Islam Niile has led and worked on several projects that have given impetus to the entrepreneurial and cultural industry in Sudan. Islam has experiences ranging from co-founding Sudan’s first network of entrepreneurship and innovation to facilitating the development of informal music education in Africa through the Global Music Association.

She is a project manager and community leader at the Pan-African Foundation for Policy Innovation (i4Policy), focused on democratic policy reform. 

Islam was recently ranked among the most influential youth in Africa, his work was featured on Action Music Women.