Zineb SQALLI

Zineb is a Managing Director and Partner in the Boston Consulting Group, based in Casablanca. She leads BCG’s work in Women Economic Empowerment globally, and has supported multiple DFIs, governments, multilateral organizations, corporates and investors in designing strategies to enhance women’s economic inclusion and generate value from a higher economic participation of women. She believes it is one of the major untapped development levers for economies, societies and businesses.

Zineb has worked on multiple aspects of Women Economic Empowerment, including education, agriculture, climate, financial inclusion and digital inclusion. She is a TED speaker on the intersection between women and climate, with her talk titled “Hidden opportunities of climate action for women”.

Zineb has also co-authored multiple publications on women’s economic inclusion such as : Companies Must Help Close the Economic Gender Gap in Africa, How Online Marketplaces Can Power Employment in Africa, and Reframing the Narrative on Women’s Roles in African Societies among others.