Bio

Elyes Jeribi

CEO of Jumia Tunisia

Elyes joined Jumia in 2017, where he is serving as CEO of Jumia Tunisia. He also was CEO of Jumia Algeria from Sep 2018 - Dec 2019. He began his career at McKinsey & Company in 2008 covering multiple industries in both Western Europe and North Africa. In 2011, he joined the first Tunisian government after the revolution as an advisor to the minister of infrastructure and transport. In 2012, he co-founded an IT startup between Tunisia and France. He moved back to the government to launch the Smart Tunisia project aiming to create 50,000 jobs with a total investment of 500 M€. Elyes is a French-Tunisian national with a Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, and a Master of Science from Ecole des Mines in Paris, France.