Know Mariéme

Marieme

Born in Senegal, West Africa, Mariéme Jamme is a London-based philanthropist, CEO and social entrepreneur with a passionate commitment to helping empower her fellow Africans through education and social entrepreneurship. She is currently the CEO of SpotOne Global Solutions, a successful company that helps IT organizations (Editors and Software Vendors) gain a foothold in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
She recently founded iConscience.co.uk, a think tank that brings together business experts and like-minded individuals in a friendly atmosphere to brainstorm ethical scenarios for sustainable business, social, technological and environmental development in Africa. Mariéme is also an international speaker, and co-founder of Africa Gathering, the first platform in London that allows people to share ideas about Africa.

She has forged a world-wide reputation as an advocate for education and health on the African continent. She has spoken at various conferences around the world about Africa, poverty, and women in Africa, sustainable development, education and new technologies. Mariéme uses her knowledge of African dialects and languages to facilitate communication between governments, investors, businesses and communities in Africa.
She advises and supports many women and children’s charities such as the NSPCC, Oxfam, Plan International, the White Ribbon Alliance, the Gates Foundation, the Acumen Fund, Weforest, Cancer Research, the Hunger Project and the Children’s Society.

Prior to leading the SpotOne team, Mariéme worked as an asset manager at Citibank, JP Morgan and Lloyds TSB and in various software companies such as Primavera INC (now Oracle), Microsoft and CA. Since then, she has worked closely with businesses, investors and governments in Africa to encourage accountability and help them increase investment in education, agriculture, infrastructure and new technologies.
Her current work includes advising the UK Home Office on how to help members of the African diaspora transfer their knowledge and skills to their countries of origin and acting as a mentor and events organizer on the government’s behalf.

Mariéme is a mother of one child.

Arigatou gozaimasu. Thank you very much.