• Makhtar Diop leads Jiwall, a platform enabling pooled real estate investment in Senegal.

• The company structures each project through a dedicated entity in which investors become shareholders.

• Jiwall aims to improve housing access and democratize property investment across sub-Saharan Africa.

Makhtar Diop operates as co-founder and chief executive officer of Jiwall, a real estate investment platform that allows individuals to pool resources to finance property developments in Senegal.

The platform enables participants to jointly fund apartment and building projects. Founded in 2017, Jiwall aims to make housing and real estate investment more accessible across sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, the company offers a diversified portfolio of projects tailored to different investor and buyer profiles.

Jiwall bases its model on co-construction, a collaborative investment approach inspired by carpooling. The platform brings together individuals seeking housing or investment opportunities and landowners willing to develop property projects. Each participant contributes capital according to financial capacity. As a result, participants acquire property ownership or generate capital gains upon project completion.

Jiwall establishes a dedicated company for each real estate project. Participants become shareholders in these project-specific entities. The platform manages administrative and technical operations and supervises the full development process. At the same time, Jiwall applies a strict selection protocol to participants, prioritizing financial solvency and profile compatibility with project requirements.

In parallel, Makhtar Diop serves as operations director at Tanél Health, a technology company founded in 2020. Tanél Health develops insurance infrastructure to improve access to healthcare across Africa. Makhtar Diop earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance in 2012 from New Mexico State University. He completed an internship at Ernst & Young in 2013. The firm promoted him the same year to senior associate within its financial services office insurance division.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum