Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola the Director General, Records and Archives in Lagos State Government. She is an experienced administrator and social entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in government administration, private sector and social enterprise. She is skilled in Operations Management, Sales, Mobile Applications, Environmental Awareness, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Strong administrative professional with …
Amy Shelver is Public Information Officer at UNCTAD. She is a creativity-obsessed communicator and serial idea-tor with a passion for doing cool things, the written word, and digital do-gooding. Amy has worked on development issues, using research, creativity, communications, and innovation to tackle local and global challenges for more than 15 years. She has consulted …
Viviane Ferreira is the President of SPCine. She is also Brazilian director, screenwriter, producer, a lawyer and an activist of the Black movement and founder of Odun Filmes. She is also president and co-founder of the Brazilian Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals. Born in the periphery, she combines her education as a lawyer and as …
Aminu Umar Sadiq is the Executive Director at NSIA: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. He leads the development, execution and management of critical domestic infrastructure projects in the agriculture, healthcare, roads, real-estate and power sectors. Mr. Umar-Sadiq has significant experience in investment banking, private equity and public finance, including his most recent role at the NSIA …
Aja Brown is an American politician who is the former Mayor of Compton, California. Through her experience as an urban development professional, she has specialized in economic development, brownfield reuse, redevelopment project management and smart growth urban design and community marketing. She has successfully developed policies to facilitate growth, protect community assets and developed community …
Andrea Hence Evans, Esq. launched the intellectual property law practice, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC. Attorney Evans career path is unique since she worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for 5 years as both a patent examiner and a trademark examining attorney after graduating from law school.While working …
Andowah Newton earned her Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and dual law degrees from Cornell Law School and the Sorbonne. Ms. Newton is fluent in French and proficient in Spanish. Her Note on African immigration to the U.S. was published in the Cornell International Law Journal, awarded the Robert H. Jackson Award for best published student …
Congratulations to @ninasilvaperfil MIPAD’s country director, Brazil on your win. The Most Disruptive Award!! We celebrate you. Nina Silva is the CEO Movimento Black Money & D’Black Bank, Advisor & Board Member, Innovation & Tech Executive, Forbes Women, TEDx Speaker and the Most Influential People of African Descent.
New York, USA- 3rd October 2021 was a victorious day as the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in collaboration with CNN/Warner Media, unveiled the global list of outstanding personalities and high achievers in the 100 Creatives and 100 under 40 editions. The Recognition and Awards Ceremony was held following the opening of …
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