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West Africa Consulting · Dakar, Senegal

Bridging Strategy & Impact
Across West Africa

An African and American partnership enterprise dedicated to locally owned and collectively built prosperity.

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Who We Are

Rooted in purpose, networked across a region

Our Mission

YOKKUTÉ — meaning growth in Wolof — is an African and American partnership enterprise, based in Senegal, dedicated to locally owned and collectively built prosperity.

Using our regional public and private network and civil society, YOKKUTÉ works to strengthen governance systems, promote accountable institutions, and catalyze private sector engagement across West Africa.

Our Vision

A prosperous and self-determining West Africa where locally-led solutions strengthen accountable and effective governance systems, and where an engaged private sector contributes to economic and social progress.

A future that rises from within, strengthened by partnerships rooted in mutual respect and a shared purpose to make our world more equitable.

"We help global programs succeed locally — and local solutions reach global impact."
— Yokkuté West Africa Consulting

Our Approach

Hub & spoke architecture

YOKKUTÉ operates as a convening hub — rooted in Senegal and networked across West Africa — partnering with specialized local and international organizations and individuals to bring the right expertise to every challenge.

Rather than replacing existing capacity, we identify, convene, and amplify it. Our architecture connects specialists across nine critical domains, delivering integrated solutions while keeping local knowledge and ownership at the center of every engagement.

Across each domain, we apply practical AI-supported tools to strengthen market research, analysis, and adaptive learning — equipping partners with the tools and training needed to close capacity gaps, level the playing field, and accelerate sustainable growth.

Nine domains · One convening hub

YOKKUTÉ
Dakar, Senegal
Gov
Governance
M&E
Research & M&E
Proc
Contracting & Procure.
Econ
Economics & Invest.
Dig
Digital Economy
B&F
Budget & Finance
Law
Legal Advisory
PSE
Private Sector Engagement
GHS
Global Health Systems
AI-supported across all domains

Our Services

Four ways we deliver

01

Making Strategies Work

We diagnose why strategies don't translate into results — identifying socio-economic and cultural dynamics, organizational barriers, and misaligned systems that prevent effective implementation.

02

Locally-Led Solutions

We partner with local actors to define priorities and co-create solutions that reflect context, strengthen ownership, and drive sustainable results at the state and community level.

03

Turning Evidence into Decisions

We translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights that inform policy, guide funding and investment decisions, and support effective action across public, private, and civil society partners.

04

Embedded Research & Adaptive Learning

Real-time insights that enable teams to course-correct during implementation — not after. We generate actionable intelligence at the pace of the work itself.

Why Partner With Us

A unique position in the development ecosystem

Senior Leadership

YOKKUTÉ is led by former senior USAID executives and experts based in Senegal, with decades of leadership across health systems, financing, procurement, and strategic partnership.

Francophone West Africa Specialists

Deep expertise in Senegal's government dynamics, donor coordination, and cultural context — a real and underserved niche in the global development ecosystem. We bring nuanced understanding of how to operate effectively in Francophone West Africa.

Locally Grounded, Globally Connected

We sit at the intersection of international development institutions, African practitioners, and Senegalese policy context — acting as a trusted bridge between global funders and high-capacity African partners.

Team Expertise Spans

Locally-led Development Health Systems Agriculture & Economic Growth Water & Sanitation Education Systems Budget, Contract & Procurement Monitoring & Evaluation
"A small, senior team that helps global health and development programs succeed in West Africa by solving last-mile challenges and turning strategy into results."
— Yokkuté West Africa Consulting

Our Team

Senior expertise, local roots

Our team combines decades of leadership in global health, governance, finance, and development — grounded in deep knowledge of Senegal and Francophone West Africa. We are a small, senior team built for impact.

Michael Satin
Michael Satin
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Michael is a senior international development leader, trained as an applied economist with more than 30 years of experience advancing economic growth, governance, and energy resilience initiatives across Africa and Asia. He has worked in more than 25 countries, partnering with governments, private enterprise, and local communities to design and lead high-impact initiatives.
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Marietou Satin
Marietou Satin
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Marietou is a senior global health and international development executive with nearly three decades of leadership experience across Africa and Asia, including senior roles with USAID, extensive engagement with private sector partnerships, and service as USAID Country Representative in Côte d'Ivoire. As Co-Founder of Yokkuté West Africa Consulting, she advises governments, NGOs, private sector partners, and institutions on locally led development, strategic partnerships, health systems strengthening, and sustainable impact across West Africa.
Mark Poubelle
Mark Poubelle
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Mark is an international development expert with 20+ years of experience spanning financial analysis, operations management, program implementation, and procurement with NGOs and the U.S. Government across Africa and Asia. Uniquely combining field-level operational depth with headquarters-level financial and procurement systems expertise, he brings to Yokkuté a rare end-to-end perspective on what it takes to make development programs work — from design through delivery.
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Ami Poubelle
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Who We Serve

Partners across all sectors

We work across government, civil society, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and the private sector — bringing the right blend of expertise to every engagement.

Government & civil society organizations strengthening institutions and accountability systems
Bilateral & multilateral organizations implementing programs across West Africa
Local and international NGOs & implementers seeking to scale impact and build local ownership
Private sector investors and commercial entrepreneurs navigating the regional landscape

Ready to build something meaningful together?

Senior expertise, local networks, and a results-first approach — at your service across West Africa.

info@yokkute.africa