Papa Ndiaye 2022 speaker

CEO

AFIG Funds

Biography

Papa M Ndiaye is the CEO and Founding Partner of AFIG Funds. He leads the firm’s strategic direction, manages LP relationships and oversees the investment process as Chair of the Fund’ Investment Committee. AFIG Funds has one of the longest track records in making equity investments in local African enterprises in order to turn them into regional leaders by leveraging its extensive network and experience across Africa.

Prior to AFIG Funds, Papa Ndiaye was one of the founding partners and Investment Director at Emerging Markets Partnership in Washington (EMP, now ECP). Before joining EMP, he held senior responsibilities for IFC’s equity and debt investment activities in capital markets and financial institutions in Africa between 1996 and 2000. Papa started his career on Wall Street at Salomon Brothers, then JP Morgan. He was Chairman of Senegal’s National Council of Economic Advisors of Senegal and Special Advisor of the President for Economic and Financial Affairs from 2000 to 2005.

Papa Ndiaye currently serves on the boards of several companies and non-profit organizations. Papa graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business and a Masters of International Affairs from the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.