Ismael Kouassi

Ismael KOUASSI serves as the Country Manager for pawaPay in Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso since July 2022, overseeing strong relationships with telecom operators and coordinating business development in these regions. Prior to this role, Ismael KOUASSI was the Product Manager for VAS at DIGITAL AKADEMY from January 2020 to July 2022, where responsibilities included coordinating product integrations and managing partnerships for digital services. Ismael KOUASSI also held positions at SYGMA MOBILE as Product & Content Manager and Digital Content Manager, focusing on service sales and content management across various West African telecom operators from December 2015 to December 2019. Early career experiences include data collection management roles for projects related to socio-economic assessments and team leadership in data collection at ENSEA and AERIA. Ismael KOUASSI holds a Master Pro in Digital Finance and a Master 2 in Sociology of Migrations and Intercultural Relations, complemented by a Multimedia certificate from Moov CI Cyberlab.