Ngoufanke Toukam

Toukam is a Principal and Venture Builder at Persistent.
He helps drive investing and venture building efforts across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Previously, Toukam held various roles at Mastercard in both New York and SSA: from M&A and global corporate strategy work in New York; to running Mastercard's consulting business in SSA; driving business and product strategy in East Africa including launching and running a corporate startups serving low-income users since absorbed into Mastercard's social enterprise unit; and driving business development and sales for Mastercard's social enterprise unit.
Prior to Mastercard ,Toukam worked at KPMG in Chicago.
Toukam holds MBA and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Lauder Institute, respectively; an MSc Engineering degree from the Northwestern University; and combined-plan bachelor degrees from Columbia University and DePauw University.