[2] He spent his childhood in the medina of Tunis and, after studying at primary Sadiki College, he enrolled at the Lycee Carnot where he earned a Bachelor of Science.
[2] In 1967, Abdelkefi returned to Tunisia and began a career in administration, the governorate of Sidi Bouzid at first and then in a second step, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he heads the department of foreign investment.
He left his post in 1978 to go work, for five years, within the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development as an advisor to the chairman.
[2] In 1994 he founded the Tuninvest Finance Group (TFG), the first Tunisian company specialized in private equity.
By 2005 Abdelkefi created the Tunisia LLD, which is the first company specialized in fleet management.