Aya Chebbi, an award-winning Pan-African feminist. She is the first African Union Youth Envoy and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She is the founder of multiple platforms such as Youth Programme of Holistic Empowerment Mentoring (Y-PHEM) coaching the next generation to be positive change agents, Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), one of Africa’s largest …
Akua Gyekye is Facebook’s Public Policy Manager for Africa, where she focuses on issues relating privacy, safety and security, freedom of expression, the impact of the Internet on economic growth, and new opportunities for democratic engagement across Sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining Facebook, Akua was working as a project finance lawyer, qualified to practice in NY …
She is is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based in Abuja. She is a conservative Muslim and Hausa from Argungu local government in northern Nigeria. She won the award for Creative Artist of the year at the 2011 The Future Awards. She currently works as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria on New Media. Augie-Kuta is the daughter of the late Senator Adamu …
Kim Simplis Barrow is a Belizean activist and philanthropist, currently the first lady and wife of the Prime Minister of Belize, Rt. Hon. Dean Oliver Barrow, MP. She is also the Special Envoy for Women and Children and founder of the Lifeline Foundation one of Belize’s most acclaimed charitable initiatives. In 2008, she became the …
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It’s Feel Good Friday: Today we focus on the First Lady of Sierra Leone Here’s a short biography about her and her social impact works. Short Biography Fatima Maada-Bio is not only of Sierra Leone heritage but also of Gambian heritage. Her father was a businessman for many years in a town called Kono District …
Sheila S Walker, PhD, a cultural anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, has done fieldwork, lectured, and participated in cultural events in most of Africa and the Global African Diaspora and has numerous scholarly and popular publications. Executive Director of the non-profit Afrodiaspora, Inc., her goal is to share her experiences and knowledge of the Global …
Just recently the Malian re-elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita appointed and named 35 years old Kamissa Camara as Minister for Foreign Affairs on his cabinet. Before we go deep into let’s talk about her previous roles before she became Foreign Affairs Minister for Mali. Before her appointment, she was previously the diplomatic advisor to President …
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Bako Ambianda is the Founder, Chairman, & CEO of Labacorp Group, a diversified portfolio of businesses and strategic investments in key economic sectors spanning manufacturing, construction, power, agribusiness, real estate, and exhibition among others, with operations in five countries. The Group notable portfolio companies include Labacorp Industries, Labacorp Investments, Labacorp Construction, Labacorp Power, GAA …
She has been an IT Executive for more than 16 years, with international experience in writing, mentoring and serving as a technology business manager. She considers herself an African born in the Diaspora knowing that being of ‘African Descent’ is something more inherent in its history than just being born in Brazil. She is the Founder …
Jaha Dukureh is a Gambian women’s rights activist and anti-female genital mutilation campaigner. Dukureh became the first UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa. Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in The Gambia when she was a little more than a week old. She is the founder and executive director of Safe Hands for Girls, …