Wadi Ben-Hirki

Wadi Ben-Hirki is a development worker, public speaker, and writer. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation, a registered youth-led NGO that seeks to improve the lives of the less-privileged, marginalised, and disadvantaged, especially women and children, through humanitarianism, empowerment, and advocacy. Wadi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Covenant University, Nigeria. She is a Chevening Alumna with a Master’s Degree in International Education and Development (with Distinction) from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
Wadi was a member of the African Leadership Institute Youth Advisory Board from 2018 to 2021 and serves as a Chatham House Common Futures Conversations Country Representative.