Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Idriss Aberkane
The assertion that Aberkane does not fit with Wikipedia's "notability" guidelines is a tone-deaf interpretation. Even more than tone-deaf, it is wrong.
To refresh the memory of the administrators:
On Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article. For people, the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be "worthy of notice"[1] or "note"[2] – that is, "remarkable"[2] or "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded"[1] within Wikipedia as a written account of that person's life. "Notable" in the sense of being "famous" or "popular" – although not irrelevant – is secondary.
Examples "worthy of notice", "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded":
A broadcast expert on CNBC Africa: http://www.cnbcafrica.com/video/?bctid=4507882588001
A paid speaker for several organizations:
AT Kearney: a top 5 global consulting firm
His profile on their site https://www.atkearney.com/web/digital-business-roundtable-emea-2015/speakers/-/asset_publisher/JZbGEm6EDwNy/content/aberkane-idriss-speaker?_101_INSTANCE_JZbGEm6EDwNy_redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigital-business-roundtable-emea-2015%2Fspeakers
His Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BeVBKnlErU&list=PLtu-il4eH2D97KRDkugcpHnZbspQlj9jW&index=
His published work at France's Wired, Le Point.
http://www.lepoint.fr/invites-du-point/idriss-j-aberkane/
I don't see a problem here. He seems legitimate to me, and his ideas are worth spreading.