The GIAF Youth
Presentation
The GIAF Youth
GIAf Jeunesse is an offshoot of GIAf (Groupe Initiative Afrique). This melting pot of young leaders, from different horizons on the African continent and beyond, represents the voice and driving force of youth within our think tank. GIAf Jeunesse’s vocation is to enable young Africans to question, discuss and reflect on the group’s recommendations, making them their own. In this way, they become protagonists of desirable change in Africa.
Our team
The founding and operational core of GIAF Jeunesse
Fatou CISSÉ
Economist, originally from Senegal.
José Herbert AHODODE
Author, Agronomist and socio-economist, originally from Benin.
Théo MALLET
Researcher specializing in International Conflict, originally from France.
Esther DJOSSA
Doctoral student in Canada
Christelle MEDAHO
Author, Agronomist and socio-economist, originally from Benin, now living in Belgium.
GIAF Youth speakers
Gilles YABI
Doctorate in development economics. Independent consultant on issues of conflict, security and governance in West Africa. Founder and moderator of the Dakar-based citizen think tank WATHI.
Christelle MEDAHO
Laboratory technician in transfusion medicine. Young Beninese leader; Activist for a more active political will on the part of political players and a relentless citizen watch.
Succès MASRA
Doctor of Economics. Former senior official at the ADB and the ABCD Foundation. Founder of the LES TRANSFORMATEURS movement in Chad.
Cheikh Tidiane DIEYE
Doctor in Development Studies. Director of the African Center for Trade, Integration and Development (CACID).
Mamadou Sinsy COULIBALY
Entrepreneur, self-made man. CEO of Groupe KLEDU (media, digital technologies, tourism, agri-food, etc.); former Chairman of the Conseil National du Patronat Malien.
Aïssatou
LE BLOND
Investment fund specialist. Co-founder in 2016 and CEO of M&A Capital Group (company start-ups, equity investments, strategic support, etc.).
Abdoul Khadre DIALLO
Entrepreneur, Co-founder in 2015 of Groupe Volkeno: digital engineering, management tools for informal businesses, etc. Founder of Bakeli, a vocational training school (with several thousand students).
Moutawakilou GOUNOU
Agro-economist, entrepreneur. CEO of the Small Solde company; creator of the GOUNOU chocolate brand. Passionate about business issues and economic intelligence.
Adjaratou AIDARA NDIAYE
Executive Director of Partenrs West Africa (PWA) in Senegal, Associate Professor CAMES, Lecturer at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar.
Esther DJOSSA
Social and educational activist. Former spokesperson for the Francophone Youth Parliament. Former President of the US-Benin Women Alumni Association (US BWAA).
Béatrice EPAYE
Member of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Vice-President of the CEMAC Parliament. Recognized as a Woman of Courage by the US State Department in 2015.
Pap’Amadou NGOM
Co-founder and Chairman of S&H, a Digital Services company with 250 consultants in France, which since 2020 has also been expanding on the African continent.
Khady NDIAYE
After 8 years in banking in France (BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Banque de France), she returned to Senegal to found and run the mineral make-up brand SENTAAR.
Mahamadou Lamine SAGNA
Doctorate in Sociology, Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA), founder of RE-SOURCE (which organizes home-comings for the Senegalese diaspora in Dakar).
Aliou WANE alias Papis
Artist, former emigration candidate. Since 2017, events and audio-visual entrepreneur.
Jean-Louis SAGOT-DUVAUROUX
Essayist, playwright, director of Théâtre de l’Arlequin (Morsang-sur-Orge), co-founder of Compagnie BlonBa (Bamako) and Culture en Partage.
Ange MBELLE
As a consultant, she boosts the commercial development of national economic operators. Diffusion and distribution of books, which she brings into supermarkets and service stations.
Serge NOUKOUE
International media professional (Canal+ Group et al.), organizer of the NOLLYWOOD WEEK festival in Paris, currently audio-visual attaché for East Africa.
Souleymane GOMIS
Educational sociologist. University professor. Lecturer and researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (Senegal).