Safiatou Traore

Chief Executive Officer

Master's DegreeInstitut Supérieur de Management (ISM), Dakar, Sénégal

Niger

Summary

I am a Trade and Private Sector Development Expert with experience in Least Developed Countries, Fragile and Post Conflict Countries. I am the Executive Officer of Axone Development & Communication, a private consulting firm with the aim to bridge gaps, promote and accelerate e-commerce adoption and development by providing tools and advisory services to governments, and Micro, Small, And Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs). I am consultant for the International Trade Centre (ITC) and National Coordinator of Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) Project in Niger. In this capacity, I am contributing to enhancing the capacity of key stakeholders to advocate for the removal of trade barriers to regional integration and AfCFTA. I previously worked as Policy Officer – Private Sector Development at the African Union Commission. In that capacity, I worked on investment issues, SME’s Development, partnership and innovative sources of financing for development. Before the AUC, I was a Private Sector Development Expert at the ECOWAS Commission where I was in charge of the implementation of the Action Plan of the ECOWAS Business Forum.

Experience

  • development
  • economic policy
  • private sector development
  • market research
  • events / training
  • niger
  • burkina faso
  • nigeria
  • gambia
  • ethiopia
  • Sectors
  • Funders
  • Countries

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