Issouf COULIBALY A graduate in engineering from INP-HB in Yamoussoukro and the Lyon School of Management (EM LYON), Issouf began his career in the Leverage Buy-Out department at BNP PARIBAS in Paris. Wishing to work on the African Continent, he joined the African Development Bank in 2015, where he finished as mission manager in charge of appraising financing lines for African banks. He joined AFRINEXT FINANCE in 2022.

Alexandre DUVIVIER began his career at the Banque de France as a financial analyst. He was then seconded to the Privatization Commission, where he was responsible for reviewing the valuations of advisory banks, before returning to the Banque de France to examine cases for the College of the Stock Exchange Commission on behalf of the Deputy Governor. Finally, he was head of the financial analysis department at the Banque de France until 2007. In this role, in addition to rating the 150 largest French groups, he designed the “Bale II compliant” internal rating system and was in charge of cooperation with credit systems in emerging countries. He joined Afrinext Finance when it was founded.

Ngagi KABEREGA holds a degree in accounting from the Institute of Science, Information and Technology in Kigali. He began his career as an auditor at Deloitte Rwanda. He then worked for I&M Rwanda, first as an internal auditor, then as head of internal audit, and finally as Director of Risk. He joined AFRINEXT FINANCE in 2022. He also chaired the board of directors of Unguka Bank until 2024. He is regularly involved in the development of entrepreneurship as a coach and trainer at the Rwanda Finance Academy, an initiative of the Rwanda Bankers Association.

Jérôme LEFEVRE began his career at Vinci's representative office in Washington before joining HSBC's leverage finance team in Paris as associate director. Between 2005 and 2007, he was an investment executive at Chequers Capital, an investment fund that invests in companies valued between €50 million and €500 million, before working for the family-owned Baelen-Gaillard group as director in charge of M&A. Jérôme Lefevre has been a partner at Afrinext Finance since 2012.