From Jacmel to Paris, now Haiti’s North: Abigaïl Alexandre launches “Oze Tours”

Eight months after conquering Paris, Abigaïl Alexandre is heading off to discover the Great North. From November 16 to December 13, the international public speaking champion will visit six cities with "Oze Tours," a national tour she announced this Wednesday, November 11, on Instagram.

"Mwen enpasyan pou m dekouvri e pataje bote Gran Nò a," wrote the 21-year-old, who asked her followers which city would give her the warmest welcome.

The tour, city by city

- Cap-Haïtien: November 16 to 22
- Port-de-Paix: November 24 to 28
- Ouanaminthe: November 29 to December 1
- Fort-Liberté: December 2 to 4
- Hinche: December 5 to 8
- Gonaïves: December 9 to 13

The program for each stop has not yet been detailed. The logo for Golden Team Haïti, the Jacmel-based association that organizes the Eloquentia competition in the country, appears on the poster.

First Haitian crowned at Eloquentia

Abigaïl Alexandre made a name for herself on March 25, 2026. That evening, at La Seine Musicale, near Paris, she won the ninth international final of Eloquentia, the major French-speaking public speaking competition. She is the first Haitian to win the competition.

More than 2,400 candidates had entered. In the final, the very first to be entirely female, she faced three other speakers in front of nearly 4,000 spectators, on a current affairs question: does artificial intelligence widen inequalities? She left with the trophy and the title of best speaker in the French-speaking world.

Her journey began at home: in 2025, she won Eloquentia Jacmel, which opened the doors to the international competition for her. She studies legal sciences and English. The Ministry of Culture and Communication congratulated her publicly, and she was welcomed as a hero upon her return to the country.

A voice for young voters

Since then, she has put her voice at the service of causes she chooses. In early November, in a two-minute video, she called on young Haitians to register on the electoral rolls and to vote, instead of defending or rejecting candidates only on Facebook and TikTok. "For once, let's dare to choose our future and that of our country," she concluded. It is from this "dare" (oser) that the tour takes its name.

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) had shared the video on its own pages. Her team asked them to remove it: according to her, this appeal is an independent civic initiative, without any contract or partnership with the CEP.