Khadija is a Moroccan Entrepreneur, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications Expert.
Khadija is the President of I-AFRIKA, a non-profit organization, network of African entrepreneurs with a common objective of positively impact Africa. In 2016, she has launched Africa Trade and Investment Summit – Ifrane Forum, an annual event gathering economic and political operators from all over Africa, to reflect on the future of the Continent and create opportunities for the development of intra-Africa trade and South-South economic cooperation.
Since 2009, Khadija has created several companies in media and communications sector. Currently, she is the CEO of Tea And Koffee, a PR firm operating on both Moroccan and African levels.
Khadija is very active in promoting women entrepreneurship and Economic empowerment. She is the National President of ESPOD, a Moroccan leading NGO working since 1990 in promoting women economic empowerment through vocational training en entrepreneurship. She has also served as board member of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Morocco.
Khadija is involved in number of national and international organizations working for women economic empowerment, such as Vital Voices Global Global Leadership Network, and is alumna of the Women of the Mediterranean (WOMED) Program by the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris). She has also run for Moroccan local elections in 2015.
In September 2014, Khadija was received by President Barack Obama in recognition of her outstanding contribution to civil society work in Morocco and the region.
Khadija speaks often in the local media about women empowerment, entrepreneurship and social development.
Khadija is 41, she is married and mother of two girls, and passionate about photography and running.