Africa Staff

Ndeye Binta Houma
Binta firstly joined the Sahel team in 2004 for six months internship. She came back in September 2005 as part time employee. For a year, she run the office and coordinated the Fellowship activities. In 2006 she became the program associate. Although her work was focused mainly on administration, finance and event management, she was helping in all opportunities. Since 2008, she is developing interest in Venture and is spending most of her time to this program. She holds a higher technician degree in administrative and business organization. She is fluent in French, Wolof, and English.
Gerald Kikoyo
Gerald is a Certified Public Accountant with over 8 years of experience in financial management of citizen sector organizations. Gerald joined Ashoka East Africa as a part time Financial Management Consultant in July 2004 and is also a partner with Icon Partners & Associates, a development firm dedicated to enhancing institutional capacity to deliver sustainable social development programs in Uganda's civil sector. Gerald first worked with Hope After Rape, the first rape support group for women in Uganda. He later worked with the Uganda Self Help Group Approach and for the Private Education Development Network, an indigenous organization promoting entrepreneurship and business education in schools and communities.

Simon Stumpf
Simon Stumpf works as a Senior Change Manager for Fellowship and our Rural Innovation and Farming project based in Nairobi, Kenya. As a high school and university student, Simon helped start and lead two nationwide student movements – one against Big Tobacco and another for improved international children's health. He graduated from Yale University in 2006 with degrees in Anthropology and African Studies. Before joining Ashoka, Simon developed and led a vocational skills training program for street children in Mombasa, Kenya, worked as a National Organizer for Global Justice in Washington, DC, and helped develop a social enterprise in northeastern Laos.

 Coumba Toure
Born and raised in West Africa, Coumba Toure is a, changemaker and an artist. She writes and publishes children's books and other education material through Sogoba. Sparking imagination and strengthening citizenship in children is linked to a broader effort to enable young adults to contribute to decision-making and problem-solving in society. Coumba focuses on material production as a means to spread social justice, she has facilitating hundreds of educational workshops worldwide on gender, race, economic justice, and AIDS. Coumba speaks regularly at universities and conferences and contributes as a Board member to several citizen organizations.