Aïssata Lam (born in October 1986) is a Mauritanian Development Professional . She is the cofounder and president of the Youth Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania (JCCM) and has a background in

microfinance Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; savings ...

and agricultural finance. She works in climate finance and is very involved in youth and women empowerment on the African continent, specially in Mauritania. She was appointed in 2019 by

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

to the G7 council on

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. In 2019, she was listed among the BBC's 100 Women. and has been awarded the “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” in 2020 by the Mauritanian Government.

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