AMSCO is a pan-African private group that provides bespoke human capital and development solutions. We offer a comprehensive integrated service package designed to fulfil the unique needs of businesses and economies on the African continent.
Since 1989, our legacy is built on passion for people combined with our ongoing ambition to turn sub-Saharan organizations and countries, into thriving enterprises and sustainable economies.
The company was established to implement the African Training and Management Services (ATMS) Project, a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) with other Development Finance Institutions as key partners. AMSCO has worked with over 1,000 businesses across 29 African countries resulting in significant socio-economic growth.
AMSCO’s strengths in managing projects emanates from its genetic make-up as exclusive implementing partners of the longest and most ambitious private sector development programme in Africa – the ATMS Project.
Seeking to bridge the gap between skills development and entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa’s private sector, AMSCO BV was established and registered in the Kingdom of The Netherlands to implement this ATMS Project. The Stichting African Training and Management Services (ATMS) Foundation was established to be responsible for collecting and disbursing donor funds provided to the Project. Interventions across Africa were made possible by the endorsement of host governments.
AMSCO managed five successive cycles of the ATMS Project dating back to 1989, traditionally focused on interim secondment of experienced management experts and training for clients that use the secondment service.
We evolved to have a holistic approach to enterprise development that incorporated technical assistance to clients and industries, and supporting the economic transformation of the continent through broader human capital and development services.
Companies supported under the Project have demonstrated strong revenue growth and generated employment. An analysis of the ATMS project confirmed that client revenues grew nearly six times over the project cycle. In addition, AMSCO with the support of the ATMS Foundation managed over US$60Million in development funds on behalf of donors.
This history and track record uniquely positions AMSCO to be a partner of choice for Governments, development financiers, development agencies and the private sector to achieve large scale socio-economic transformation of Africa.
Martial as IT Manager is responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining IT systems, services, and capabilities to best meet the changing needs of the Group. Prior joining AMSCO Group, Martial brings in 10 years’ experience as Information Technology professional with supervisory roles.
He has an extensive background as System Administrator and Head of IT Infrastructure in telecoms, FMCG and agribusiness multinational companies. His expertise includes, but is not limited to, Networks and Sytems Administration, Cloud technologies, Business Analysis, IT Project Management and IT Audit. He graduated Master of Engineering in Information Technology and is certified ITIL Foundation in IT Services Management.
Lomiah Nhongo has a wealth of experience in project/programme management, maximizing an organization’s communications, resource deployment and managing stakeholder relationships thus improving service delivery and achieving company objectives.
In her current capacity as Country Managing Director-Zambia, her aspiration is to drive company strategy to fulfil the vision of AMSCO Advisory Services Zambia Ltd at becoming the leading authority in Human Resource Advisory in Zambia by 2021. She holds an MBA from Webster University, London and a BBA from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Zanele Radebe is an experienced Human Resources Professional with over 10 years’ multinational experience.
In her capacity as HR Business Partner, she is responsible for developing and implementing the organisation’s People Strategy, Policies & Procedures, end to end recruitment and overall Group HR Management. Zanele holds a Diploma in Human Resources Management from IIE, Certification in Labour Relations Management from WITS, Hiring Principles from the UNISA, Cost & Management Accounting from IAC and Payroll Administration from SAGE. She’s a member of the Institute of People Management (IPM).
Atcho Florence Olga Vangah joined AMSCO in November 2016 as Legal & Risk Officer before being promoted to Legal & Risk Manager in 2018. Prior to joining AMSCO she was the Head of Credit in DHL Global Forwarding Sub Sahara Africa Region.
In her current capacity as Head of Legal & Risk and Company Secretary for the Group, she is responsible for Legal, Risk and Compliance related matters of the Company and performs company Secretarial function as well. – Florence holds a Master degree in Corporate and Private Law from the University of Kuban of Krasnodar in Russia, she has more than 15 years of experience in credit and risk management and is an associate member of the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (IRMSA).
Richard Barasa joined AMSCO as an Accountant and rose to the role of Finance Manager in charge of the finance department. He is an experienced professional in accounting and financial management.
As Head of Finance he is in charge of aligning financial initiatives to achieve strategic objectives of the organisation by developing and implementing financial processes and controls, analysis and reporting and business decisions support. He is also in charge of managing the ATMS Foundation and development programmes audits. Richard is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Yves Alain Epangue was previously the Managing Director for Francophone Africa, prior to being appointed AMSCO Group CEO. He has a wealth of experience in managing profit centers, cross-functional teams and multi-country operations.
Over the past 20 years, he has held various management and leadership positions within international companies across Africa, in highly competitive industries and business environments. He holds a Post-graduate degree (PhD cycle) in Management and International Business from ESSEC Business School in Douala and HEC Montréal, a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, as well as a Leadership Diploma from Indian School of Business.