Daouda Sembene

Biography

Daouda Sembene is the founder and CEO of AfriCatalyst, a global development advisory based in Dakar, Senegal. He is currently a member of G20 Africa Panel appointed by South Africa's G20 Presidency. He is affiliated with the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) and the Accra-based African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) as Distinguished Nonresident Fellow. Daouda was previously an Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund where he represented 23 African countries on the Executive Board. During his IMF board tenure, he chaired the statutory Board Committee that was tasked with strengthening collaboration at the board level between the IMF and other international institutions, notably the World Bank Group, the United Nations, and WTO. Daouda served in his home country as senior economic advisor to the President of Senegal with ministerial rank. He was also appointed by the Chairperson of the African Union as Special Advisor on food security.