Hafida has started her career in Saudi Arabia in 1995, as a Public Relation in a Saoudian private company. In 2004, she has been working as a personal assistant in the Foreign Affair Ministry’s cabinet up to 2007.Then, she has worked for the Petroleum Sonatrach company (classified at the 1st rank of all African companies) heading the department of international cooperation.

Since 2012, Hafida Cheikh has created her own company, Ouali Corporation, specialized in truck transport. In 2015, she added to her activity the trade of raw materials dedicated to construction products, such as cement, insulation product, carpentry and partition materials.