Eloine Barry 2022 speaker

Founder & CEO

African Media Agency

Biography

Eloïne Barry is the Founder & CEO of African Media Agency (AMA), an award-winning Abidjan-based company founded as an answer to the rising need of multinationals, NGOs and international organizations to reach a broader audience in every African country, directly impacting their business strategies and goals. AMA has developed, supported and launched successful pan-African communications campaigns on behalf of prestigious African and international entities like: African Development Bank, IFC, BCEAO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mastercard, Foundation, Western Union, and Merck.

Based in New York, Eloine Barry is a French-African multilingual communications and business professional with proven track record in building and managing PR businesses. An accomplished team leader, across disparate geographies and virtual teams, Eloïne commands a deep understanding of the African communications landscape with more than 15 years’ experience in the European and African communications industry.
Eloine Barry has been recognized as one the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in 2018. She is a Tony Elumelu Foundation Mentor and sits on the Boards of Africa Communications Week and Africa No Filter agency. She has been nominated in 2016 and 2017 as African Woman of the Year in the media category, got awarded the Grand Prix Excellence of the ASCOM Abidjan 2019, and in 2021, African Media Agency was awarded an African SABRE Certificate of Excellence in the Media Relations category.

Eloine Barry was born in Lyon, France, she has lived and worked in France, Germany, the UK, Dubai and New York where she currently resides with her husband and two sons.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/eloïne-barry-she-her-82390a2
Twitter: @eloine