• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Samba Cor Bathily

Magik Energy Lab

Managing Director

Samba Cor Bathily, Managing Director, Magik Energy Lab, is a “repat.” After 16 years in the United States working in the private sector (including as an Analyst at IBM and Operations Manager at AON), Mr. Bathily returned to Senegal and founded Magik Oil, a downstream oil & gas company, in 2016. In 2019, he expanded his activities and launched Magik Energy Lab, the first sustainable development incubator dedicated to the energy sector in Senegal. His mission is to link industry players, support entrepreneurs, and accelerate innovation. After several years in the oil & gas entrepreneurial landscape, Mr. Bathily is convinced that the challenge of bringing modern energy to everyone in Sub-Saharan Africa is unique and requires substantial investments as well as a strong commitment from its youth to make the energy sector more effective and efficient. He also believes that the introduction/inclusion of innovation will benefit local communities and accelerate growth in Africa, and that it's imperative to create a new socio-economic model adapted to the local context. Mr. Bathily holds an MBA from the University of Georgia in the United States.

Sessions With Samba Cor Bathily

Monday, 9 March

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 03:30pm - 04:20pm (CST) / -

    African Energy Innovation: Gaining momentum
    Geopolitics/Policy/Regulatory Digitalization Innovation & Technology

    The African continent has seen the transformative power of technological innovations, such as mobile money services, so that today the region is the global leader in their adoption and use. Africa is on the cusp of applying technology and innovation to energy sector issues, from electricity access to energy infrastructure. Considering the unique history, culture, and languages across Africa, can startups make an impact on the region’s long-term energy dynamics? Can African startups be relevant globally?