As Co-Founder and President of Sabi, Africa’s premier digital infrastructure provider for critical minerals and commodities, the individual plays a key role in leading the mission to seamlessly connect small-scale miners and traders of essential minerals to global end-users, including battery manufacturers and mineral refineries. These critical minerals are essential for powering the new economy, driving innovations in AI, data centers, renewable energy, and digital technologies. Through the TRACE platform, Sabi delivers robust supply and demand networks, sophisticated logistics solutions, advanced traceability systems, and actionable data-driven insights. Recognizing its transformative impact, Fast Company named Sabi one of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa’s most innovative companies in 2023.

Prior to founding Sabi, they established and led Rensource, a leading West African commercial solar provider that received the 2019 Financial Times/IFC Transformational Business Award. They also served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Capricorn Investment Group, focusing on climate and technology-related investments. At Aquifer, an Africa-focused investment firm backed by Lord Sainsbury and the Gatsby Trust, they led business development and corporate strategy, contributing to the growth of a large agro-industrial business in Mozambique. Earlier in their career, they were part of the founding team of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) at the Rockefeller Foundation, helping to launch the impact investment sector. Their professional journey began in the Global Markets division of JPMorgan’s Investment Bank in New York.

Having lived and worked in Africa, the USA, and Europe, they are committed to learning, collaborating, and innovating with like-minded professionals and organizations.