (The terrorism and the war against terrorism in Africa), Abu Dhabi, Emirates Arab United.
2011(3 months): Fellowship program by the International Center for future and Strategic Studies (The impact of Al-Qaeda, Taliban, and similar movements on the Socio-Economic development in the region), Cairo, Egypt.
Publications
Books / Chapter of a book:
1. Chapter in Book: “The African Cultures and Globalization – the case of Soninke” in Penser et écrire la société Soninké aujourd’hui, l’Harmattan, 2020.
2. Terrorism in West Africa: Ansar al-Din and the Group of Al-Morabitoun, Chapter in Book: Islam in West and Central Africa: Tradition, Politics, Terror, 17 November 2019, Al-Mesbar Studies & Research Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Arabic).
3. Book: The role of ECOWAS in the fight against terrorism in West Africa, Iraq-Africa Center, 2019. (Arabic).
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4. The Religious Dimension in the Formation of Terrorist Organizations in African States:
The Case Study “Mali”, Chapter in Book: Terrorist Movements in Africa: Dimensions and Strategies, 4 December 2018, Al-Mesbar Studies & Research Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Arabic).
5. Book: Terrorist threats in the Sahel and West Africa countries and the war on terror, published in 2018 by Noor Publishing. (Arabic).
6. Book: The process of democracy in Mali since 1991, published in 2015 by Dar Al- Maktab Al-Arabi Lelmaaref. (Arabic).
7. Terrorism movements in Mali: Case study (Ansar Adin) Chapter in Book: Terrorism affects the Arab – African Relations, 2017. (Arabic).
8. Contribution: Soninke language manuscripts, Chapter in Book: Heritage of the African Languages Manuscripts, 2nd volume, (Afro-Arab Institute for Cultural and Strategic Studies – Bamako), 2017. (in English, French and Arabic).
Artcles:
1. Armed groups against UN programs: The death of Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio in the DRC, French Center for International Policy Research and Analysis, March 14, 2021.
2. Turkey's New Conquest of the African Continent: North Africa, French Center for International Policy Research and Analysis, February 23, 2021.
3. The Turkish presence in Africa : the case of Central and Southern Africa, French Center for International Policy Research and Analysis, February 09, 2021.
4. Libya between foreign powers, French Center for International Policy Research and Analysis, February 02, 2021.
5. The G5 Sahel between the armed fight against terrorism and development projects against radicalization, French Center for Research and Analysis of International Policies, Jan 20, 2021.
6. Public opinion and the French fight against terrorism in the Sahel: after France's announcement of having killed jihadists, villagers talk about civilian victims in Mali, French Center for Research and Analysis of International Policies, Jan 9, 2021 (https://cfrp24.com/lopinion-publique-et-la-lutte-francaise-contre-le-terrorisme-au- sahel-apres-lannonce-de-la-france-davoir-tue-des- jihadists-villagers-evoke-civilian- victims-in-Mali/ ).
7. ECOWAS cooperates with States and regional and international organizations in the fight against terrorism in West Africa, December 2020, African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). African Union. - (in Arabic).
8. The social and security implications and effects of corona virus, Trends Centre Abu Dhabi, April 2020.
9. The rivalry between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in Libya, Journal of African Observatory of Middle East and North Africa, 20-09-2019. (French)
10. Managing the Terrorist Threat in the Sahel and West Africa, African Journal for Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 2019, African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). African Union. – (French).
11. Fight against terrorism in West Africa: cooperation between ECOWAS, States and organizations, African Journal for Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 2019, African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). African Union. – (French).
12. Military and security management of terrorist threats by states in West Africa, African Journal for Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, 2019, African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT). African Union. – (French).
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13. Rural Communities in Action: Innovative Responses to Poverty in Africa, “case of the Municipality of Tringa, Mali”, Inspire Magazine (July2017) - Network of African Youths for Development (NAYD). (English)
14. Terrorism attacks in West Africa: AQMI and Mourabitoun in The Journal of African Affairs, Jun 2017. (Arabic)
15. Technological Revolution: Political and Security Implications for African Countries, (Abu Dhabi: Future for Advanced Research & Studies: Trending Events Journal – Issue 21, May-Jun 2017). (Arabic)
16. The role of ECOWAS in African Union Agenda 2063 execution (African Perspectives journal VOLUME 13 - ISSUE 45 – 2016). (Arabic)
17. Relations between Mali and Egypt: fields of socio-economic and cultural development and displacement of people (African Perspectives journal, Volume 12 – edition 43–
2015). (French)
18. Role of African Union in Mozambique and Burundi civil war (Abu Dhabi: Future for Advanced Research & Studies: Trending Events Journal – Issue 17, May-Jun 2016).
(Arabic)
19. African Terrorism: Terrorism Expansion from the Atlantic Coast to East Africa, , (Abu Dhabi: The Future for Research and Advanced Studies, Trending of Events Journal, Issue 3, October 2014). (Arabic)
20. France military intervention in Mali’s crises (African Perspectives journal, Volume 11 - Issue 38 – 2013). (English)
21. Political crises in Mali since 2012 (African Perspectives journal, No. 36). (Arabic) Recent Invited Lectures and Conferences
2019: First Debate on intangible cultural heritage in Africa, on the topic: Similarities and differences in African Intangible Cultural Heritage, Casablanca, April 18-20, 2019. My participation topic “The African cultures and Globalization “the case of Soninke”.
