Gorgui Sène Diallo, MA

Gorgui has over 30 years of experience in the design, implementation, and management of development projects. He began his career at the Ministry of State Modernization and Technology before being recruited by Africare, an American NGO, to assist in rebuilding and strengthening Africare Senegal’s organizational processes. He was later promoted to Programs Officer, where he monitored the implementation of all programs and supported the Country Director in developing the country fundraising strategy. His subsequent positions included Senior Programs Officer, Regional Business Development Officer for West Africa, and eventually Senegal Country Director.

As Country Director, he applied innovative approaches to strengthen business development and programmatic efforts, set institutional objectives, and reaffirmed Africare’s value proposition. He introduced new technologies for cross-office programs and financial tracking. In 2019, the Africare Board of Directors appointed him to lead the transition from Africare to PanAfricare, becoming the first CEO of the new African-led organization for three years. Since 2023, he has served as the Executive Director of Sister Cities International Senegal.

Gorgui has a Bachelor’s in Economics (Economic Policy Analysis), Université Pierre Mendes, France. He also has a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Program Analysis & Computer Systems, Institut Supérieur Sénégalais d’Enseignement Professionnel, Senegal.

Gorgui is a thought leader involved in various strategic committees, including Steering Committee to Advance Community Health; Task Force for eHealth in Senegal; UN Humanitarian Country Team; Global Fund Country Coordination Mechanism. He has presented at diverse conferences focused on the international development sector. Notable presentations include:

• 2021 United Bank for Africa panel on Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Africa
• Infrastructural Challenges in Technology and Innovationat the Action on Disaster Relief in Africa Conference
• From 2015 to 2019, he participated in Devex conferences in the USA, organized by Grand Challenges organizations (USAID, Gates Foundation, GCC, UKAID, KOICA, etc.), focusing on Innovations for Saving Lives at Birth.

Additional Relevant Training

• Fundraising, Project Design-Management-Evaluation, Management of NGO/PVO Activities, Audit & Internal Control, Organizational Assessment, Communication, Participatory Evaluation courses – Inside NGO
• Program Management Institute (PMBOK) & ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
• Business Modelling (Nepal and Nairobi with Venture Well & Duke University)

Relevant Publications

• The Senegalese Civil Society Role in the Management and Implementation of Funding from Global Fund – AIDS Cases in Senegal
• Several Case Studies on Community Health Strategies Implemented by Africare & PanAfricare Senegalsuch as: Care Groups Save Mother and Newborn Lives
• An mHealth Intervention to Improve Maternal Health in Senegal(Co-author Margaret MacDonald, PhD, Associate Professor of Anthropology, York University)