I am a facilitator and afro-optimist who creates opportunities, develop collaborative partnerships and implement financing strategies for creative, innovative and responsible brands, rooted in strong relationships and symbiotic storytelling.I define myself as a creative entrepreneur who believes in the power of giving back and investing in cultural and creative industries as a major driver of sustainable and socio-economic development.I aim to disrupt and inspire the Next Gen by empowering and valorizing Africa's finest creatives (10 years + experience) and facilitate their access to market and access to finance.----------FINANCE PROFESSIONAL I have over 16 years experience in the financial industry as a risk management, internal controls and governance specialist working for major financial markets such as Luxembourg, London and Paris. In 2023, I decided to join an executive program at HEC Paris, in Corporate Finance, with the ultimate aim to operate on the African creative landscape, from a financing standpoint.ENTREPRENEURI am the founder and director of Mahôl Agency, a one-stop boutique for creatives promoting African resources, techniques and cultures. I am actively engaged in empowering and creating opportunities to the numerous talents emerging from the afrodescendant community in Europe and in Africa, by bringing those into light through what I do best, i.e. partnering, advising and curating innovative events.SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIn 2013, I created the non-profit LIKABA which means "sharing" in the Bassa language (Cameroon) that aims to promote Afro-carribean cultures and creativity as well as the duty of remembrance, in Luxembourg and surroundings. In 2016 was inaugurated the Lux African Festival, a now major annual cultural rendez-vous in Luxembourg, for which I am the project manager and coordinator.EVENT CURATORIn 2018, I joined the team of Wax in the City (documentary-film) alongside the director Elie Seonnet and Flora Coquerel, reporter in the film. In charge of promoting and publicizing the film internationally, I organized several screening-debates around the 'Africa fashion industry' topic in several European and African cities.