Edouard Mendy: Saving goals and setting new ones

In this episode of Creative Development, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with superstar footballer and AFCON Champion Edouard Mendy; goalkeeper for the Senegal national team as well as premier league club Chelsea FC. Mendy speaks about the importance of community, what football has taught him about teamwork and how that fuels his desire to support and invest in tech and youth education in Africa to build skills for the next generation. The conversation is in French with English and French transcripts available at the following link.

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