Simon Duchatelet
Private Sector Analyst
Simon Duchatelet works in the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice of the World Bank Group in West Africa. He first joined the Bank in 2014 and is currently based in Bamako, Mali, where he mainly works on entrepreneurship and innovation, with a focus on agribusiness and cleantech. Simon loves being in the field to get inspired and energized interacting with bold, ambitious, and game-changing entrepreneurs. Before coming to the Bank, Simon was a management consultant at Deloitte and worked for a green startup in East-Africa, in addition to several volunteering experiences, which brought him to countries like India, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mauritania, Guinea, Niger, and Morocco. He graduated from EDHEC Business School.
Blogging on: Private Sector Development Blog
- A new Toyota-sponsored startup shakes up Bamako’s public transit
- Pourquoi l'apport de capital de pré-amorçage et d'amorçage est une étape essentielle pour aider les entrepreneurs d'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Sahel à passer à un niveau supérieur
- Why providing pre-seed and seed capital is the essential step to bringing West Africa and Sahel’s entrepreneurs to the next level
- Les Rencontres de l’Innovation : donner aux incubateurs africains les clefs pour accélérer le développement d’entreprises porteuses pour la croissance économique du continent
- Giving Francophone African incubators the keys to accelerate growth entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship competition encourages the Malian diaspora to start businesses on their home turf
- Une compétition de plans d’affaires encourage la diaspora malienne à entreprendre dans son pays d’origine
- It takes an ecosystem: How networks can boost Africa’s incubators
- De véritables écosystèmes : Comment les réseaux peuvent stimuler les incubateurs africains
Blogging on: Private Sector Development Blog