Bennington College

African Leadership Academy

Founder at RakTak

Skills: Data Analysis · Entrepreneurship & Innovation · Strategy · Financial Analysis · FinTech · Market Research · Business Development · Entrepreneurship · Product Launch · Leadership · Remittances

Wave Mobile Money

Country Launcher

Skills: Data Analysis · Strategy · Financial Analysis · FinTech · Product Launch · Leadership · Remittances

Director of Operations for The Gambia

Director of Operations for  Burkina Faso

Skills: Data Analysis · Entrepreneurship & Innovation · Strategy · Financial Analysis · FinTech · Market Research · Business Development · Entrepreneurship · Product Launch · Leadership

RakTak

Founder

A Nigerian farming and food processing start-up that produces and distributes high-end fresh tomato and tomato-based products
-Oversaw day to day business operations along with the CEO and the VP of farming
-Designed and executed the company's innovative outgrower program to ensure raw material security and significantly increase local farmers income
-Negotiated key strategic partnerships along with the CEO
-Wrote and coordinated proposals to key grant-makers

Tomato Jos

Senior Operations Fellow

Skills: Data Analysis · Strategy · Value Chain Analysis · Market Research · Business Development · Community Outreach · Product Launch · Leadership

Nutraceutical Corporation

Value Chain Consultant

A program of Stanford University, Graduate School of Business in particular, that aims to reduce poverty at large scale by supporting growth of businesses in developing nations through training and continuous business coaching 
-Led a major research project on the structure and obstacles of the oil palm value chain in Ghana and made practical recommendations on ways in which major chain actors can build win-win partnerships with smallholder farmers
-Played a leading role in a market research and due diligence process that have allowed a major food processing company in Ghana make successful investments in sustainable farming and develop an award winning outgrower scheme model that has helped the company overcome raw material shortage challenges and allowed local farmers improve their productivity and significantly raise their income
-Initiated and executed a consumer market survey that has allowed the same food processing company to successfully introduce new products into the local market and identify and eliminate non-performing products from its supply line

Stanford SEED

Associate

A global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials with annual net sales of over $12 billion
-Conducted interviews with DSM’s corporate customers to get information on the ways in which they integrate sustainability into their business practices and the challenges they face
-Designed and executed a strategic survey to get information on how DSM employees view sustainability within the company and the barriers they see preventing DSM from capturing the full potential value of sustainability initiatives
-Made recommendations based on data from the interviews and the results of the survey
-Conducted a cost-benefit analysis of a potential DSM foundation in a four-member team

Royal DSM

Business Analyst/Sustainability Intern

A nonprofit social investment fund with over $500 million in credit disbursements to agricultural business in developing countries
-Conducted research on the agriculture sector in Senegal focused on identifying opportunities for expansion of Root Capital’s financing operations in Senegal
-Hosted meetings with business leaders and local authorities to discuss possibilities for partnering

Ousseynou Diome