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Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards - African Blogger of the Year. Nigeria's 100 Most Inspiring Women – #YWomen100 #LLA100Women 2016 [27] Forbes 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa- 2015 [28] QUARTZ’S List of 30 African Innovators. [29] Ventures Africa - Most Influential CEOs of 2015 [30] Tiffany Amber Women of Vision Honoree - 2014 [23]
Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and UK-trained economist and information technology expert.She is the founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a non-profit organisation that empowers women and girls socially and economically through education in Information technology. [1]
Magatte Wade is a Senegalese entrepreneur who was raised in France. She gained initial fame for a TEDTalk she made in 2017 about what she argues is an excessive regulatory environment in Africa , which forces young Africans to emigrate for economic reasons. [ 1 ]
Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (born 1980) is an Ethiopian businesswoman, founder, and executive director of soleRebels, Africa's "fastest growing footwear company". Bethlehem has received honors and accolades for her business acumen, as well as her efforts to shift the discourse on Africa away from poverty to the continent's entrepreneurial spirit, social capital, and economic potential. [1]
I believe empowering women to start and grow their businesses is critical to Nigeria's development, but educating women is the real silver bullet." [ 16 ] In 2002, she founded two nonprofits, LEAP (Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, Professionalism) Africa and Ndu Ike Akunuba (NIA), Igbo words which translate in English to Life ...
TikTok star Beandri Booysen, known for her inspirational social media videos, has died. She was 19. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Beandri's mom, Bea Booysen, confirmed on Facebook that the teenager had died.
Born as the third child of seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially ...
Asfour is active in the African, Arab, and Mediterranean. She founded an association for business and professional women in Egypt and then established The African Alliance for Women Empowerment. The latter focuses on the whole of Africa, targeting female empowerment and promoting economic integration among women and youth entrepreneurs in Africa.