Regional Team Biographies
Ousmane Maiga
Country Representative: Mali
Ousmane Maiga is Oolu’s Country Representative in Mali. His academic and professional background is in finance and accounting and he has extensive experience in motivating big teams. Maiga has over 15 years of experience in rural regions in Mali working for some of the world’s largest distribution companies like Bramali, Coca Cola and British American Tobacco. He made his mark in the solar industry through NOTs Impact Enterprises, the largest sellers of solar lights and home systems in the region. He speaks French, English, Bambara et Sonhai.
Emmanuel Ndong
Emmanuel is Oolu’s Financial Controller. He oversees the group accounting team, the Financial reporting, cash management and all relations with external parties for tax and audit purposes.
Before joining oolu, he has been a financial auditor at Deloitte Senegal for 5 years and worked for clients in Transport & logistic, oil and gas, financial services sectors.
He is graduate in Finance and accounting from UCAO ST MICHEL and ESP Dakar. He speaks French, Wolof, Serere and English.
Marie Louise DIOUF
Specialized in new information and communication technologies Marie Louise has more than 20 years of experience in customer service management.
She has worked for the pioneers and the biggest contact centers in sub-Saharan Africa such as Intelcia, PCCI and Quality Center, and has represented the biggest French brands.
Through her experience, she also set up and led the quality department for a large multinational and participated in the training of hundreds of customer service agents in Senegal.
Bourahima Yameogo
Country Representative: Burkina Faso
Bourahima Yameogo is Oolu’s Country Representative in Burkina Faso. His academic and professional background is in commerce and accounting and he has extensive experience in motivating big teams. Bourahima has over 17 years of experience in strategic level positions in Burkina working for some of the world’s largest distribution companies like Coca Cola and Jumbo. He integrated the solar industry through Yeelen Ba, the largest sellers of solar lights and home systems in the region. He speaks French, Moore, Dioula and basic English.
Loïc Vervoort
Operations Manager
Loïc is the head of operations at Oolu. He started his professional career for Danone in the Netherlands where he worked for 2,5 years before joining Doctors without borders. In the years before moving to Dakar, he lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic as a team leader in logistics during emergencies. Loïc speaks Dutch, French, English and Spanish and holds a master's degree in business engineering from the University of Ghent.
Mouhamadou Moustapha
Mouhamadou is the supply chain manager at Oolu. Specializing in data analysis and process automation, he began his career at Total Energie as a project engineer in charge of optimizing the hydrocarbon distribution network in Senegal.
He then joined Transport Gazal, a hazardous materials transport company, where he contributed to the company's triple certification (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001).
The company was ranked the best carrier of the year in 2018. Mouhamadou holds a degree in electromechanical design engineering and is certified in Quality Audit and Product Design.
Marieme Ba
Country Representative: Senegal
Marieme Ba is the Country Representative in Senegal. Trained in the sector in France, she has over 10 years experience in a management role promoting some of the largest brands in West Africa. She began her career at Tigo Senegal (second largest telecom brand), moving to Havas Media Senegal focusing on market penetration and expansion and finally was recruited as the lead sales and marketing manager for INASEN overseeing teams selling Jongué products (one of the largest brands in the region) in over 5 countries in West Africa.
Fatoumata Mbengue
Corporate Finance and Investment Director
Fatoumata is Corporate Finance and Investment Director at Oolu. Fatoumata joined Oolu from financial consultants Calia Conseil, where she advised public institutions in Francophone Africa on sustainable development, energy, transport, and human development issues, as well as financial and technical planning. Prior to that, Fatoumata was an asset manager at renewable energy business GreenYellow in Paris, where she managed over a hundred solar plants (profits over 100M€), leading on fundraising, investor relations, financial reporting and asset performance. Fatoumata has a Masters in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po in Paris and speaks English, French, Wolof and Mandingo.