Leva Konate
YEP period 2020 - 2022, batch 20
Young Expert at Mali Biocarburant - Burkina FasoFirst position after YEP
Entrepreneur, Netherlands
YEP Role
Sales and Marketing Representative at Faso Biocarburant SARL (mother company is Mali Biocarburant SARL). At our factory in Leo, Burkina Faso, we produce vegetable oils from inedible oilseeds. Our main vegetable oil is called neem oil, which we use as a biopesticide. With neem we want to develop a green agricultural market in Burkina Faso with both our biopesticide and biofertilizer.
Skills
- Culturally Sensitive
- Team Player
- Communication Skills
- Digital Marketing
- Solution Driven
- Entrepreneurial
Background
Nationality: Dutch
Education:
- Bsc - Public administration and Organization Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Msc - Media & Business, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Experience before YEP
Msc in Media in Business at the EUR. My most recent experience before starting the YEP programme was going on exchange for a semester in Monterrey, Mexico to finalize my master. Besides my studies, I’ve been a Sales Captain at Pepperminds (sales agency) and a HR assistant at Ohpen (cloud-banking software engine) and TomTom.
