Mamadou Konate is Senegal Country Program Lead for Green Growth and OIC Country Representative in 2019 and 2025, at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). His work spans green growth planning and implementation including, program management, resource climate investment planning and mobilization, project implementation ensuring alignment with GGGI core values, corporate priorities and thematic areas, leading to achieving strategic outcomes in country.

At GGGI, Mamadou Konate has led the development of the national green growth strategy, the development and implementation of the Senegal’s flagship and built strong partnerships with line ministries, donors, private sector entities and civil society.

He contributes to maintain close collaboration with the country programs, the technical divisions in headquarters, different COPs on relevant topics to ensure their participation in the program delivery for quality inputs. His work covered also working with the Agricultural Bank of Senegal to develop green finance facility to foster climate-smart agriculture leading to a GCF funding of  $56.9 million GCF funding in 2025 as well as with the Sovereign Wealth fund for strategic investment to  Fund of Senegal, in developing A Renewable Energy special Purpose Vehicle to scale investment in solar irrigation with a first target of $50 million in 2025-2026. His work with Senegal delivery unit contributed to develop a strong pipeline of $520 million investment projects in 2023.

Prior to joining GGGI, Mamadou Konate was a Senior Team Leader in many biodiversity and Nature Conservancy Projects with 10 years in the latest one, the Integrated Coastal Resources Management Program seeking to improve the management and conditions of marine and coastal resources and biodiversity in Senegal funded by the World Bank.

Earlier in his career, Mamadou Konate worked with international NGOs, and Research Institutes where he contributed to the dissemination of technologies for sustainable land management and the development of the resilience of grassroots communities.

He is a Ph.D. candidate in Climate and Coastal & Marine Environment at the University of Dakar. He holds an MSc in Geomatic and Nature Evaluation, is an engineer in Forestry and in agronomy.