Tidjane Deme
General Partner at Partech
Tidjane Deme
General Partner at Partech
Dakar Region
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2016 - Current
We invest initial tickets 1M-15M in Africa Startups from Seed+ to Series B. We invested in : TradeDepot, Yoco, Wave, Nomba (ex Kudi), Gebeya, ChatDesk, Reliance Health, MoneyFellows, TerraPay, Tugende, Almentor, Djamo, VendEase ....
Head of BD, Africa, Google Access
2014 - 2016
google.com/projectlink Project Link is working to create abundant and affordable broadband access in Africa by unlocking infrastructure bottlenecks. We invest in wholesale fiber networks, in a shared infrastructure models, that allows lower costs for ISPs and operators, enabling broadband.
Lead, Francophone Africa
2009 - 2016
The best way to describe my current job : I wake up every morning to cheerlead a team of fantastic Googlers as well as a network of valuable partners into making strong impact on growth of Internet in Francophone Africa. This entails : - Team leadership - Strategy and Operations - Business Development - Business Management
CEO and Founder
2002 - 2008
Founder and Managing Director. Act as Senior Consultant. Our main activity is IT Projet Management and IT Strategy Definition. We are involved in many governmental projects working with Senegalese Army, the Governemental Agency for IT (ADIE), ...etc...
OSS/BSS Integration Lead
2001 - 2002
Customer Project Management Software Architecture
Consultant
1999 - 2001
Joinded as a Junior Consultant to become later a Project Manager. I acted as developper, the System Architect Projects I worked on included : Projet Etoile : Cisco and Cap Gemini Join Venture to offer an intégrated OSS solution for Cico base IP and MPLS Networks. This team defined a global intgration framework for OSS plateform base on products such as : TIBCO's Inconcert (Workflow Management), Cramer's Dimension (Network Inventory), Micromuse Netcool (Alarm and Fault) .. Projet Belgacom OSS : Building a complete OSS solution for Belgacom IP Network. Projet Belgacom ADSL : Fast track project to provide belgacom with and ADSL provisionning tool. BT OSS : With Cap Gemini UK, a project to set up a complete OSS and BSS plateform for BT.
Education
Master’s Degree
1995 - 1997
Baccalaureat
1984 - 1993