Multiple Award-winning International and Comparative Political Economist. Innovational Social Entrepreneur. Motivational Speaker.
ACCELERATING AFRICA
ABOUT ME
Professor Signé is a multiple award-winning international and comparative political economist, innovational social entrepreneur, and advocate for good governance and economic empowerment in Africa.
He is a distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Center for African Studies; founding chairman of the award-winning Global Network for Africa’s Prosperity; professor of political science at UAA; partner and global chief strategy officer at an African-focused investment firm financing and unlocking the value of breakout technology-enabled companies in Sub-Saharan Africa; faculty of emerging African markets at the Business Department of Stanford University’s Continuing Studies; senior non-resident fellow at OCP Policy Center; visiting scholar at the University of Oxford (2012).
Recognized as a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, Andrew Carnegie Fellow, JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons in the World, Private Investors for Africa Fellow, and Tutu Fellow that “drives the transformation of Africa,” he is an award-winning transformational leader and special adviser to world leaders on business, international and African affairs. He has also served on the board of organizations such as AMPION Catalyst for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Africa, Citizens Governance Initiative, and the United Nations Association of Canada– Montreal, and has been appointed by a United Nations Under-Secretary-General to serve on the Global Network on Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization.
He has authored numerous publications, given presentations at prestigious platforms, has also won over $1,000,000 (USD), and awarded over 60 prestigious recognitions from four continents. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Harvard International Review.
