Madi Sakandé, General Manager and Founding Member of New Cold System srl in Bologna in Italy and New Cold System SARL in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, is a 48-year-old Burkinabé, specialist in the Refrigeration industry. He is an Instructor & Coordinator at Centro Studi Galileo (Italy) for the certification of technicians and companies operating in the Refrigeration sector on the European standard EC 303/2008 (F-Gas Regulation) in Italy, but also Master Trainer of the global program UNEP Refrigerant Drive License (RDL).

Member of several associations, such as the Italian Association of Refrigeration Technicians (ATF), Several times awarded, Best African Entrepreneur in Italy by "Africa Italy Excellence Award" (Milan - Italy) in 2013, Winner of the MoneyGram Award as Best Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year in Italy (Rome - Italy) in 2016, Best Entrepreneur & Motivator Award by Diaspora Award Italy (Milan - Italy) in 2017, Best Diaspora Entrepreneur by Africa Aid (New York - USA) in 2018, Burkimbila Prize from the Burkimbila Association (Treviso - Italy) in 2018 .  He is a Knight of the Order of the Stallion of Burkina Faso.