Founders.
Our story.
The group set about as an International trading, investment and construction concern. The Group quickly expanded with offices in London, Lagos, Moscow, Piraeus, Houston and Freetown. Due to the extreme volatility in the some of the Groups most profitable markets (Nigeria and Sierra Leone) in the late 90s with resources and attention concentrated, the group ultimately had to cease operations in 1997. The newly formed Rasab Brand and Group has restarted activities with major investment focusing on Technology and Smart Utility Infrastructure.
Board & Advisors.
Davar
Fazaeli
Group Chairman
Davar has worked in the Africa market for the last 30 years with mega scale assets under management; primarily focusing on connecting people & businesses with ideas, and advised on how to communicate architectures, technologies, and business concepts.
Sally
Overall
Non-Executive Director
Sally is a dedicated, passionate, and result driven professional with over 25 years experience in executive management within the Telecommunications industry incl. power & renewable optimization focusing on back haul fiber, tower Pan African infrastructure sales, operations management, company transition / change management, people management, training and technical sales.
Mahmoud
Idriss
Non-Executive Director
Mahmoud is a serial entrepreneur with over 24 years' experience in public policy, investments, large-scale project design and management consulting. He has led start-up teams in broadband internet services, health technologies, agricultural technologies and financial technologies. He has extensive experience in policy and regulatory consulting; as well as operations and management consulting in the Sierra Leone telecommunications sector.
David
Kpakima
Executive Director
David is a c-suit business executive with over 13 years of experience in driving monetization strategies using high-tech business development modeling for brands; Zain, Airtel, Standard Chartered Bank, Onlime, Smart mobile. He joined Zoodlabs Group in 2020 to drive the Africa portfolio operational rollout.
Emmanuel
Tondoneh
Company Sec & GC
Emmanuel is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone. He has a wealth of experience in working within the extractive industry, regulatory and compliance environment dealing with various commercial transaction, regulatory and company secretarial services in Sierra Leone. He holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours from De Montfort University in Leicester England (UK) and an LL.M with distinction in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of Dundee Scotland (UK). Emmanuel is currently researching a PhD in Corporate Insolvency focusing on “Cross Border Insolvency in Anglophone West Africa: Protecting Local Creditors and Harmonisation through the UNCITRAL Model Law”.
Leadership.
Davar
Fazaeli
Group Chairman
Davar has worked in the Africa market for the last 30 years with mega scale assets under management; primarily focusing on connecting people & businesses with ideas, and advised on how to communicate architectures, technologies, and business concepts.
David
Kpakima
Executive Director
David is a c-suit business executive with over 13 years of experience in driving monetization strategies using high-tech business development modeling for brands; Zain, Airtel, Standard Chartered Bank, Onlime, Smart mobile. He joined Zoodlabs Group in 2020 to drive the Africa portfolio operational rollout.
Sally
Overall
Non-Executive Director
Sally is a dedicated, passionate, and result driven professional with over 25 years experience in executive management within the Telecommunications industry incl. power & renewable optimization focusing on back haul fiber, tower Pan African infrastructure sales, operations management, company transition / change management, people management, training and technical sales.
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Emmanuel
Tondoneh
Company Sec & GC
Emmanuel is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone. He has a wealth of experience in working within the extractive industry, regulatory and compliance environment dealing with various commercial transaction, regulatory and company secretarial services in Sierra Leone. He holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours from De Montfort University in Leicester England (UK) and an LL.M with distinction in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of Dundee Scotland (UK). Emmanuel is currently researching a PhD in Corporate Insolvency focusing on “Cross Border Insolvency in Anglophone West Africa: Protecting Local Creditors and Harmonisation through the UNCITRAL Model Law”.
Eugene
Dennison Coker
COO, Fibre One
Eugene has extensive experience in driving success and has led teams to achieve results across multiple sectors including accounting, hospitality, technology, digital telecommunications and agricultural business development. At K3 the oversees day-to-day operations and leads the company’s strategy & implementation.
Issam
Yatim
Zoodlabs, COO
Issam has over 10 years of experience in the Telecoms sector in Africa. He has had a positive impact on a number of organisations in the areas of Billing, VAS, Operational Support Systems (OSS), and Business Support Systems.
Pierre
Johnson
Metro Cable COO
Telecommunications & Energy leader with 10+ years of experience driving innovation across multinational utilities. Currently spearheading Sierra Leone's largest FTTH infrastructure project at Metro Cable SL Ltd. Previously, led Winch Energy SL Ltd to connect 1,800 rural homes with energy for the first time. Awarded Best Graduating Student, University of Sierra Leone (2007).
Mahmoud
Idriss
Executive Director, B2G
Mahmoud is a serial entrepreneur with over 24 years' experience in public policy, investments, large-scale project design and management consulting. He has led start-up teams in broadband internet services, health technologies, agricultural technologies and financial technologies. He has extensive experience in policy and regulatory consulting; as well as operations and management consulting in the Sierra Leone telecommunications sector.
