Mohamed Ali Niang
West African grew up in Central and Eastern Africa. Lived in France. Passionate, open minded and pursuing BBA in Entrepreneurship International Business/Economics from TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, pursuing Master 1 in Management from CEFAM
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Food and Drink |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, French, Languages, Public speaking, Writing |
| Next step: | When I graduate, I will return to Mali and continue growing the agri-business company I co-founded. |
| Location: | Philadelphia (PA) |
| Groups: | Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012, Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, Harvard Pitch for Change 2010, Win $11,000 funding, $20,000 pro-bono consulting, and mentoring from entrepreneurs & executives, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition: Columbia 2010 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments, Trading services |
| Tags: | Africa, africa wealth creation and retention strategy, agri-business, agriculture, Corporate Social Responsibility, economic growth " thinking outside the box then connecting the dots", ethics, food, food security, hunger riots, local community empowerment, mali, peace, people, planet, poverty, prosperity, rural development, social ascension, social unrest, socio-entrepreneurship, sustainable development |
| Schools: | Centre d’Etudes Franco-Américain de Management, Temple University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Women Opportunity Resource Center |
| Position: | Lending Department Intern |
| Time period: | January 2010 - Present |
| Description: | Help to review business loan applicants
Provide recommendations on financing plans Assist in implementing a bad debt collection strategy and policy |
| Employer: | Tambaroua Farms LLC. |
| Position: | Co-Founder |
| Time period: | July 2009 - Present |
| Description: | • Tambaroua is an agricultural and livestock company with an initial capital investment of $300, 000 with the ambition to ally modern technologies and sustainable principles.
• Oversee overall business health and growth • Strategize and execute business decisions • Interface with foreign suppliers |
| Employer: | Temple University Student Athlete Academic Advising & Support Center |
| Position: | Program support |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Tutor Micro-Economics and Macro-Economics to freshmen and sophomores on walk in basis
Assist student in developing more consistent and efficient studying techniques Acquire pedagogy and communication skills |
| Employer: | Tissina LLC. |
| Position: | In charge of Public Relations and Marketing |
| Time period: | July 2008 - January 2009 |
| Description: | • Tissina is a Malian based company that specializes in selling and marketing renewable energies equipment. Company also provides consulting and project development in these areas.
• Initiated to Renewable Energies (Solar, Biofuel) et CMD (carbon credits) • Sales team leader for Jathropha Mali Network road map (Biofuels) • Established liaison with foreign clean cook stove and solar equipment suppliers • Wrote a project proposal which obtained a €5000 grant from ETC Energy (Netherlands) |
| Employer: | African Dinner Association (Lyon, France) |
| Position: | President |
| Time period: | October 2007 - May 2008 |
| Description: | • African Dinner is a student body whose mission is to promote the diversity of the African culture
• Key figures: 450 guests, $11,000 budget, work load: 15h/week • Led 60 volunteers • Generated the highest profit the Association ever realized |
| Employer: | UN Organization for Food & Agriculture (Niamey, Niger) |
| Position: | Intern at the Emergency Coordination Unit |
| Time period: | July 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | • The objective of the Emergency Food Security Support Project for Niger is to support the recipient's efforts to mitigate the impact of the food crisis.
• Introduced to the project cycle management of a humanitarian project • Implemented an Excel thematic data base of the 2007 seed distribution campaign • Participated in the group meetings monitoring food security (OXFAM, WFP, UNICEF) |
| Employer: | United Nations Women’s Association (Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia) |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | September 2001 - June 2006 |
| Description: | • Organized prestigious galas and fares to raise money for various local NGOs
• Delivered food and clothing to HIV/AIDS orphans |
EDUCATION
| University: | Temple University |
| Time period: | 2009 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship, International Business and Economics, BCom |
| University: | Centre d’Etudes Franco-Américain de Management |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Management, MCom |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Soccer, NFL |
| Hobbies: | Travelling ~ Music ~ Globalization/Finance ~ Humanitarian projects ~ Agro-industry |
| Clubs: | Entrepreneurial Student Association (Temple University) |
| Awards: | -Temple's Innovative Idea Competition first prize winner, undergraduate track
-Invited to participate at the 2010 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competion (Washington University) |
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Elecar Inc.
Elecar is creating the most scalable infrastructure model to facilitate the mass adoption of electric cars.
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DrinKup©
DrinKup© is a social enterprise which enables local entrepreneurs to provide clean water to those who need it most. These entrepreneurs rent a mobile water filtration unit and have the opportunity to collect and sell clean water to the community.
Mohamed Ali's Contacts (15)
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Lauren Garcia
Graduated from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School (2007), Founder & President at The Mano en Mano Foundation since 2007, Emergency Medical Responder at Scu Ems since 2008, Hostess at Maudies Milagro from May-July 2007.
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Afzal Habib
Completing International Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business- Will be joining the Boston Consulting Group in September 2010
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Edmilson Nascimento Jr.
B.A in Management and Social Entrepreneurship from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2010), Professor Assistant at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2007), Volunteer Fundraiser at Aliança Empreendedora (2009).