Ibrahim Sagna is a seasoned investor with close to three decades of global finance roles with multilateral institutions such as IMF, AFC, Afreximbank and asset managers like ECP and Millenium Global. 

Mr. Sagna is Executive Chairman of Silverbacks Holdings, a private investment firm managing assets in tech, sports, entertainment and media, primarily in Africa. He is also podcast host of IN THE VALLEY, as well as Vice-Chairman and Founding Partner of the Cape Town Tigers, the 3x South Africa basketball champion club affiliated to NBA’s Basketball Africa League (BAL).  

He is a member of the Governing Body of Global Sports Summit. His other boards involvements include FEDA, Founders Factory Africa, Utopia Capital, Beacon Media, Media54 and he serves as mentor at Tim Draper’s University in California.  

Mr. Sagna holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Boston College, and exec degrees from Harvard Business School, London Business School, and INSEAD.