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NEW ON THE JOB
A Former U.N. Official Leads a New 'Green Revolution'
By Caroline PrestonNamanga Ngongi had planned to spend his retirement from the United Nations growing oil-palm trees on a hillside farm in his hometown of Buea, Cameroon. But then two of the biggest American foundations came calling.
In June, Mr. Ngongi, 62, was asked to consider the top job at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa,...