Eleanor Sarpong is Founder and Managing Partner of Impact Afrique Global Partners, a London based but Africa focussed boutique consulting firm, where she advises governments, businesses and development partners on digital transformation, telecommunications policy, infrastructure investment and regulatory strategy across emerging markets. She brings more than two decades of global experience working in the private sector, international development and public policy, with a current focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eleanor has held senior leadership roles as Director for Policy and Advocacy, Digital Inclusion at the GSMA, Director of Public Policy at the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership and Deputy Executive Director at the Alliance for Affordable Internet, where she spearheaded public policy and advocacy efforts with more than 21 governments and multilateral agencies. She has partnered with organisations including the European Union, Smart Africa, World Bank, USAID, ITU, UNESCO, UNESCAP and the OECD. Earlier in her career, she built MTN Ghana’s Government and Regulatory Function, leading efforts to secure 3G and 4G licences and regulatory engagements on mobile money, SIM registration and data-centre rollouts.

She has also consulted for Stantec, developing a model on Open Internet skills, and advised the European Investment Bank on ICT lending policies for developing countries. She has also consulted for the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. Eleanor holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, where she was a Chevening Scholar, and certificates in Public Policy Analysis from the London School of Economics and Implementing Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education.