With over 13 years of international and emerging markets experience, I am a trade and investment executive who connects advanced and emerging economies through strategic business development and investment. As an Associate Director of Sustainable Finance at EYElliance, I build the capacity of retail optical entrepreneurs in South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia to scale their businesses through access to innovative and sustainable finance solutions.
I built Afrifursa because I am passionate about creating equitable opportunities of exchange with Africa, where I have lived for 11 years and worked in various sectors including fintech, digital infrastructure, telecommunications, tech, healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture, and clean technology. I am also a certified project management professional, an innovation associate, and a Silicon Valley immersion certificate holder, with skills in business and corporate strategy, entrepreneurship, and principle investing. I leverage my diverse and inclusive lens, data-driven approach, and market analysis to grow promising companies into regional leaders.