2018: International workshop, "Towards the realization of the NEPAD initiative for the stability of the Sahel states", 8-9 November 2018, Tamanrasset, Algeria. My participation topic “NEPAD and new challenges of the sustainable development goals in the Sahel”.
2017: October 12 - 14, African Studies association of Africa (asaa), 2nd biennial conference university of Ghana. My topic “The fight against terrorism and its impact on human development in West Africa "The case of Mali"”.
2017: The 7thAfrican Unity for Renaissance Conference to be held in Pretoria, South Africa 22-25 May 2017. My Topic “The Impact of the Terrorism on the development in West Africa”.
2017: The conference "Political Perspectives of Africa", October 5 and 6, 2017 in Rabat, Morocco.
My topic “ECOWAS and democratic evolution under foreign interference and the terrorist threat”.
2015: Conference on “Migration in Africa”, organized by African Society, December 10th 2015, Cairo, Egypt. My Topic “Youth migration and its impact on the development of African countries, The case of "West Africa"”.
2015: Cairo University, African Institute Annual Conference July 2015, My topic “Terrorism movements in Mali: Case study Ansar Al-Din”.
2014: Jun 2014 China-Africa International Conference, My Topic “the impact of de-stabilization in the Sahel and Sahara on Chinese interests in Africa”.
2011: First Afro- Arab Youth Forum (Afro- Arab Youth Dialogue Towards mutual understanding), held in Cairo, on 8-11/9/2011, presented paper under title “African-Arab joint cooperation - the role of the African Union and Arab League”.
June 2011: The Nile Basin Initiative: the pros and cons. Cairo University.
July 2010: The African Youth conference, organized by the General Union of African Students Associations in Egypt.
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2011: The workshop: Spaces in Movement: New Perspectives on Migration in African Settings Bamako, 20-22 January 2011, organized by POINT SUD Center for research on local knowledge, my topic “Mali-Egypt relations and socio-economic and cultural development”.
Professional Society Membership
1. The Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group (Af-STAG-DRR), African Union 2. African Studies Association for Africa
3. Scientific Society for African Affairs
4. Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) 5. African Studies Association
6. West African Research Association 7. Africa Youth Association
8. General Union of African Students in Egypt 9. Foreign Malians Council in Egypt
10. Malians students Association in Egypt
Languages
1. Arabic (fluent speaking, reading and writing) 2. English (advanced speaking, reading and writing) 3. French (fluent speaking, reading and writing) 4. Soninke (Mother tongue)
5. Bambara (intermediate speaking and reading)
Computer Skills
Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Out Look) Web Design: Internet, HTML, Dreamweaver, Photoshop
Maintenance, Visual Basic, Network
Hobbies & Sports
Trips, Tourism, Reading History and Political books
Sports: karate (blue belt in Shotokan) and (Two belts in Kung-fu).
Driving Licenses (International driving license and Egyptian driving license)
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Contactable referees:
Academic activities Referees
1. Pr. Cheick Amala TOURE, Dean of the Faculty of Administration and Political Sciences, University of Bamako, Mali. Tel: +22376364833. Email: tourecheickamala@yahoo.fr 2. Pr. Ntuda Ebodé Joseph Vincent (My PhD. Thesis supervisor Pan African University)
Director of Pan African University Yaounde, Cameroon. Tel: +237222322143 Mob.:
+237677720462, Email: ntudaebode.joseph@gmail.com
3. Pr. Frédéric Ramel (My PhD. Thesis supervisor at Pan African University), Professeur des universités en Science politique, Directeur du Département de Science politique, SciencesPo, Ecole doctorale et CERI, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75337 Paris cedex 07 France T. +33 (0)1 45 49 54 26 / Email : frederic.ramel@sciencespo.fr
4. Pr. Ibrahim Nasser Al-Deen, (Supervisor of my Ph.D thesis at Cairo University), President of Scientific Society for African Affairs, Tel: +20235675524 Mob.: +201001560387 5. Dr. Rania Khafaga (My PhD. Thesis supervisor at African Studies - Cairo University)
Professor Assistant of Political Science at Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies Cairo University, Tel: +20235675524 Mob.: +201152640062 / Email: rania.khafaga@gmail.com
Job Referees
1. Prof. Djilali Benouar, Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group (African Union) Chairperson: Tel & Fax: +213 21 247 914, Cell-Phone: +213 771 842 428, E-mail:
info.afstagdrr@africa-union.org / dbenouar@gmail.com
2. Dr. Bakary Sambe, Director of Timbuktu Institute, African Center for Peace Study, +221 77 869 84 90, Email: bakary.sambe@timbuktu-institute.org
3. Mr. Hassan Ibrahim, Director of STC XCEED – Videotron:: Tel: +201228373777, Email:
hassan.aly@xceedcc.com
4. Mr. Rio Rague Mansour, Supervisor of STC XCEED – Videotron: Tel: +201227243808, Email: Rio.mansour@xceedcc.com
5. Dr. Ramadan Kurany, Director of Emirates Policy Center Cairo, Tel: +201000469566, Email: ramkurany_2017@hotmail.com
