Director CEED Tunisia
wmakhlouf@ceed-tunisia.org
Wafa Makhlouf is the Director of CEED Tunisia, which was launched in late 2013. Wafa joins CEED with deep knowledge of entrepreneurship development having served as the former president of the Young Entrepreneurs Association National (CJD) and having been an entrepreneur. Wafa started as a CJD Board Member in charge of treasury and was later elected President of the Tunisian chapter. She currently serves as the International President of CJD. Wafa also acted as the Chairman of the Board for Enactus Tunisia.
During her CJD presidency, Wafa initiated the first Tunisian women entrepreneur incubator, which unleashed the entrepreneurship potentials of women in opportunity deprived locations of Tunisia. Wafa also initiated the Wajjahni program, which highlights young entrepreneur success stories to inspire youth into taking risks, investing in their passions and step away from their university degree specialty.
Wafa founded Proclean in 2003, an environmental services provider to public sector agencies. Proclean employs 70 individuals and is involved in a wide range of public area environment management in Tunisia.
