Amadou Wadda, Senior Director, Project Development and Technical Solutions, Africa Finance Corporation

An infrastructure developer, civil engineer and investment banker with over 25 years of experience in the public and private sector across various infrastructure sectors in Africa. Amadou has directly and in a supporting capacity successfully originated, closed and commissioned several road, bridge, power, natural resources and heavy industry projects across the continent. He has extensive experience developing and successfully managing infrastructure projects in complex socio-political working environments.

Amadou is currently a Senior Director Project Development and Technical Solutions at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) where he also previously served between 2008 and 2015 as a Senior Vice President and Head of the Transport Sector Business Unit. Amadou successfully realized several landmark infrastructure projects across the continent and also served as a Non-Executive Board Director for the US$1.3 billion Bakwena Toll Road Concession Company (South Africa) and the US$350 million Henri Konan Bedie toll bridge in Côte d’Ivoire.

Prior to re-joining AFC in 2018, Amadou was the Director Development at Black Rhino (2015 to 2018), the Africa portfolio company of US private equity giant Blackstone (with over US$300 billion worth of assets under its management). At Black Rhino, Amadou led the development of a 540MW power project in Nigeria and supported the development of other infrastructure projects in Senegal and Ivory Coast.

Amadou also served as a Consultant engineering area manager for Eastern and Southern Africa operations based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for a Dubai based engineering consulting firm (UNETEC Ltd). At UNETEC, Amadou managed a portfolio of major airports, roads and bridge projects across the region.

Amadou additionally, has extensive public sector experience having held the post of Deputy Director of Public Works at the Gambia Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, with responsibility for policy formulation and project management including being the coordinator of the EU financed Roads Program and the project manager for the Kombo Coastal Roads project.

Amadou completed an MBA program at the Nottingham University Business School in the United Kingdom in September 2005. He also holds an MSc degree in Transportation and road engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland in the USA.