Our mission is to raise the bar for safety, quality, and financial stewardship across West Africa’s infrastructure sector

Born in Fria, Guinea, Aboubacar moved to Boston at 16 and earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. Formative years spent crossing a truss bridge each morning on the way to his grandfather’s farm — and witnessing roads washed out by the rainy season — shaped a lifelong commitment to resilient infrastructure. He built a 7-year career at HDR and VHB specializing in bridge inspection, load-rating, and structural design, and founded Nimba Consulting to bring that expertise back to West Africa.

Born in Conakry, Guinea, N’faly earned a Master’s in Accounting and Business Administration from SUNY Plattsburgh as an EOP scholar. He spent six years at KPMG New York, advancing to Senior Associate in the Deal Advisory practice, with deep expertise in audit, financial due diligence, and advisory across healthcare, energy, and financial services. Bilingual in English and French, he translates international financial standards into actionable strategies for African institutions and development partners.

Born in Brazzaville, Congo and raised in Dover, New Hampshire, Joël earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire as a Division I student-athlete. He built a career at the intersection of technology, product development, and operations — spanning Meta, Intel, Altria, and Tive — while co-founding ecoText, a venture-backed edtech startup. At Nimba, he leads the digital infrastructure, tools, and growth systems that allow the firm to deliver and scale its work across West Africa.

With more than 35 years in rural engineering across Guinea, Alioune holds a Diploma of Higher Studies in Rural Engineering from the Julius N’Yéréré Polytechnic Institute of Kankan. He has directed landmark projects funded by the World Bank, IFAD, USAID, the EU, and AFD, and has coordinated Guinea’s AFD-funded Rural Roads Project since 2017 — overseeing 600+ km of rural roads and 180 m of bridges across Lower and Forest Guinea. His field depth is the cornerstone of Nimba’s infrastructure practice.