{"id":2580,"date":"2024-01-08T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T11:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beratung.vamtam.com\/?page_id=2580"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:34:17","slug":"rouben-tamba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/our-people\/rouben-tamba\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouben Tamba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2580\" class=\"elementor elementor-2580\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23644dd1 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23644dd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Expertise<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee448a elementor-position-inline-end elementor-mobile-position-inline-end elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"4ee448a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aaasme.africa\/fr\/?page_id=335\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"CEO, UB Brima\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"vamtamtheme- vamtam-theme-arrow-right-list\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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AfCFTA\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7954a138\" data-id=\"7954a138\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c5f41 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c5f41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0310a\" data-id=\"b0310a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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He currently serves as the <strong>Chief Executive Officer and First Vice President<\/strong> on the Board of Directors of the <strong>African Youth Guarantee Fund<\/strong>, playing a pivotal role in advancing youth-led economic empowerment across the continent.<\/p><p>He is also the <strong>Chairman and CEO<\/strong> of <strong>UB Brima Investment &amp; Logistics Ltd.<\/strong>, a dynamic subsidiary of United Brothers Company focused on logistics, investment, and infrastructure development.<\/p><p>Rouben holds several high-impact positions across Africa and the diaspora, including:<\/p><ul><li><p><strong>Member<\/strong>, Southern Nigerian Committee for the Implementation of AfCFTA<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Ambassador to the United States<\/strong>, African Diaspora Collective<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Regional Director (ECAS) for GME<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Country Director (Cameroon)<\/strong>, Independent Continental Youth Advisory Council for AfCFTA<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Special Project Coordinator for AfCFTA<\/strong>, African Diaspora Collective USA<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>AfCFTA Advocate<\/strong>, Africa Trade Academy (Top 20 inaugural cohort)<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Executive Board Member &amp; Central Africa Regional Director<\/strong>, Entrepreneurs NBA<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>Rouben\u2019s work spans multiple African nations, including <strong>Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin Republic, Nigeria, Cameroon<\/strong>, and the <strong>Central African Republic<\/strong>, bridging regional markets and building robust trade and innovation networks across <strong>West, Central, and East Africa<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Fluent in both English and French, and having lived in Nigeria for 19 years, he brings <strong>cross-cultural fluency<\/strong> and strategic adaptability to every endeavor. 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