Nelli Foumba Soumaoro

Secretary Irish Board

Nelli Foumba Soumaoro

Board member
Nelli Foumba Soumaoro was born in Guinea and speaks German, English, French, Arabic and five African languages. She studied social sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund, Germany, with a focus on « poverty and refugee migration » and « transcultural development policy » in Bonn, Germany.
Mr. Soumaoro has been involved and networked in numerous economic and political activities:
  • She successfully initiated and led bilateral projects of several African presidents with Germany.
  • He has a long experience as Plenipotentiary Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea, Strategic Advisor in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) in Bonn, also with several internationally known entrepreneurs in Germany from Germany and in Africa.
  • He is currently working as CEO of Komm Mit Afrika Holding: www.kommmit-afrika.de
  • He is also involved as a federal spokesperson in a German youth policy organization and in the social and socio-political field of the umbrella organization of the African community in Germany.
Since 2015, she has been the recipient of the Multicultural Engagement Award for her economic engagement in Germany, and since 2020, she has been a book author. » Empowering Refugees. Better now than later » – a practical example of sustainable integration of refugees. July 2021, his new book. Holistic Financial Empowerment – How to Achieve Financial Success through Holistic Thinking, has been published in Germany.
From December 2021 to May 2022, Sumarow is a candidate for the Bündnis 90 die Grünen constituency in North Rhine-Westphalia 118: www.nelli-soumaoro.de