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- Najwa El Iraki is a Moroccan British business-woman. She is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of AfricaDev Consulting Ltd. Najwa El Iraki is the General Representative in North and West Africa of Lloyd's of London, the world's specialist insurance and reinsurance market, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. She is also the Managing Director for North and West Africa for Opportunity Network since 2017, a worldwide business-matchmaking platform. Najwa El Iraki was named amongst the "60 Most Influential Women of Africa" by the New African Woman Magazine in 2016. In 2019, she was selected among the "Choiseul Africa", which regroups the top 200 African Leaders below 40, a ranking undertaken by Choiseul Africa & Forbes Africa. Najwa was attributed the "Business Woman of the Year Africa 2020" Award, by Global Banking & Finance Awards. In December 2020, Najwa was ranked in "Choiseul Africa" 100 African leaders for the second time. Her renewed ranking puts her in the top 10 Moroccan leaders, amongst which she is the first and only female entrepreneur. She also reintegrated this ranking in December 2021 for the 3rd time. (en)