Mr. Yonis Ali Guedi holds a master’s degree in human resources management. After a brief stint in the banking sector and within the National Education system, Mr. Yonis Ali Guedi joined the Port of Djibouti, the country's main economic hub, in 2000. And after a little over a decade of a very promising career, which saw him climb almost every rung of the ladder, he was appointed, in 2013, Head of the Terminal Service and Support Department at the Container Terminal Management of the Port of Djibouti.
A polyglot, he has also benefited from several training courses throughout his long career, particularly in the fields of management, employment and skills planning, and business English development.
On April 5, 2017, Mr. Yonis Ali Guedi joined the government and headed the Ministry of Energy, responsible for Natural Resources, a key portfolio in the Djiboutian government, which aims to make the Republic of Djibouti the first African country to use 100% green energy by 2035.