Abderrahmane Chaoui
Chief Exploration Officer - Sendemo
After growing up in Algeria, Abderrahmane graduated from EDHEC Business School in France in 2013. 10 years later, he is the founder and chief exploration officer at Sendemo. Sendemo took a 1.5 year exploration across 13 African countries to study their entrepreneurial ecosystems on the ground and understand their current and coming challenges. This first sequence of Sendemo consisted of hundreds of hours of interviews with investors, government officials, founders, corporations and support organizations, field visits and engagement with local universities. Sendemo has now evolved into a research-based consultancy with prestigious customers such as MIT, Sciences Po, Founders Factory Africa and more.
Abderrahmane’s early work experiences led him to acquire a strong expertise in technology and innovation. Firstly as the founder of a biotech startup in the food industry in 2013, developing antibodies and rapid tests with the mission to bring more transparency in the industrial food value chain in Europe. Then with more distance and perspective, as a lead strategy consultant at Fabernovel, an innovation agency in Paris.
At Fabernovel, Abderrahmane learnt to analyse trends and the impact of technology on industry value chains and business models. He advised large corporates in +10 industries on their (innovation) strategy. He also was responsible for the design of internal innovation set ups with large corporates (incubation, acceleration, innovation labs, venture studios, CVCs…) and lastly for the conduction of strategic studies, deciphering new software-inspired business models and industry disruptions.
After growing up in Algeria, Abderrahmane graduated from EDHEC Business School in France in 2013. 10 years later, he is the founder and chief exploration officer at Sendemo. Sendemo took a 1.5 year exploration across 13 African countries to study their entrepreneurial ecosystems on the ground and understand their current and coming challenges. This first sequence of Sendemo consisted of hundreds of hours of interviews with investors, government officials, founders, corporations and support organizations, field visits and engagement with local universities. Sendemo has now evolved into a research-based consultancy with prestigious customers such as MIT, Sciences Po, Founders Factory Africa and more.
Abderrahmane’s early work experiences led him to acquire a strong expertise in technology and innovation. Firstly as the founder of a biotech startup in the food industry in 2013, developing antibodies and rapid tests with the mission to bring more transparency in the industrial food value chain in Europe. Then with more distance and perspective, as a lead strategy consultant at Fabernovel, an innovation agency in Paris.
At Fabernovel, Abderrahmane learnt to analyse trends and the impact of technology on industry value chains and business models. He advised large corporates in +10 industries on their (innovation) strategy. He also was responsible for the design of internal innovation set ups with large corporates (incubation, acceleration, innovation labs, venture studios, CVCs…) and lastly for the conduction of strategic studies, deciphering new software-inspired business models and industry disruptions.
