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David Jeng is an entrepreneur, intellectual property (IP) expert and business consultant based in The Gambia. He is the Founder and Managing Consultant of Bliss Executives, an IP and management consulting firm, and a Director at SAS Consult GM Co. Ltd. His work has one aim: helping African entrepreneurs grow, protect and commercialise their ideas, attract investment and build lasting partnerships. Across more than 15 years, David has supported over 10,000 entrepreneurs and worked with MSMEs in more than 20 countries, from West, East and Southern Africa to Latin America and the Caribbean. For WIPO, he leads WACEMS, a programme for 100 women agripreneurs in Ghana and Nigeria, and led mentoring for 48 young entrepreneurs from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries. In The Gambia, he mapped the creative industries for IFC’s Local Champions Initiative, serves as Business Development Expert on the World Bank-financed tourism project behind the Yokuté grants, and has contributed to national policy, including the country’s Intellectual Property Act. David co-founded The Gambia Disability Impact Trust Fund with the Gambia Federation of the Disabled. The fund has trained more than 600 persons with disabilities and given start-up capital to 50 entrepreneurs through a revolving fund. He is a Board Director at IGI Gamstar Insurance, where he chairs the Finance and Investment Committee and the HR and ESG Committee, and at the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chapman Xpress Financial Services and Women Empowered International. He also sits on the boards of the President’s International Award, The Gambia, and IoT4Ag at the University of Pennsylvania, and on The Gambia’s National Intellectual Property Council. David holds a Master of Intellectual Property from Africa University, earned on a WIPO scholarship, a BSc in Marketing and Finance from the University of The Gambia and a PatentX certificate from Harvard Law School. He is a 2024 Mandela Washington Fellow.