Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye Appointed Regional Director of the Ford Foundation for West Africa

Based in Lagos, Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye will lead the foundation’s office of West Africa and oversee its grantmaking, external relations and local operations. The Ford Foundation announced, on October 7, the appointment of Catherine Chinedum (‘ChiChi’) Aniagolu-Okoye as its new regional director for its office serving West Africa. Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye began the Lagos-based role in September. […]

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Dianne Dusaidi becomes one of the youngest chairperson in the banking sector in Rwanda

Dianne Dusaidi, appointed as AB Bank’s board chair, becomes one of the youngest and few women to chair a board in the banking sector in Rwanda. The new PCA joined the AB BANK board in September 2020. AB Bank Rwanda is a socially responsible bank and the bank of choice for micro and small enterprises. […]

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Zeinab Badawi appointed as President of SOAS, University of London

Award-winning journalist and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) alumna Zeinab Badawi, a native of Sudan and a British citizen, has been named the new president of SOAS. Her appointment is effective immediately and replaces Graça Machel, former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa. SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education […]

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80 African Women Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Africa and around the World

Only 22% of artificial intelligence (AI) professionals worldwide are women, according to a recent World Economic Forum report on the global gender gap. Nevertheless, around the world, several African women are distinguishing themselves by using AI in different fields: medicine, agriculture, banking, education, telecommunications, etc. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the implementation of a number of […]

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Cameroonian girls’ and women’s rights defender Marthe Wandou receives 2021 Right Livelihood Award

Cameroonian gender equality and peace activist Marthe Wandou is among the recipients of the 2021 Right Livelihood Award for her decades-long efforts to ensure the wellbeing of girls and women. She has worked for decades to prevent and fight sexual violence, including providing care to victims of the Boko Haram extremist group in the Lake Chad Basin. […]

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USA: John O. Dabiri Named to Presidential Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Advisors

A native of Nigeria and an American citizen, John O. Dabiri is one of 30 prominent scientists in the field of science and technology appointed on September 22 by U.S. President Joe Biden as members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). A direct descendant of the Science Advisory Board created […]

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Three female finance experts appointed to Ecobank Nigeria Board

Bola Adesola has been appointed chairman of the board of Ecobank Nigeria, the first woman to hold the position, while Titilayo Olujobi and Bimbola Wright have been appointed non-executive directors. Ecobank Nigeria said in a statement that the new board members have distinguished themselves in their various careers, bringing with them a wealth of experience […]

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Eleni Gabre-Madhin joins UNDP as Chief Innovation Officer

The United Nations Development Programme announced, on september 27, that Dr. Eleni Z. Gabre-Madhin has taken a role as Chief Innovation Officer within UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa, taking the lead in launching timbuktoo, a revolutionary private-public Youth Start-up Innovation Financing Facility for Africa.  “Fostering digitalization and empowering youth to lead in developing Africa’s future […]

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Armand Zorn, 33 years old, elected member of the Federal Parliament in Germany

Originally from Cameroon, he was elected in Frankfurt (with 29%) on behalf of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), during the legislative elections held on Sunday, September 26. To everyone’s surprise, Armand Zorn beat the one who was considered the favorite, the CDU deputy Axel Kaufmann, as well as Deborah Düring (Greens). The CDU had won […]

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Awet Tesfaiesus, first black woman in the German Bundestag

Born in 1974 in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, she became a member of the German parliament, elected on Sunday, September 26, on behalf of the Green Party in Hesse, one of the sixteen Länder that make up Germany, whose capital is Wiesbaden and largest city is Frankfurt am Main. Awet Tesfaiesus came to Germany […]

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Amrote Abdella, new General Manager for Amazon Web Service in Sub-Saharan Africa

Amrote Abdella, an Ethiopian national, will be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after serving as Africa Director for Microsoft’s “4Afrika” initiative, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the cloud computing platform for Amazon’s cloud services. AWS brings together more than 100 services in various categories such as cloud […]

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