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Madina Niang

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Investment Manager at SAGANA

Dakar, Senegal

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About

Madina Niang is an Investment Manager at SAGANA focused on venture capital and impact investing across East and West Africa. Previously, she built early-stage investment portfolios at Noru Capital in Francophone West Africa and served as a Program Advisor on initiatives funded by the Mastercard Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she supported EdTech startups and programs in health, education, and gender equality. Her investment interests include agritech solutions for farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs.

Experience

  1. SAGANAInvestment Managercurrent2025 — presentDakar - Senegal
  2. Noru CapitalInvestment Associatecurrent2024 — presentRégion de Dakar, Sénégal
  3. Noru CapitalProgram Advisor (OWLA & Mastercard Foundation Edtech Fellowship at Etrilabs)current2024 — presentRégion de Dakar, Sénégal
  4. Noru CapitalInvestment Analyst2023 — 2024Région de Dakar, Sénégal
  5. FiverrData Analyst2019 — 2023Indiana, United States
  6. ligue sénégalaise contre le cancerAnalyst2022 — 2023Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal
  7. UMOA-TitresMacroeconomist2021 — 2022Région de Dakar, Sénégal
  8. Banque de l'habitat du SénégalFinancial Support Advisor | Department of Senegalese Abroad2021Dakar, Région de Dakar, Sénégal
  9. PayPalFinancial Advisory Support Representative (Subcontractor of PayPal)2021Région de Dakar, Sénégal
  10. Texas Tech UniversityGraduate Student Assistant2018 — 2019Lubbock, Texas, United States
  11. Texas Tech UniversityUndergraduate student assistant2016 — 2018Lubbock, Texas, États-Unis

Skills & more

SourcingPolitique publiqueGestion de programmesHealth TechVenture Capital (VC) InvestmentsMathématiquesSciences de la vieChimieData Analyst/StatisticianConsulting stratégiqueFinance & AccountingData Science & Big Data Analytics
+8 moreTechnology & Innovation ManagementFinancial Analysis & Due DiligenceFundraising & Investor RelationsSector-specific Expertise (Francophone West Africa)Program managementHealth programData Visualization (Tableau, Power BI, Excel)Data Cleaning and Preprocessing

Languages English · French · Wolof

  • Leading in ESG Certification — Reframe Venture
  • Financial Market Analysis — International Monetary Fund
  • Anti-Money Laundering (AML) — PayPal
  • Microsoft Office Specialist Master Certification (MOS) — Microsoft

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Who is Madina Niang?
Madina Niang is an Investment Manager at SAGANA focused on venture capital and impact investing across East and West Africa. Previously, she built early-stage investment portfolios at Noru Capital in Francophone West Africa and served as a Program Advisor on initiatives funded by the Mastercard Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she supported EdTech startups and programs in health, education, and gender equality. Her investment interests include agritech solutions for farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs.
Where does Madina Niang work?
Madina Niang is Investment Manager at SAGANA.
Where did Madina Niang go to school?
Madina Niang studied at Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Économie de développement et développement international); Texas Tech University (Bachelor of Science in Economics | minor in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Government); Collin College (Associate of Science - AS, Sciences politiques et gouvernement).

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