The state that keeps its promises
Senegalese economist and international adviser, trained at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore) and the University of York, specialist in economic transformation and Africa–Asia strategy.
Who am I?
I am a Senegalese economist and international adviser focused on state capability and economic transformation, with related work on investment competitiveness, economic diplomacy, and Africa–Asia strategy.
What do I advise on?
I advise on the design and delivery of reforms that raise competitiveness, mobilise investment, and improve institutional performance, for governments, international organisations, and private-sector leaders.
What is my background?
Trained at York (PPE) and then at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), I led delivery and reform work at the President's Delivery Unit of Senegal, at Deloitte, and at Delivery Associates.
I work on one question, simple and hard: how does a state keep its promises? My job is to turn public commitments, reforms, investments, institutions, into measurable results, and to build with decision-makers the capability that makes those results last.
My field spans economic transformation, investment competitiveness, state capability, economic diplomacy, and Africa–Asia strategy. These areas meet at one point: institutional performance is the condition for any credible economic trajectory.
At the President's Delivery Unit of Senegal, where I served as Policy Advisor for close to five years, I led reforms of the administration and the business environment and the development of special economic zones, with direct effects on exports and foreign direct investment. I then led the Government and Public Sector practice at Deloitte, and advised governments across francophone Africa as Senegal Country Lead at Delivery Associates.
That path owes much to a route across three continents: Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of York, then the Master in Public Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, where I was an editor of the Asian Journal of Public Affairs. A conviction took shape there: Africa has as much to learn from Asia as the reverse, and the Africa–Asia corridors rank among the major economic questions of the next twenty years.
Today I devote my public work to documenting what the data shows: background papers, annual outlook reports, and analytical frameworks for decision-makers. For a confidential exchange, whether a mandate, advice, or an appointment, the direct channel is the contact page.