Yacouba Ouedraogo is an international development professional based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He is a co-founder of the Africa Impact Investing Partnerships Center, a member of Burkina Faso National Advisory Board Taskforce on Impact Investing, a fellow of the Africa Impact Investing Programme and an accredited trainer for the SDG Impact Standards for Enterprises. Yacouba has over 25 years senior management experience in rural development, forestry, agriculture, climate adaptation and mitigation in the West and East African regions especially in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya and Ethiopia. He has supported the work of several international organisations including the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD; GlobalCAD; Climate Analytics in Burkina Faso; the Global Green Growth Institute Burkina Faso Office; International Development Enterprises; the World Agroforestry Centre; Concern Universal in Guinea and Tree Aid in West Africa. He brings over cutting-edge knowledge of the emerging trends in global development finance, impact investing and public-private partnerships; a passion for catalyzing public and private investments towards the achievement of the SDGs. Yacouba holds a PhD in Development Finance from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom; and a Rural Development Technical Engineer degree from the Rural Development Institute of the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.