Meet our team
Afora Partners is a multi-purpose business platform built to turn Africa, Turkiye and EMEA region trade, investment, and partnerships into concrete outcomes. We don’t just advise—we execute.
Ms. Saadet GULMEZ
Managing Partner
With extensive experience in advancing economic and trade relations between Türkiye and Africa, she developed an influential international network within the African business ecosystem, collaborating with key stakeholders across trade, investment, and development sectors. Prior to her consultancy work, she served as Coordinator of the African Councils at DEİK, where she played a pivotal role in fostering institutional and commercial engagement between public and private sector actors. Ms. Gülmez holds a B.A. in IR from Galatasaray University and a M.A degree in African Studies from Istanbul Ticaret University. She currently advises family-owned conglomerates, financial institutions, and multinational corporations operating across the African continent. She is fluent in French and English.
Mr. Barış SAZAK
Partner
He provides consulting services on market entry strategies for a portfolio of international investors and startups. He is experienced in competitive analysis in Türkiye, identifying critical business partnerships, and commercial launch processes on e-mobility, fintech, media industries. He is also columnist of Dünya Newspaper, contributing to analyses on international investment and trade. He served as Director of DEİK Sectoral Business Councils. He oversaw relationships with +150 firms and their founding boards within the Energy, Construction, Healthcare, Foreign Investments, Education, and Logistics accounts. Previously, he worked as a management consultant at Deloitte’s Istanbul office. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and IR master degree.
Africa Business Services 