Jacob has over 25 years’ experience in the software and hardware development, technology, ICT sector and Defence Sector. He started his career at Siemens Telecommunications (Sietel) in July 1995. In 2000 he moved to Siemens Germany as a product manager for the 1st Commercial Software release of UMTS (today known as 3G). Jacob came back to South Africa in 2004 as a divisional manager to deploy the first 3G network on the Vodacom South Africa network and many other African countries.

In 2007 he moved to Egypt to head NOKIA’s MAGHREB region Radio technical sales team. In this role Jacob was extensively exposed to the North African Arab countries and established valuable relationships in this region. In this role he also had to advice and consult to network operators about new 3GPP standards and upcoming planned releases to enable them to make decisions on their network evolution.

In 2010 before the Egypt Spring Revolution he returned to South African to head the Value-Added Reseller program for Nokia in Africa. This role offered Jacob more exposure to East and West Africa in addition. In 2012 he co-founded North Park Telecoms and occupied the role as Managing Director.

In 2015 North Park Telecoms under the leadership of Jacob was selected to be part of Radar & Electronic Warfare Transformative Enterprise Development (REWTED) Program.

REWTED program is part of the drive by the South African Department of Defense (DoD) to ​  transform the domestic defense sector supply chain by creating a diverse base of Small Micro Medium Enterprises (SMME) able to deliver on highly competitive ICT complex military systems or sub-systems for the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) and the international defense market. In 2020 North Park Telecoms successfully built a communications jammer system (ComJam)s demonstrator.

Jacob is currently a board member of South African Aerospace Maritime Defence Industries Association (AMD) since 2019, board member of the Defence Sector Charter Council (DSCC) since 2021 and a committee member of Tshwane University of Technology the Academic Advisory Sub-Committee for Telecommunication Engineering. He is also an active member of the ICT SMME chamber chairing the end to-end network sub-committee.

Before working with We Say-We Do, Amadou was a Developer Engineer at PCCI DAKAR from 2012 to 2016. He was part of the team of Conception and Development of applications for the needs of production and administrative staff; the Automatization of the daily tasks of production; Optimization of the Call Center platform specific to the PCCI group; and the System administration and databases.

During this period, he travelled the sub-region for the coordination and supervision of installations at the remote sites.

He also worked as an expatriate with PCCI GUINEA CONAKRY for a period of 4 years to design the functional architectures of telephony with MTN & ORANGE GUINEA and coordinated the deployment and integration of information systems.

Amadou is a proven expert in:

• Implementation of Telephony & CRM Information Systems.
• Integration of business solutions adapted to needs.
• Efficient management of CALL CENTER projects (needs, costs, deadlines, risks, ...) and their implementation.
• Design and implementation or integration of features with high added value in line with the specific needs of the client.

Elhadji has more than ten years of experience as a freelancer in offshore IT (web/mobile development and graphic design). He has developed multiple software packages and websites and was involved in the development of several web platforms including Dobiza, or business products (Ipad apps) of Philip Morris International. Elhadji has developed for Frenchidrone a large networking platform for drone operators in France, with an integrated dematerialization system and a powerful e-learning integrated module (with an integration of Google Storage & Google Transcoder services). He is an integrator and advanced developer of WordPress with as an example the site of Kirene in which he participated as a theme builder in the last redesign. Elhadji is a trainer in web technologies and graphic design (at IPG). He also worked in the production of puzzle games including "ManaKane" of which he is the author. Elhadji is also a specialist in m/e-health, most notably he developed the mInfoSanté platform of the Ministry of Health and Social Action of Senegal.

Aminata is a very creative and ambitious entrepreneur. She worked in the public sector in France where she was a communication assistant at the DIRPJJ (Department of Justice) and then worked as a sanitary inspector at the DDPP (Department of Agriculture). At the beginning of 2020, she decided to focus on the creation of an African cosmetic company. After having worked on her project with several institutions dedicated to business creation and having exchanged with many professionals in the industry, she decided to move in Senegal in June 2021 to create « Taar Zakweli Cosmetics ». A new company specialized in hair cosmetics production and « kaay book event » which is an event and cultural concept. Before joining WeSayWeDo, Aminata was also a project manager for a Senegalese communication and events agency.  

Passionate about digital communication as this is key to personal and professional development. In pursuit of her career in communications management, Geneviève has worked works with firms in the UK and Russia. However, at the end of her studies in Russia, and having developed the urge to make a difference, she settled down in Senegal, her home country where she established, working with a local company the niche in using digital technologies, to help the youth and women overcome communication and social challenges while leveraging on equal opportunities. Prior to joining WeSayWeDo, Genevieve has participated and contributed generously to various local campaigns geared towards narrowing the digital divide.

Before joining WeSayWeDo, Amadou worked with Meetings Group as their customer relations manager. He was the head of statistical planning at Phone Group and while working with Premium Center Contact International (PCCI) group, he took on several roles which included the Sales Manager, Production Manager, and Project Manager roles. During these missions, Amadou participated in among other things, the first outsourcing of the Sonatel group's customer service and the management of the implementation of the OAP PCCI ORANGE France Premium project, entrusted with ensuring that necessary resources and tools are available to the project teams to deliver on the project efficiently and consistently. Amadou possesses excellent functional skills in

• Customer relationship and commercial transaction management,
• Management of outcome indicators and skills development,
• Team Management and Planning,
• Consulting, management, and client recruitment techniques.

Mr. Khalilou Niane worked within the Regulatory Authority of Telecommunications and Posts (ARTP) of Senegal, from October 2005 to June 2020. He successively held the positions of:

•  Head of Engineering and Spectrum Planning Department in charge of the coordination and notification of space and terrestrial services
• Head of Radio Network Management Department;
• Head of Universal Service Technical Studies Department;
• Head of Frequency Management Department;
• Head of Engineering and Planning Department in charge of the coordination and notification of space and terrestrial services;
• Rapporteur of the National Committee for the Transition from Analogue to Digital Television;
• Head of the Technical Control and Inspection Department;
• Director of Radiocommunications until June 2020.

As a Senegal delegate, he participated in several cycles of the WRC. He has an thorough knowledge of the radio regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Geneviève has extensive experience working in non-governmental organizations and on development projects. She is in charge of We Say-We Do's clients and the management of the office's administration.

Prior to founding We Say-We Do , Abdou was Director for Africa of the international firm  Access Partnership for more than 6 years. Before joining this Anglo-American consultancy firm, he was founder and managing director of Primum Africa Consulting which merged with Access Partnership in 2015.

Previously, he had already gained experience as an international consultant by collaborating with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, non-governmental organizations such as the Legal Research Institute in Mexico, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) in South Africa, the Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) and West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) in Dakar. He was also a columnist at Radio France Internationale in Paris. Abdou is a renowned expert who advises clients in a wide range of sectors, including communication strategies, Internet governance, telecommunications, oil and gas.

He is a member of the African Telecommunication Union (ATU) and the International​ Telecommunication Union (ITU). He specializes in the regulation of space technologies and accompanied American satellite operators in the cycle of World Radiocommunication Conferences of 2015 (Geneva) and 2019 (Sharm El Sheikh). He is also a Senegal Delegate in International Telecommunication Meetings (Ecowas, ATU, WRC, PP).

Abdou has privileged access to decision-makers in Africa.