Chokwe Antar Lumumba is the 53rd mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi. He was 34 years old, making him the youngest mayor in Jackson’s history. He is an attorney, a husband, a father, and the son of two life-long community activists—the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Nubia Lumumba. Mayor Lumumba earned his Juris Doctorate and …
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood serves Illinois’ 14th Congressional District and was sworn into the 116th U.S. Congress on January 3, 2019. Congresswoman Underwood is the first woman, the first person of color, and the first millennial to represent her community in Congress. She is also the youngest African American woman to serve in the United States House …
Damian Williams is the U.S Attorney in Manhattan, Southern District of New York. He’s the first black person in 232 years to hold this position! Damian was born in Brooklyn to Jamaican parents. He graduated in 2002 from Harvard University, where he majored in economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an …
Francisca Oteng-Mensah is a member of parliament and a member of the New Patriotic Party for the Kwabre East Constituency and was known as the youngest parliamentarian of the fourth republic of Ghana at the time of her election in 2006. Francisca was born at Aboaso Hospital at Mamponteng, Ashanti Region on 14 February 1993. …
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 …
Today we recognize the women behind our excellence as we join the world to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Let’s break the bias and promote gender equality. Here are our exceptional women in their sphere of expertise. These outstanding ladies have and continue to support the Organization’s VISION. Let’s meet them; Temitope Jemerigbe is the …
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