Tidjane Dème

Tidjane Dème is a General Partner at Partech based in Dakar, Senegal, where he co-leads the firm's dedicated African technology funds alongside Cyril Collon. In February 2024, he finalized the close of the Partech Africa II fund at $300 million to invest across the seed, venture, and growth stages within the continent's emerging digital economy. Prior to joining Partech, Dème led regional business development for Google’s infrastructure investments across Africa and held earlier technical and management roles at Cap Gemini in France. As an entrepreneur, he founded a West African enterprise solutions and consulting firm, and he holds a Master of Science in Physics from Ecole Polytechnique. Dème currently leverages his more than 15 years of operational and entrepreneurial experience to finance and scale early-stage internet and information technology enterprises throughout the broader African market.