Loubna Bourkane is the Chief Youth Employment Expert at the African Development Bank. She has also managed projects in the field of employment and training in West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Togo, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau). She has contributed to draft the youth employment strategy in Africa and launched the EInA platform in North Africa.
Before joining the AfDB in 2010, Loubna was in charge of education, training and local development projects for the French Development Agency (AFD) in Mauritania (2008-2010). Loubna holds a master's degree in development economics from CERDI (University of Auvergne – France).