Leadership rooted in communication, research, scholarship, and impact.

Geo Diaffe Global is led by a partnership that brings together strategic communication, public scholarship, research leadership, media production, ethics, public health, and African knowledge systems.

Leadership

The team behind the vision.

Georgette Hélène Coumba Sow

Founder & CEO

Communication expert, filmmaker, researcher, author, show host, and founder of Geo Diaffe Global. She leads the company’s vision across strategic communication, production, public health communication, research translation, storytelling, diplomacy, innovation, women’s dignity, and global impact.

Strategy Communication Production Research Translation The GeoLens Show
Prof. Sylvain Landry Birane Faye

Prof. Sylvain Landry Birane Faye

Executive Partner & Senior Scientific Advisor

Professor, principal investigator, researcher, and co-author of Savoirs en Dialogue. He strengthens Geo Diaffe Global’s scientific direction, research credibility, ethics, public health lens, methodology, and knowledge production across Africa-centered and community-grounded work.

Scientific Leadership Public Health Ethics Social Sciences African Knowledge Systems
Partnership

A shared intellectual and impact-driven foundation.

The company’s leadership reflects a rare combination: strategic communication and public-facing storytelling on one side, scientific leadership and research depth on the other. Together, this creates a platform capable of moving between institutions, communities, media, scholarship, and public impact.

Leadership strengths

Research credibility and scientific direction
Strategic communication and public positioning
Ethics, public health, and community engagement
Scholarship, media, and knowledge translation
Africa-centered and diaspora-connected vision
Built for collaboration

Geo Diaffe Global works with experts, institutions, creatives, and communities.

The leadership team is supported by a wider ecosystem of collaborators, researchers, producers, designers, community partners, field teams, and public voices across Africa and the diaspora.

Research, ethics, and scientific advisory
Communication strategy, production, and public storytelling
Community engagement, women’s dignity, and impact partnerships