Fatoumata Bâ
Senegalese tech entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Founder & Executive Chair of Janngo (founded in 2018) and Managing Partner of Janngo Capital. Public bios also cite prior leadership roles at Jumia, including Founder & CEO (Jumia Côte d’Ivoire) and Managing Director (Jumia Nigeria).
Janngo’s positioning is explicit: build and invest in pan-African “tech for good” champions with proven business models and inclusive social impact.
Its venture platform, Janngo Capital, structures funds with clear allocation rules — including a public commitment that 50% of proceeds target companies founded, co-founded, or significantly benefiting women.
The central idea: fund performance and inclusion through the same investment engine.
Key Numbers
Only figures that are explicitly stated in official releases and institutional pages.
Notes: amounts are shown as announced (EUR and USD as published by the sources).
The Story
From building platforms to designing funds.
Public bios describe Fatoumata Bâ as Founder & Executive Chair of Janngo and Managing Partner of Janngo Capital, and also cite prior operational leadership roles at Jumia (including in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria).
Janngo’s investment platform formalised its “gender-equal” approach through fund rules and public milestones: the Janngo Capital Startup Fund (target €60m) announced a first close at €34m on September 12, 2022, and states that 50% of proceeds will back companies founded, co-founded, or benefiting women.
Institutional disclosures show the European Investment Bank’s involvement: an additional €10m investment was announced on February 16, 2022, complementing a previous €15m commitment signed in December 2020.
Ventures
Entities and roles stated in official pages and published bios.
Janngo
Founder & Executive ChairJanngo describes itself as a pan-African “tech for good” platform that builds, grows and invests in digital champions with proven business models and inclusive social impact.
Janngo Capital
Managing PartnerOfficial investment criteria: Janngo Capital invests between €50,000 and €5,000,000 in tech or tech-enabled startups. The Janngo Capital Startup Fund publicly states a €60m target, a €34m first close (Sep 12, 2022), and a mandate that 50% of proceeds go to companies founded, co-founded, or benefiting women.
Jumia (as cited in public bio)
Founder & CEO (Jumia Côte d’Ivoire) • Managing Director (Jumia Nigeria) • Africa Executive CommitteeThese roles are presented as biographical credentials in public conference bios (Africa CEO Forum).
Contribution to Africa
Kept intentionally factual (no unverified portfolio counts or impact estimates).
What is verifiably distinctive
By pairing a published mandate with institutional participation (including EIB disclosures), Janngo positions gender-balanced investing as a fund-structure decision with measurable inputs (capital committed, ticket range, allocation rules).
Signal
• Janngo (first close €34m; €60m target; 50% mandate; Davos 2020): Janngo (Sep 12, 2022)
• Janngo (final close $78m): Janngo (Oct 30, 2024)
• Janngo (ticket range €50k–€5m): Janngo Investments
• EIB (additional €10m; prior €15m signed Dec 2020): EIB (Feb 16, 2022)
• Africa CEO Forum bio (Jumia roles; WEF YGL): Africa CEO Forum
• TIME profile (Janngo founded by Fatoumata Bâ): TIME (Jun 26, 2025)
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