Babatope A.
Co-fondateur
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Mobility: Paris
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Hello, I’m Babatope, a builder and operator with 5+ years across innovation consulting, venture building, and project management. I co-founded and scaled a digital-native consumer brand. I have experience leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex multi-stakeholder projects, and translating strategy into execution. Bilingual French/English, with professional experience across Europe and Africa. I’m deeply passionate about building human-centered solutions to needs, education and African Politics. I'm an alumnus of African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg and Sciences Po Paris.
Work experience
Co-fondateur
DABA
Jan 2021 - Present
5 years 10 months
- Selected into Station F's Fighter's Program (2026) - Selected for Mastercard Foundation FAST Program (2025)
Senior Project Manager
Fairpatterns
Jul 2025 - Dec 2025
6 months
Paris, France
Senior Project Manager
Amurabi
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
1 month
Paris, France
Consultant
frog
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
2 years 1 month
Paris, France
In January 2023, Possible Future joined forces with frog, combining our strengths and unleashing our full potential to help companies spearhead a creative, environmental and social business revolution. The Possible Future team joins a practice dedicated to growth strategy and innovation, composed of over 120 people, with studios across the world, shared values, and a mutual desire to drive meaningful change. Frog's other practice groups in design, technology, data, content and venturing make the full team 1000 strong, with 9 studios across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
Launch into VC Venture Fellow
Dream VC
Jun 2024 - Oct 2024
5 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Dream VC is Africa’s foremost venture capital institute, powered by an active investor network hailing from 40+ countries globally, collectively managing over $6.6bn assets under management. Launch into Venture Capital is Dream VC’s fundamentals bootcamp to help transform and launch the African-focused venture capital careers of junior professionals. • Sourced 20+ Pre-Seed and Seed-stage African Startups Across Francophone Africa and HealthTech Sectors • Completed Preliminary Screening and Due Diligence on 5+ African Seed-stage Startups with DaS Frameworks • Calculated 3+ Early Stage Valuation Methods to build a Valuation Football Field for a Series A FinTech Company
Business Lead
Possible Future
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
1 year 1 month
Paris, France
Possible Future was acquired by frog in 2022. Possible Future was a B Corp certified independent innovation studio. Our multidisciplinary teams (designers, planners, business strategists and engineers) imagined, built and launched products, services or startups to spearhead social and ecological business transformation.
Entrepreneur
GrayMacaw
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
3 years 1 month
GrayMacaw was a language education startup using immersion techniques to teach African languages. Developed a curriculum for teaching beginner Yoruba and Yoruba alphabet flashcards previously sold via Amazon.
Investment Analyst
MATERIA Inc
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
1 month
Focused on building the MATERIA School Investment Vehicle. Developed real estate pro forma models and investment pitches. Conducted market research and analysis on school infrastructure on the African continent.
Investment Analyst
Lidya
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
2 months
On-site
Disbursed over US$140K in SME loans. Learnt how to sell by acquiring new clients through cold calls and emails (at least 20 daily) pitching Lidya's working capital loans. Managed on-going client accounts.
Summer Intern
The African Leadership University
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
1 month
Kigali, Rwanda
• Assisted in the design and implementation of a student-focused Career Development introductory program • Assisted in the design of ALU’s Student Life related programs and offerings
Volunteer Intern
LEAF Academy
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
1 month
Bratislava, Slovakia
• Assisted in conceptualizing a framework for LEAF Academy’s 2- and 4-year Entrepreneurial Leadership curriculums • Designed and facilitated experiential lessons in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Value Added Services Assistant
Freeme Digital Limited
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
1 month
Lagos, Nigeria
• Streamlined a core content formatting process increasing productivity by 65% • Sorted, formatted, and uploaded media content onto streaming platforms
Education
Sciences Po
Master's degree, International Management and Sustainability
Activities and societies: African Students Society (ASPA)
Management degree with a focus on sustainability. Courses Completed: Preparation for CFA Level 1, Initiation to Entrepreneurship, Private Equity in Emerging Markets, Fundamentals of Marketing, Advanced International Project Financing, Corporate Strategy, Country Risks Analysis, Understanding Sustainable Finance, Financial Accounting, Statistics for Business and Law in International Business
Sciences Po
Bachelor's degree, Social Sciences
Activities and societies: Junior Consulting
Graduated from Sciences Po's Europe-Asia program. The degree combined modules in History, Economics, Sociology, Constitutional Law, Political Science and International Relations. My concentrations were Development Economics and Asian studies. I also spent an exchange year in China taking intensive Mandarin courses.
Fudan University
Exchange Year, Chinese Language
Spent a year studying Mandarin-Chinese at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
African Leadership Academy
Cambridge A levels, Economics, Mathematics & History; Entrepreneurial Leadership, African Philosophy, Writing & Rhetoric
Activities and societies: Design Club, Student Government
African Leadership Academy is an institution developing the next generation of ethical, entrepreneurial and transformative leaders for the African continent. As Student Government Chairman, I co-led a team of 20 student leaders in organising student-focused activities and ensuring student's well being. We also started the restructuring of the Student Government.
The Vale College
WASSCE, Business/Commerce, General
Activities and societies: Literature Club
Licenses & certifications
Bloomberg Market Concepts
Issued: Dec 2020