Moustapha Sow

Founder/Chairman
SF Capital

Moustapha Sow

Biography

Founder of SF CAPITAL, Moustapha Sow is an investment and development banker by profession. Issued from the African diaspora in Canada, M Sow is one of Senegal’s leading entrepreneurs. He successfully created SF GROUP, a pan-African investment management company comprising:

  1. SF Capital SA, which has structured more than €8 billion since it’s inception in 2017 across Africa to finance infrastructure projects & trade finance transactions, including the famous Programme spécial de désenclavement (a post-Covid economic recovery program of €700 million for the state of Senegal ).
  1. MICROSEN, the first microfinance institution in Senegal (Microsen), with the aim of strengthening its contribution to the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Senegal and Africa; Is focused on the autonomy of women and young people. Since it’s acquisition the bank balance sheet has grown 7-fold.
  1. WAHC, specialized in healthcare infrastructure development and financing solutions in Africa for both public and private clients, since 2019.
  1. INNOVO, which is SF Capital’s main strategic partner in developing the best poke financing solution for infrastructure projects in the francophone region. INNOVO SENEGAL is the operational subsidiary in charge of the management, monitoring, and evaluation of planned, ongoing projects and programs in the region.

Moustapha Sow’s expertise in financing infrastructure and trade on the African continent is internationally recognized and has been praised on more than one occasion. Most recently, he was nominated by an American Business Journal as one of the top 10 black CEOs to watch in 2023.

Moustapha is not only a fervent advocate of entrepreneurship as a catalyst for the development of young people but also the possible ways and means of achieving economic growth in Africa. To this end, in 2018, the “Moustapha Sow” Foundation was created, where this pan-Africanist and recognized philanthropist actively works in favor of women and young people. He has devoted more than €2 million promoting education (school renovation & scholarship programme) not forgetting the financing programme for women in rural areas which led to the acquisition of Microsen.