Ariane Kouassi is Digital Development Advisor at Kaikai International. In parallel, she is the Technical Project Assistant at the Fintech MQash for which she coordinates the activities of the technical assistance project for the digitization of the agricultural value chain and the establishment of a financial ecosystem for cooperatives and their beneficiaries in Gabon.

Previously, she was a local expert in digital finance within the French-speaking branch of the International Microsave Consulting firm based in Senegal where she contributed to the realization of various studies and reports covering 6 French-speaking African countries on the fintech ecosystem. She also worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Financial Education Program of the Ministry of Education and Literacy of Côte d'Ivoire. Ariane is also a Digital Finance Consultant at the World Bank where she regularly contributes to the technical review of reports on financial inclusion and digital finance in West Africa.

She has over 5 years of in-depth knowledge and experience in digital finance, market research, analysis and technical review of reports. She holds a master's degree in project management and a certificate in digital transformation. She specializes in managing development and financial inclusion projects through digital means.