Antonia Bassène is Amarante Consulting’s Regional Manager for Francophone Africa, based in Senegal. She brings over a decade of multidisciplinary experience across digital financial services, e-commerce, agricultural value chains, green finance, crowdfunding, and national financial inclusion strategies. At Amarante, Antonia has led and contributed to several projects advancing digital transformation for both public and private sector clients, with a strong focus on designing inclusive digital solutions for vulnerable populations in developing economies.
Prior to joining Amarante, Antonia spearheaded the design and implementation of a mobile money solution for Senegal’s leading agro-industrial group, PATISEN: streamlining payments to local producers and digitizing financial flows across the value chain. Earlier, she played a key role in launching the CFAO Group’s e-commerce subsidiary in Senegal and worked for over ten years at a French multinational as a business controller, internal audit manager, financial manager, and operations director.
Antonia holds a Master’s degree in Auditing and Management Control, along with certifications in Digital Money, Digital MSME Financing, and Agricultural Digitization. She is fluent in French, English, and Portuguese.