Azer Songnaba
Azer is the Chief Investment officer of Cauris Finance, an Africa-focused private credit fund that lends growth capital to best-in-class Fintechs. He has over 15 years of investing and banking experience across multiple asset classes, including Fintech debt.
He began his career in New York at Goldman Sachs in the Structured Finance /Investment Banking Division where he originated, structured and distributed over $10B of asset-backed securities in the auto and equipment leasing space.
Azer also sits on the Board of Directors of Microstart SA, a microfinance organization in Burkina Faso. Azer holds a MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University of Florida. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Azer resides in Burkina Faso, and is fluent in English, French and Moore.
