BFA Global Welcomes New Managing Director
We’re thrilled to welcome Prateek Shrivastava as the new Managing Director of BFA Global!
Prateek joins our mission to build a more inclusive and resilient future. With over 30 years of experience across 40 countries, first as a technologist driving global innovation programs, and since 2004 applying technology for development, he has built solutions that connect markets, institutions, capital, and people.
He has led innovation to impact the lives of people from multiple vantage points. As Managing Director of Monitise Emerging Markets, he pioneered shared mobile infrastructure in Africa and Asia; co-founded BeyondBranches in Nigeria, a fintech that became Interswitch Financial Inclusion Services; and has advised DFIs, governments, and global companies on digital transformation, venture building, and capital mobilization.
From 2015 to 2023, Prateek was VP of Digital at Accion, where he led the Mastercard-Accion Partnership, driving initiatives that reached more than 30 million people worldwide and helped design the $152.5 million Accion Digital Transformation Fund. In 2023, he co-founded EMpact, a venture studio for inclusive innovation in Guatemala and Côte d’Ivoire, and built soilnet.ai, an experiment to harness IoT and AI for agriculture. He also serves on the board of Annapurna Finance in India.
Prateek combines commercial acumen, curiosity for frontier technology, and a deep commitment to impact, bringing to BFA Global the skills and perspective that will help shape the next wave of innovation, benefiting low-income and vulnerable people across emerging markets and the world.
Our ongoing work in climate resilience and livelihoods remains core to our mission, and Prateek’s experience with early-stage ventures and AI is perfectly aligned to accelerate and innovate our work in these key areas and our venture-building efforts.
Amolo Ng’weno moves to the role of Chair of BFA Global while continuing her leadership as General Partner of the Catalyst Fund. She continues to support programmatic work as an expert and advisor.
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