Prior to launching Niokobok, Laurent has worked in start-ups or small divisions of large corporations, in mature and emerging markets, in the telecoms, consumer goods Mozambique) and management consulting industries.
He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and a graduate from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and from HEC. He received the third prize of the Orange African Social Venture Prize for Niokobok in 2012.