Yann Le Beux Email & Phone Number

Dakar Region, Senegal

Dakar

Co-Founder of YUX, a pan-African UX research and design company. Our ambition is help organisations of all sizes create digital products that are adapted to the African continent. We are a multicultural team of 45 people based in Dakar, Abidjan, Kigali, Nairobi, Accra and Lagos and we partner with global organisations like Google, Facebook, Square, GSMA.

Dakar, Sénégal

Co-founder and investor with YUX in LOOKA, making market and user research accessible to all SMEs in Africa! LOOKA is a SaaS platform created by YUX to democratize the access to market research in Africa, by the use of technology and a network of +150 local researchers across the continent. LOOKA is now an independent business unit with a dedicated team of.

Dakar, Senegal

Co-founder and investor with YUX in the first video game studio of Senegal, along with Julien Herbin, a former Ubisoft Canada programmer. Kayfo is today a team of 10 talented designers and developers, creating casual and hyper-casual mobile games inspired by the African continent.

Africa

World class hands-on internships for the new generation of African UX Designers, Researchers and Product Managers.

Dakar

Participated in the launch CTIC Dakar, one of the leading startups incubator & accelerator in Africa (+75 companies supported with a total turnover of $5 millions in 4 years)- Support to entrepreneurs: business development, finance, technology partnerships- Design & management of new accelerator program (50 startups in 4 years)- Design and implementation.

Paris Area, France

MoovJee is the leading organization in France for the promotion and the support of youth entrepreneurship in all social classes. I was there in charge of implementing and managing the Mentoring Program, the core activity of the organization. We connected high-potential young entrepreneurs and experienced business owners and made sure their relations leaded.

Greater Boston Area

GATE is an international non-profit organization whose purpose is to help western countries universities disseminate their technologies to developing countries and foster the creation of local entrepreneurship ecosystems. http://www.bu.edu/itec/action/gate/

Greater Boston Area

1) Originated, created and managed NETVA, a private-funded and award winning accelerator and mentoring program to boost developement on the US market of the most innovative French start-ups - After 14 years, the program is still ongoing and has supported more than 200 startup which raised more than $1B.

The newly-created FACCNE Young Professionals Committee aims to provide specialized services to our members in the earlier stages of their career. The YP Committee will create unique networking opportunities and educational events specifically for individuals under the age of 35 interested in networking and getting involved in the French-American business.

Greater Boston Area

Tikchart was a platform that enabled you to track personal data about your hobbies and activities and then connect with people with a similar "intensity of interests" in your area.

• Study on “UK R&D & Europe”
• Analysis of the relationships between the UK Research and Innovation and the European Union (funding schemes, lobbying, etc.)
• Interviews with government members, government advise body (Technology Strategy Board), European Commission heads of unit and others
• Publication on the S&T Department, on the ADIT (Technological Information Dissemination Agency) and on the European Commision websites: http://www.eurosfaire.prd.fr/7pc/doc/1235658827_sci_uk_eu_st_2009.pdf

Internship at Creax, Belgium. I worked on projects of new products design using the TRIZ methodolgy, patents analysis and technology transfers.

Swansea, United Kingdom

Four months internship. I worked on the development of an innovative parking aid system for the automotive industrie. I notably carried on signal analysis using computing software Matlab.

Seed Transformation Program - Stanford Institute For Innovation In Developing Economies

Stanford Seed partners with entrepreneurs from across Africa and South Asia to help them build thriving enterprises that transform lives..

Extension School, Entrepreneurship & New Ventures Creation

Co-Founder and lead, "Tikchart.com: Track Your Passions"

Msc, Innovation Management & New Product Design

Bsc, Materials Engineering

Materials engineering, Computer Assisted Design, Marketing, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electromagnetism, Optical phenomena.