Akkaoui is actively involved in civil society in the Middle East. He has been a committee member of Human Rights Watch in the Middle East since 2010.[6] He is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's taskforce for Middle East and North Africa stock exchanges.[7] He is the regional consultant for the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).[8] In April 2010, he was invited to Washington by US president Barack Obama, along with delegates from around the world invested in advancing entrepreneurship, to discuss the state of entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa.