Abdellah El Bouchikhi

Abdellah El Bouchikhi is a young professional at the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa. After graduating with a civil engineering degree, he worked on innovative public-private partnership models at the Islamic development bank and he co-founded Leaf Up, a Norwegian Agri-tech startup aiming to enhance the sustainability of the coffee industry and the livelihood of smallholder farmers. Passionate about cultural heritage conservation, he consistently engages in international efforts to promote the creative cultural sector

Abdellah El Bouchikhi's mentor is Souad Talsi MBE.

Note: Abdellah graduated from the mentoring programme in 2018 and he was 22 at the time.