I am a bilingual (French-English) international development specialist with  ten years of experience in building relations between Africa, Europe, and the world.

I have developed cross-sectoral expertise in government affairs, women’s empowerment, regional trade, private sector development and stakeholders’ engagement across West Africa. 

Proficient in research, project planning, implementation and training, in my most recent roles, I advocate for stronger access for women to international and intra-African markets and lead gender mainstreaming efforts in national and regional trade policies in Africa.

 

I have also actively been advocating and promoting African creative industries since 2011 where I first started as a contributor to an online African Review, Afrikadaa, then by co-founding a film festival dedicated to Nigerian cinema, NollywoodWeek Paris, and by coordinating an international literary festival in Uganda and recently through my creative arts consultancy Zaria Horizons.