Herve Ime, the son of a Senegalese diplomat, is using his Wall Street cred to bring light to Africa – literally.
Born in Tunisia, educated in Paris and the US, Ime is the founder of UniCore Group Capital, a Wall Street hedge fund investing in African alternative energy projects – something most other funds find a little too exotic.
His endeavour to bring electricity to the failing power grids of Africa means he has to spend much of his time explaining the realities of Africa to US investors, many of whom still associate the continent with dictatorships and coups.