Senegalese Abdoulaye Elimane Dia, CEO of Holding Fortunes Capital, died on Thursday August 5th of an illness at Aristide le Dantec hospital in Dakar.
Very involved in development issues, the mayor of Demette was political leader of the Alliance for the Republic (APR) and led a movement called Alliance for the Development and Emergence of Podor (ADEP).
A successful political actor and businessman, Kaladio, as his relatives affectionately called him, began his schooling in Ndembat Kane in the Matam department. Abdoulaye Elimane Dia is a Master in Business Law and also holds a PHD in Portfolio Management, an MBA in Quality and also an MBA in Finance. His inspiringly rich professional career began in his early university years.
Elected mayor of Demette, a locality in northern Senegal, located in the department of Podor and the region of Saint-Louis, in June 2014, Elimane Dia chaired the Alliance for the Department and the Emergence of Podor (ADEP).