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Olivier Leruste
Managing Partner of Echosys Invest and co-founder of Echosys Advisory
Afrigreen
Private Sector & Development author
Managing Partner of Echosys Invest and co-founder of Echosys Advisory, Olivier Leruste is an expert in financing solutions and raising funds for renewable energy projects. Before co-founding Echosys Advisory in 2020, he was head of financing for French developer Akuo, where he raised over €2 billion to finance solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass power plants. Before this, Olivier was a banker in the Energy & Commodities division of BNP Paribas in New York and Mexico, and an economist with Crédit Lyonnais. Olivier holds a Master's in Management and Economics from HEC Paris.
Afrigreen
Afrigreen Debt Impact Fund is a €100 million debt fund created by Echosys Invest and managed by RGreen Invest, a French portfolio management company. The Fund supports renewable energy projects in Africa, with a specific focus on commercial and industrial (C&I) solar power. Proparco, the EIB, IFC, BIO, FMO, Société Générale and BNP Paribas are the fund's main investors. The teams are based in Abidjan and Paris and began operating the Fund in April 2023.