Experience

EMERGING Valley

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fondateur

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Fondé par Samir ABDELKRIM, EMERGING Valley est une plate-forme internationale qui rassemble les startups, investisseurs, penseurs et décideurs africains et mondiaux du numérique à Aix-Marseille-Provence, le Territoire de l’innovation entre l’Afrique, la Méditerranée et l’Europe. Le Rendez-Vous annuel pour partager et co-construire le futur de l’Innovation Organique avec les Leaders de la Tech Africaine. Fondé par Samir ABDELKRIM, EMERGING Valley est une plate-forme internationale qui rassemble les startups, investisseurs, penseurs et décideurs africains et mondiaux du numérique à Aix-Marseille-Provence, le Territoire de l’innovation entre l’Afrique, la Méditerranée et l’Europe. Le Rendez-Vous annuel pour partager et co-construire le futur de l’Innovation Organique avec les Leaders de la Tech Africaine.



Friends of Europe

• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• European Young Leader | Class 2020

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Le Point

• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chroniqueur Innovation Le Point Afrique

  • Jan 2019 - Present



StartupBRICS

• International Trade and Development

• Founder & CEO StartupBRICS.com

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  A media and a consultancy focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa and emerging markets. We write stories, reports and provide insights about innovation in emerging markets. We connect the dots between Northen and Southern startup ecosystems. We also due diligence early-stage startups for our clients. A media and a consultancy focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa and emerging markets. We write stories, reports and provide insights about innovation in emerging markets. We connect the dots between Northen and Southern startup ecosystems. We also due diligence early-stage startups for our clients.



Le Monde

• France
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• African Technology Reporter

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2018

  African Technology Reporter at Le Monde Afrique since January 2015 till now. Covered tech entrepreneurs in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritius, Rwanda, Ghana, etc. African Technology Reporter at Le Monde Afrique since January 2015 till now. Covered tech entrepreneurs in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritius, Rwanda, Ghana, etc.



Agence Française de Développement

• France
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Africa Judge

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  Judge for the Digital Africa Startup competition organised by Agence Française de Développement and BPI France. The 10 winning startups have been invited to pitch to the Head of States Africa-France Summit of Bamako in January 2017. Judge for the Digital Africa Startup competition organised by Agence Française de Développement and BPI France. The 10 winning startups have been invited to pitch to the Head of States Africa-France Summit of Bamako in January 2017.



Accelerate

• Lebanon
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Judge

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2015

  I was judging 6 incredible startups pitching in the Semi-Finals.The Theme for this Competition was: Reimagining Lebanon. With over 20,000 attendees, 100 speakers from 50 countries, 9 stages, 100 startups from 40 countries, and one of the largest hackathons in the world, Banque du Liban Accelerate is the biggest Tech event of the year across the Mediterranean, the MENA, and most of the world. I was judging 6 incredible startups pitching in the Semi-Finals.The Theme for this Competition was: Reimagining Lebanon. With over 20,000 attendees, 100 speakers from 50 countries, 9 stages, 100 startups from 40 countries, and one of the largest hackathons in the world, Banque du Liban Accelerate is the biggest Tech event of the year across the Mediterranean, the MENA, and most of the world.



SXSW

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Keynote Speaker

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

  I have been selected by the highly competitive Panel Picker jury of the South By South West Festival. I gave a one hour keynote with Arnaud Auger on stage during the South By South West Interactive about the surge of tech diasporas building bridges betweeen African ecosystems and Silicon Valley. I have been selected by the highly competitive Panel Picker jury of the South By South West Festival. I gave a one hour keynote with Arnaud Auger on stage during the South By South West Interactive about the surge of tech diasporas building bridges betweeen African ecosystems and Silicon Valley.



MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab

• Lebanon
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Startup Judge and Mentor

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2014



Consultant

• France

• International Development & Innovation Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

  - I design, create and fundraise International development project focusing on the development of Innovation / Startup ecosystem in emerging countries. I am also a specialist of "Diaspora Entrepreneurship" and set up projets linking highly-skilled Tech Diasporas with startups in their origin countries (mentoring, innovation, financing). In 2011-2012, I have sourced for public institutions and governments more than 500 Diaspora networks originating from the MENA region, mainly based in Europe… Show more - I design, create and fundraise International development project focusing on the development of Innovation / Startup ecosystem in emerging countries. I am also a specialist of "Diaspora Entrepreneurship" and set up projets linking highly-skilled Tech Diasporas with startups in their origin countries (mentoring, innovation, financing). In 2011-2012, I have sourced for public institutions and governments more than 500 Diaspora networks originating from the MENA region, mainly based in Europe, Silicon Valley and Gulf region. - In 2013, I fundraised €2 million from European institutions for a pro-startup program aiming at mobilising the Tech Diaspora of Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon. Project led by an international consortium, successfully launched in Fall 2014. Clients & references : European Commission, European Investment Bank, MIT Arab Business Plan Competition, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement (IRD), Palestine Investment Promotion Authority, Palestine Incubator for ICT, Jordan Investment Board, ANIMA Investment Network Show less - I design, create and fundraise International development project focusing on the development of Innovation / Startup ecosystem in emerging countries. I am also a specialist of "Diaspora Entrepreneurship" and set up projets linking highly-skilled Tech Diasporas with startups in their origin countries (mentoring, innovation, financing). In 2011-2012, I have sourced for public institutions and governments more than 500 Diaspora networks originating from the MENA region, mainly based in Europe… Show more - I design, create and fundraise International development project focusing on the development of Innovation / Startup ecosystem in emerging countries. I am also a specialist of "Diaspora Entrepreneurship" and set up projets linking highly-skilled Tech Diasporas with startups in their origin countries (mentoring, innovation, financing). In 2011-2012, I have sourced for public institutions and governments more than 500 Diaspora networks originating from the MENA region, mainly based in Europe, Silicon Valley and Gulf region. - In 2013, I fundraised €2 million from European institutions for a pro-startup program aiming at mobilising the Tech Diaspora of Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon. Project led by an international consortium, successfully launched in Fall 2014. Clients & references : European Commission, European Investment Bank, MIT Arab Business Plan Competition, Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement (IRD), Palestine Investment Promotion Authority, Palestine Incubator for ICT, Jordan Investment Board, ANIMA Investment Network Show less



ANIMA Investment Network

• France
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2012

  - FDI intelligence: Business news, sectoral studies, business events about the MENA region - Diasporas Entrepreneurship in Arabic countries : 10+ policy advocacy studies about the improvement of the MENA entrepreneurship ecosystem. Organisation and coordination of events involving the Tech Diasporas from Europe and the Silicon Valley (coaching, pitching training, etc.). - Entrepreneurship & Investment Promotion: I realised different Investment Promotion Brochures including an… Show more - FDI intelligence: Business news, sectoral studies, business events about the MENA region - Diasporas Entrepreneurship in Arabic countries : 10+ policy advocacy studies about the improvement of the MENA entrepreneurship ecosystem. Organisation and coordination of events involving the Tech Diasporas from Europe and the Silicon Valley (coaching, pitching training, etc.). - Entrepreneurship & Investment Promotion: I realised different Investment Promotion Brochures including an Entrepreneurs success stories brochure in partnership with the European Investment Bank and the European Commission (DG Industry) = 5000+ copies distributed in 25+ countries - Set up of MedMaps.eu in 2008, the first FDI Atlas of the Mediterranean : www.medmaps.eu

• Project Management Officer

  • Sep 2007 - Jul 2009

  After being graduated in Law and Political Science (and after a exchange year in Lithuania with the Erasmus programme in 2006-2007), I started working at ANIMA, a Marseille-based NGO which manages the Invest in Med programme, a €12m EU-funded aiming at promoting investments and fostering business partnerships between Europe & MENA countries.