Yacine is an investment professional with a decade of experience in impact investing (Grameen Crédit Agricole, French Development Agency – AFD, Investisseurs & Partenaires). Her key achievements include : investing in SMEs, structuring and launching investment vehicles, managing SME support programs and designing credit line facilities for enterprises. She has also developed an extensive expertise in the creative and cultural sector while working in media, at the UNESCO and by contributing to the design of Afrique Créative – an acceleration program dedicated to young creative businesses in Africa.

Through Kerawa Partners, she aims at leveraging her experience and expertise in private equity and SME support to contribute to building prosperous African Creative & Cultural Industries.

Yacine holds a Master’s degree in International development with a focus on Development Finance from Sciences Po Paris.