Ayoub was born and raised in northern Tanzania. His interest in the environment and safaris was sparked by a school trip to Ngorongoro and Serengeti, where he met and was impressed with 2 researchers studying dung beetles. An enthusiastic and natural leader, Ayoub was student president through secondary school, and most of primary school, and was also the environmental leader from the third year of school. He is one of the only Tanzanians to sit the Bronze level exam of the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association and will be sitting the Silver level in the near future. He is also a member of the Tanzania Tour Guides Association and Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania.
When asked his main interest, he starts by listing ornithology, but his list continues to include almost every aspect of the natural world. Ayoub speaks fluent Swahili, English and Spanish and has working knowledge of Italian. He is married and has two children, and particularly enjoys taking families on safari. He is passionate about soccer and you can be sure that if there is an international match on, and you are interested, that he will know the closest place to watch.

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