Cyrille NKontchou

Co-founder & Managing Partner•Enko Education
South Africa
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Biography

Cyrille NKontchou is a finance and education professional committed to African development. He is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Enko Capital, a leading Africa-focused asset management company managing private equity and debt funds. He is also Founder and Chairman of Enko Education, a pan-African network of international K-12 schools providing talented African students access to top global universities. He previously founded LiquidAfrica Holdings Limited, a pan-African investment bank, and served as Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Research at Merrill Lynch in London. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and Harvard Business School, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2006 and chairs the Harvard Business School Africa Research Center.

Education

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BA in Economics

Sciences Po Paris (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris)

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MBA

Harvard Business School

1997

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Awards

  • 🏆Young Global Leader 2006 - World Economic Forum
  • 🏆Africa's Business Heroes Top 10 Finalist 2020
  • 🏆Africa Education Medal Top 10 Finalist
  • 🏆Ranked as one of the best research analysts on the continent - Financial Mail 1999 Analyst Survey