Africa Council Chair,
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Mounia Aram is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years expertise in the Animation industry.

She founded her company Mounia Aram Company in 2019 that focuses on enlightening the talents from the Africa and Middle East by producing, distributing animation series and also launching animation training programs in Africa (summer schools in Ghana, Workshops in Egypt, masterclasses in South Africa and in 2024 a school in Morocco).

She travels the world to speak about her engagement towards more diversity in kids content and advocating for the emerging talents from Africa by giving masterclasses and keynotes.

She is a board member of the Diversify TV Awards that aim to bring attention to deserving programmes of diverse and inclusive background.

July 2022 she was featured on CNN as “African Voices Change Maker.”

Since July 2023 she is a lecturer at Gobelins Ecole de l’image, teaching the business side of animation.