Alfred Zebi

Alfred leads the OSACO Africa office. An Ivorian national, Alfred Zebi has extensive international experience as a lawyer initially based in Paris, advising governments and private entities. He then acted as general counsel for an entity under the Presidency of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, advising extensively on large scale public and private partnership projects. In his role as Senior Legal Advisor at the African Development Bank he worked to reform the administration department and procurement procedures and led internal investigations for the bank.

He then joined the UNDP in New York as an investigation specialist within the audit and investigations office before returning to Côte d’Ivoire to work as an independent consultant 10 years ago. He joined OSACO in 2017.

Investigative work

As a Senior Consultant, Alfred undertakes investigation missions for OSACO, working notably for international NGOs, working increasingly as lead investigator. Alfred’s focus is primarily on French-speaking countries. Due to current global trends, his investigations tend to be increasingly related to sexual abuse and exploitation, even though he remains a specialist in fraud and procurement-related investigations.

As an African, and a French speaker, Alfred’s extensive knowledge, personal experience and awareness of cultural nuance mean that interview subjects confide more easily in him. This combined with more than 20 years of investigative experience and network of contacts on the ground make him an invaluable and highly effective professional investigator. Alfred is based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, which allows for a quick deployment without visa requirements in most cases when he is needed on the ground in Africa.

Why OSACO?

“OSACO is like a family. Senior management have gathered a team of international consultants with a complementary and wide range of skills. This provides an opportunity for knowledge sharing at a high level.”