DJIBRINE SOULEYMANE AMALKHER

DJIBRINE SOULEYMANE AMALKHER is a young Chadian activist for women and youth’s right she is also CEO of a construction and services company called SOGEXA-BTP, created in 2013 to bring innovative solution to construction's industry.
She has 7 years of experience in the youth related issues activities society of Chad.
Ms. Amalkher obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Expertise from ISCAM and her Master’s in Project Management in 2014. In 2013, in an effort to further realize her dream of creating a platform that brings together African youths to share ideas and find solutions to socials problems including poverty, insecurity, and bad governance, Ms. Souleymane founded an organization called Nirvana for women and youth empowerment in Africa, for which she serves as national coordinator now. Nirvana aims to empower women and youths in Africa.
In recognition of her good work, Ms. Amalkher was selected as one of four young people from her country to receive a 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The program was created by President Barack Obama and operates through his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). It supports six-weeks of academic training at a host university in the USA. Ms. Amalkher completed the Civic Leadership program at Tulane University in New Orleans before heading to Washington, DC with 499 other young African leaders to partake in a Presidential Summit with President Obama. The Summit was empowering in that it gave Ms. Souleymane and the other young leaders not only the opportunity to network, but also to hear President Obama speak about how he believed in them. His words of support and encouragement meant a lot to the group. Ms. Souleymane is one of the youngest business women in Chad.
Besides, she participated in many training, conferences and Forum at the National and international level.
Today, she is seen as one of the undisputed leaders of Chadian Youth as the National Council of Youth is going through a very difficult stage. She is nominated as the president of Reconciliation Comity that should handle the situation.