Partech

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 ....

General Partner

Google

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.

Head of BD, Africa, Google Access

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

Lead, Francophone Africa

CommonSys

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...

CEO and Founder

Cosine Communications

Customer Project Management
Software Architecture

OSS/BSS Integration Lead 

Cap Gemini Telecom & Media

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.

Consultant

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General Partner at Partech. Co-leading, with Cyril Collon,  Partech Africa, a fund dedicated to African Startups.  We focus on Series A & B but will also do some stuff earlier or later.  We invested in :TradeDepot, Yoco, Wave, Nomba (ex Kudi),  Gebeya, ChatDesk, Reliance Health, MoneyFellows, TerraPay, Tugende, Almentor, Djamo, VendEase ....

My story ? 
I  grew up in Dakar Senegal, studied in Paris & London. Career : Coding, Consulting, BD, Management. Founded 2 companies then worked for 7.5 years @ Google in Africa. 

My entrepreneurship years, time at Google and now  in investment have all been about passion for Innovation and technology in Africa.  I am excited to take part in the emerging African tech scene and see opportunities for growth all around.

Depuis que Sabrine Chahrour m'a parlé de Djamo pour la première fois la these n'a pas changé : 
- Il y a une grande masse de la population ouest africaine composée de jeunes adultes qui va entrer dans la vie professionelle et aura besoin de service financiers. Ils n'iront pas, comme l'a fait ma génération,  pointer au guichet. 
- Ils ont grandi avec un smartphone à la main. Il attendent tous les services financiers (comptes courants, épargne, investissement, credit)  sur leur smartphones.   Et un service impeccable. 

Djamo est entrain de leur offrir cette experience.  

Hassan Bourgi, Régis Bamba et tout la team Djamo y travaillent avec un entêtement et un énergie incroyable. 

Nous sommes super fiers de voir Djamo passer une milestone de plus dans cette voie.

Tidjane Deme

General Partner @ Partech | Investing in African Tech. Series A & B, DM me a deck.

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Kredete team (Adeola, Hakeem, Ebuka, Fey and so many more) is impressive.  Their infrastructure is cutting edge. Their customers loves them. Their vision is ambitious. A perfect match for us and our friends of  AfricInvest Group.   

Go Kredete.

Congratulations to Kredete, the Fintech company that empowers African immigrants to build credit and access financial services, on raising a $22M Series A funding!

This round was co-led by us and AfricInvest Group via their Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and Financial Inclusion Vehicle (FIVE), with participation from Polymorphic Capital, and brings Kredete’s total funding to $24.75M, propelling the company’s expansion into Canada, the United Kingdom, and key European markets. 

Founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur Adeola Adedewe, Kredete’s API-based infrastructure and stablecoin technology enables businesses to make secure cross-border payments into Africa. By combining international money transfers with a proprietary credit-building engine, Kredete allows users to both send money to over 30 African countries and improve their credit history in the US and beyond. 💳 

Since its launch, Kredete has already made its mark with these impressive milestones: 

- Reached over 700,000 monthly users 
- Facilitated $500M in remittances 
- Helped raise users’ U.S. credit scores by an average of 58 points 

Our own Lewam Kefela comments: “Adeola and his team are driving transformative innovation in remittance and cross-border payment infrastructure. We're excited about how their work is enabling better financial services for the African Diaspora and unlocking broader opportunities across the ecosystem. We are thrilled to partner with Kredete on this journey." 

The credit (😉) goes to the entire team at Kredete as it continues to redefine cross-border finance. Here’s to your success! 

cc Tidjane Deme | Cyril Collon | Ogugua Osakwe-Adegbite | Tito Cookey-Gam | Matthieu Marchand | Marie Benrubi | Sabrine Chahrour | Augustine Ikwuegbuenyi, ACA, FMVA®

"We are just getting started"

Adeola and his team keep saying that, despite the amazing trajectory of the company. And it's true. Kredete has already built an amazing company addressing some core challenges for the diaspora and their families back home.  But the demand for financial services, the capacity and opportunities created by its cutting edge infrastructure and the vision of this team, well .. all this,  makes it quite clear that this company is just  beginning its journey.  We are looking forward to being part of it.

We’re excited to share that we at Kredete have raised $22M in Series A funding led by AfricInvest Group via the Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund and Financial Inclusion Vehicle alongside Partech with participation from Polymorphic Capital. This milestone allows us to expand our credit-building infrastructure and stablecoin-powered transfers across 40+ African countries.

Since inception, our mission has been simple: help millions of African immigrants stay connected to home—whether by sending money to family, paying with cards, or saving securely.

This raise fuels our next chapter as we expand our stablecoin infrastructure to power global money movement for Africans everywhere—unlocking access, credit, and opportunity across 40+ countries.

To our team, partners, and investors—thank you. We’re just getting started.

Khaled Ben Jilani Patricia Rinke Lewam Kefela Tidjane Deme Vitaly Spassky Richard Sobel

https://lnkd.in/ehGA969N

As Lewam puts it : 
"Kredete is changing the way money moves, breaking down outdated financial systems, and building modern infrastructure that actually works for everyone".

At Partech, we’re big believers in startups that reimagine how things work — and that’s exactly why we co-led Kredete's $22M Series A 🚀  

Kredete is changing the way money moves, breaking down outdated financial systems, and building modern infrastructure that actually works for everyone 💸💰🌍  

We are excited to partner with Adeola Adedewe, Hakeem Oriola, Ebuka Arinze and Fey on building the future of money movement in Africa and beyond at Kredete!

Thrilled to have co-led this round with our friends AfricInvest Group - especially Khaled Ben Jilani, Patricia Rinke and Patrick Herrmann! 🤝 

#Kredete #Fintech #AfricaTech #Africa #EmergingMarkets #Partech

Cyril Collon Tidjane Deme Marie Benrubi Matthieu Marchand Ogugua Osakwe-Adegbite Tito Cookey-Gam Sabrine Chahrour Augustine Ikwuegbuenyi, ACA, FMVA®

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