Nationality Swiss & Angolan | Name Jean-Claude de | |
Occupation Entrepreneur
Philanthropist Website www.jeanclaudebastosdemorais.com | ||
Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais (born 1967 in Fribourg) is a Swiss-Angolan entrepreneur who has founded and led several businesses over the course of his career. Among these are Quantum Global Group and Banco Kwanza Invest, Angola’s first investment bank. Quantum Global Group is an international group of companies that does business related to corporate finance advisory, asset and private wealth management, real estate and investment consulting. Bastos is Founder and Group CEO of Quantum Global Group.
In 2009, he founded the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) which aims to support sustainable projects in Africa. The Foundation's Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) was launched in 2011 in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
In 2015, Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais launched the hybrid innovation hub, Fábrica de Sabão (The Soap Factory) to support innovation projects in Angola. The hub is a collaboration with the government who has provided the land on lease. Fábrica de Sabão was built as an inclusive model to enable marginalized communities to participate in sustainable enterprise such as urban manufacturing.
In 2017, Mr. Bastos de Morais was elected as International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
He is the co-editor of the book “Innovation Ethics. African and Global Perspectives”, co-published by Globethics.net and the AIF. The book looks at innovation ethics and the “ethical innovator,” from multidisciplinary and international perspectives with a focus on Africa.
His second book, "The Convergence of Nations", Why Africa’s Time Is Now was published by OMFIF Press, in collaboration with a team of 31 authors from 15 nations on how Africa can benefit from changes in the world political and economic environment.
His third book, “SEED” is in collaboration with the African Innovation Foundation (AIF), a Swiss registered foundation. SEED was published as a means of reinforcing the value and benefit of seeding innovation in all fields of development for a rich and prosperous Africa.
He began his career as a management consultant and holds a Master of Arts in Management of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.