Meet Our Team
Dedicated professionals committed to our shared success
Claude Trépanier
Advisor – Training, Business Acceleration, Business Development and Web Marketing for Impact Project
Zakaria Keita
President
- Master’s degree in Public Administration
- (Program Evaluation).
- Graduate diploma in public-sector financial management, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP), Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
- More than 25 years of international experience in development project management, agricultural finance, financial inclusion and the green economy with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ECOWAS across five African countries—Mali, the Central African Republic, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone—where he led large-scale multisector programmes in impact climate finance, sustainable solutions and human security.
- University education in telecommunications engineering.
- Graduate diploma in technology management, master’s-level studies in education, and a graduate diploma in corporate training management.
- Forty years of experience validating, developing and marketing more than 70 products and services, primarily in information technology for businesses.
- Driven to make a difference by bringing digital and other technologies to market that positively affect people and the environment.
Partner organizations
we work with
Sector: Agricultural Production
AgriVision Sahel
Coastal West, Central and Southern Africa
Training in Sustainable and Profitable Agriculture
Development of Sustainable Farms
2IAE School Group
Côte d’Ivoire
https://www.facebook.com/Groupe2ife2iae
Training in Tropical Agriculture
Crop Mechanization Training Programme
Sector: Project Financing
FinDev
Canada
Canada
Climate Finance, Agriculture and Guarantees
Co-investment
Sector: Business Development for Impact Startups
2IAE School Group,
Côte d’Ivoire
https://www.facebook.com/Groupe2ife2iae
Startup Project Acceleration Service
First website promoting the service and a marketplace for startups
Song Han Incubator
Da Nang, Vietnam
Acceleration Service
for Startup Projects
Acceleration Programme
Startup Co-financing
Cogesto
Consulting
Morocco, Senegal, Quebec
Private Management Consulting Firm
Startup Financing and Business Development
Sector: Green Infrastructure
HMIGI
Côte d’Ivoire
Construction, Real Estate and Industrial Engineering
Green Infrastructure Projects
OUR APPROACH
Professionalism, Institutional Rigor and Measured Impact.
Kirina structures its work
according to national and international standards.
Governance
Transparency, Monitoring & Evaluation, Reporting and Dashboards
Gender & Inclusion
Data Disaggregated by Gender, Age and Geography
Joint Field Implementation
Transparency OECD-DAC
Measured Impact
What Sets Kirina Apart
| Distinctive Element | |
|---|---|
✓ Extensive Experience Across Several Developing Countries | Proven experience implementing multisector projects in West and Central Africa. Demonstrated experience in fragile and post-crisis contexts (Mali, CAR, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, etc.). |
✓ Extensive Network of Key Stakeholders | Long-standing relationships with leading development-project funders. |
✓ Field Presence | Staff based in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal. |
✓ Rigorous and Timely Project Management and Delivery | Expertise in the project cycle (PCM), monitoring and evaluation (MEAL), and quality assurance. |
✓ Ensures Project Compliance with Funder Requirements | Expertise in ESG, MRV reporting and accountability against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. |
✓ Builds the Core Skills Required for Project Success | Expertise in measurement, evaluation, skills development and capacity-building programmes. |
OUR FIELD TEAMS
Canada — Quebec
Côte d’Ivoire — Abidjan
Senegal — Dakar
Mali — Bamako
