Holding a master's degree in natural and environmental resource management from the University of Tamatave, he joined the ECDD project early on as a facilitator. His extensive field experience and skills enabled him to become the executive director of Dahari upon its creation in 2013. He then received a capacity-building grant from the UK government's Darwin Initiative to pursue training in conservation and sustainable development in England, France, and Madagascar. He returned to the Comoros a year later to serve as strategic coordinator, then technical director, and finally co-director.