2025-2026 Executive Team
Sponsorship Directors
For me, DABI is a podium to bring awareness to the continent’s business potential and help bolster the partnership between Africa and the rest of the world based on a “win-win” principle.
DABI means spreading awareness about African business by highlighting emerging trends like AI, and making sure Africa is not left out of the global conversation.
Kene Ileagu
To me, DABI is a community that uplifts African voices in business while fostering growth, ambition, and innovation. It’s a place where pride in our culture meets inspiration to make a meaningful impact.
Khaoula Maati
Presidents
DABI represents connection, learning, and building something meaningful on an international scale. It’s an opportunity to work with people from diverse backgrounds while highlighting the creativity, entrepreneurship, and impact coming out of Africa.
Anna Jean-Philippe
DABI, to me, represents a movement that redefines how the world sees Africa—highlighting its innovation, resilience, and limitless potential. It is a community driven by purpose, connecting bold ideas to global opportunities and inspiring the next generation of African leaders.
Nassim Nouader
Finance Directors
Logistics Directors
Coumba-Lina Mbengue
As an African student, DABI gives me the opportunity to take ownership of our narrative and our place in business.
DABI is a bridge between culture and business. It brings people together around shared values and professional development.
Meriem Goucha
To me, Desautels African Business Initiative is more than a club, it’s a space where African excellence, ambition, and strategy meet, and where ideas are turned into meaningful, real-world impact.
Saad El Maguiri
For me, DABI is a diverse, inclusive community that unites students from different backgrounds around the African Business Initiative. It’s also an important platform to better understand the opportunities shaping Africa’s future while building meaningful connections with emerging industry leaders.
Josef Maxant
Marketing Director
For me, DABI is a community of people who are curious, driven, and proud to spotlight and celebrate African business.
Doaa Ouastani
Newsletter Director
Growing and evolving while staying connected to my African roots.
As an African student, DABI gives me the opportunity to take ownership of our narrative and our place in business.
Sara Ait Moumen
Speaker Relations Director
Africa is the beginning of my story, and it is where I see my future will unfold. DABI, to me, is the voice of young Africans engaging with the challenges and opportunities that will define the continent.