CoLeaders 4 AfricaFoundation

What we have already done

Impact & evidence

Verifiable facts rather than promises: what the Foundation has achieved, followed, separately, by its founder's public record.

1,000+young people met by the Wisdom & Leadership Caravan in 2025
6Moroccan cities visited by the Caravan
12schools, institutions and media hosted or supported the 2025 Caravan
Acfas 2026TIA-D model presented by the founder in Trois-Rivières (Québec)

Wisdom & Leadership Caravan

Wisdom & Leadership Caravan 2025

Building bridges between Africa and the world through culture, art and sport.

A leadership caravan on the roads of Morocco: more than 1,000 young people met in 6 cities, to bring the Foundation to the field and open access to leadership. First edition, 20 October to 5 November 2025: opening at ESCA School of Management in Casablanca, a Book Club at Groupe Le Matin around the presentation of Prof. Sehdev Kumar's books, “Kabir: Ocean in a Drop” and “7000 Million Degrees of Freedom”, and India as Country of Honour, with a cultural and poetry evening hosted with the Embassy of India.

They trusted us

Schools, universities, institutions and media that hosted or supported the first edition of the Wisdom & Leadership Caravan.

Diplomacy and institutions

  • Embassy of India in Morocco
  • Institut français de Rabat
  • Technopark

Universities and schools

  • UM6P
  • Hassan II University of Casablanca
  • ENCG Tangier
  • ENSEM Casablanca
  • ESCA School of Management
  • FST Mohammedia

Media and technical partners

  • Groupe Le Matin
  • Moroccan Volunteering Collective (CMV)
  • Kamlin Lab

The founder's record

Meryem Najma Agadi's public engagements

The founder's personal references, shown for information: they are not achievements of the Foundation.

Tech, investment and health

  • Upcoming · Cape Town2026 · Africa Tech Festival
    Masterclass on intelligent networks and moderation of an AI fireside chat with Telkom
  • Marrakech2026 · GITEX Africa
    Moderated two Infrastructure Stage panels (PPP, data centres) and panellist on “Advancing AI for Social Impact in Africa” (eSTEM Morocco · Women of Influence)
  • Morocco2026 · GITEX Future Health Africa
    Moderated “The 2030 Health Equation” panel and the closing conversation with Dr Amadou Alpha Sall (CEPI)
  • Lagos2025 · GITEX Nigeria
    Moderated two panels: African venture capital and the tech founders' playbook

Leadership, education and research

  • Casablanca2026 · HEM Research Center × Groupe Le Matin
    Contributor to “Understanding leadership in the Moroccan context”
  • UQTR, Québec2026 · 93rd Acfas Congress
    Paper on an African model of integrative women's leadership in the digital and diasporic age
  • Online2026 · EASYNEC Global Leadership Programme
    Facilitated “Strategic Thinking and Decision-Making”
  • Morocco2026 · National Teachers Forum
    Talk on emotional intelligence and teacher well-being
  • ESCA, Casablanca2025 · AIESEC Youth Corner · Riskpreneur
    Speaker on entrepreneurship and risk-taking

Youth, volunteering and social impact

  • ESCA Casablanca, ENCG Tangier, UM6P Benguerir, Technopark Essaouira, FST Mohammedia, ENSEM Casablanca2025 · Wisdom & Leadership Caravan
    Founder, organiser and opening speech
  • Morocco2025 · YES Africa Summit, with the JADARA Foundation
    Partner and co-organiser, speaker curation, moderated the session on including NEET youth through volunteering
  • Morocco2025 · National dialogue on the future of volunteering (Global Call · IVY 2026)
    Facilitated four breakout groups and a trilingual final report
  • UN House, Beirut2019 · UNV / ESCWA regional consultation
    Panellist: volunteering, youth employability and the 2030 Agenda
  • OnlinePan-African youth organisations
    Facilitation of training sessions

In the media

2024

Medi1 · Job Story

Interview on strategic advisory and coaching (in French)

2025

La voix de ICF Maroc Chapter

Launch episode with the board members

Research

The TIA-D model, on which the Foundation plans to base CoLeaders 40, was presented by the founder at the 93rd Acfas Congress in 2026 (a hybrid colloquium hosted by UQTR).

They spoke on the podcast

Guests of the CoLeaders 4 Africa podcast include:

From Surgeon to Secretary General – Prof. Louis Richard Fiacre NjockSecretary General of a Ministry of Public Health, Harvard Kennedy School FellowWatch the episode →Africa's Vaccine Revolution – Dr. Amadou Alpha SallFormer director of the Institut Pasteur de DakarWatch the episode →China–Africa Innovation: Empowering the Next Gen of LeadersSecretary General of a China–Africa cooperation organisationWatch the episode →Leadership Beyond Borders – Prof. Sehdev KumarProfessor committed to India–Africa dialogueWatch the episode →Disrupting Bureaucracy, Empowering Citizens – Tarik FadliSenior executive of the Korea Africa FoundationWatch the episode →Leadership Lessons from a Visionary in Africa – Jongkil LeeFounder of a digital public-services start-up in MoroccoWatch the episode →Connection Before Judgment – Meryem Lahrichi, GITEX AfricaFounder of an initiative designing human experiences for transformationWatch the episode →

Our model

Two separate structures, one vision

Not-for-profit programmes on one side, professional services on the other.

CoLeaders 4 Africa Foundation, a not-for-profit association, runs CoLeaders 40, the Wisdom & Leadership Caravan and the podcast. The separate CoLeaders 4 Africa professional activity offers coaching, masterclasses and moderation to organisations.

CoLeaders 4 Africa Foundation

Not-for-profit association: CoLeaders 40, the Wisdom & Leadership Caravan and the podcast.

CoLeaders 4 Africa

Executive and team coaching, AI masterclasses and moderation for organisations. A professional, paid activity.

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