Fatoumata BA is a Tech Entrepreneur & VC Investor, Founder & Executive Chair of Janngo Capital, Africa’s largest gender-equal tech VC fund. Janngo builds, grows, and invests in pan-African ‘tech for good’ champions with proven business models and inclusive social impact. Janngo Capital is the only African investor recognized in the 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies list and the only venture capital firm worldwide to receive the TIME100 Impact Award in Equality.
At Jumia, the #1 tech unicorn in Africa to be listed on the NYSE, she served as Founder & CEO in Ivory Coast, Managing Director in Nigeria, and Member of the Executive Committee at Africa level, driving the performance of 130+ operations across Africa, spanning 10+ verticals in 30+ countries with 3,000+ direct jobs, 70,000+ indirect jobs, and opportunities created for more than 500,000 SMEs across the continent.
She is passionate about leapfrogging development through technology in Africa, particularly in advancing women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment, SME growth and formalization, and tackling health and education challenges through medtech and edtech innovations.
Her career and commitment have been recognized with several distinctions, including TIME100 Next 2025 Honoree, World Economic Forum ‘Young Global Leader’, Choiseul 100 Africa ‘Economic Leaders of Tomorrow’, Forbes Africa ‘30 Under 30’, and the Aenne Burda Award for visionary leadership, optimism & courage, alongside Marissa Mayer, Arianna Huffington, and Viviane Reding.
She has served as Chair of the Board of Auchan in Africa, on the Board & Investment Committee of Creadev Africa, on the Board of Southbridge Investment Bank, on the Boards of Boulanger, Recommerce & Electro Depot, on the Council of Women in Africa, and on the Global Future Council on the New Economic Agenda of the World Economic Forum. She currently serves on the Board of the WEF YGL Foundation, on the WEF Global Future Council on Gender Equality, on the Board of the Aspen Institute France, and as a WEF Gender Parity Sprint Champion.
