Ibrahim Kalil Konate

Appointed Minister of Digital Transition and Digitalization on October 17, 2023 in the government of Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé, Kalil Konaté is an engineer and expert in Electricity, Mines and Digitalization in Côte d'Ivoire.
 

Biography

Studies and Training

A graduate of the National Institute of Technical Education - INSET Yamoussoukro, he holds a DESS in Energy Planning and Management. He also holds an engineering degree in Quality with a focus on Industrial Enterprises from the African Institute of Total Quality, IAQT/CESTI Paris.

Professional career

His professional career began in June 1996 at PETROCI, continued at Nestlé where he joined in June 1997, before joining the National Bureau of Technical Studies and Development (BNETD) in September 1998 where he remained until November 2010.

At BNETD, he held various positions, including Foreign Project Coordinator, Head of the Industry, Energy and Mines Work Unit, as well as Technical Advisor to the Director General in charge of Industry, Energy and Mines.

In August 2011, he was appointed Director General of the Ivorian Institute of Enterprise (INIE), with the mission of realizing the Government's ambition to create strong SMEs. To this end, he initiated a major project to identify Ivorian SMEs, thus providing the State with a powerful tool to serve different SME profiles.

Before joining the Government, Kalil KONATE had been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Société pour le Développement Minier de la Côte d'Ivoire (SODEMI) since September 2021.