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Ibrahim Sagna

Managing Partner, Century Private Investments

Ibrahim currently serves as the Director heading the Advisory & Capital Markets activities of Afreximbank, an investment grade rated multilateral financial institution with over USD11 billion of assets. He is a seasoned executive with the privilege of more than two decades' track record in international finance and multiple board governance roles.

Throughout his career, he has been involved in landmark African transactions such as Celtel International (today Bharti Airtel Africa), Safaricom, PanAfrican Energy (now part of Addax), First Bank Zambia (now Atlas Mara), Africa Improved Foods (AIF) and Rwanda Online (ROL).

His professional experience includes the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) in North America, and Millennium Global and Blackthorn Capital in Europe. He recently served as head of Financial Advisory for the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), as board director to the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Rwanda and as member of the Republic of Senegal's Presidential Investment Council.

Ibrahim, a Senegalese national, holds a Bachelor degree and a Master of Finance from Boston College and has been sponsored to management programs both at Harvard Business School and London Business School.