#LLANews: Lalela Mswane has made history as the first Black woman to win Miss Supranational.
Lalela Mswane has made history as the first Black woman to win Miss Supranational. She is now a two-time international title winner within the pageant world, having been crowned Miss South Africa in 2021 and now earning the crown and title of Miss Supranational for 2022. “I am the first black woman to have won […]
#LLANews: Tinu Philips-Odufuye has been appointed as the Head, Business Development, FCMB Asset Management.
Tinu Philips-Odufuye has been appointed as the Head, Business Development, FCMB Asset Management. Tinu Philips Odufuye, is a wealth manager, multidisciplinary speaker, personal development trainer and leadership coach. She is a member of The John Maxwell Team with over 9 years cognate experience in banking and Asset management with one of Africa’s biggest financial institutions. […]
#LLABlog: Meet Victoria Oluboyo, the first Black African to be elected to the Parma municipality.
Victoria Oluboyo is a transfeminist and human rights activist, primarily concerned with gender and racism issues. Some days ago, Victoria Oluboyo, an Afro-Italian of Nigerian descent made history as the first Black African to be elected to the Parma municipality. In the words of Olufemi Iyanda, a Nigerian in diaspora who made this announcement in […]
#LLATechThursdays: Meet Hannah Kwaw, a software developer and content creator.
Leading Ladies Africa: Hi Hannah! Can you tell us about yourself? Hannah Kwaw: I am Hannah Kwaw, a software developer and content creator. My primary skills are in Reactjs, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
#LLANews: Phoebe Dami-Asolo makes history as the first female African Director of Operations, Coca-Cola, India & Southwest Asia operating unit.
The Coca-Cola company recently promoted Phoebe Dami-Asolo to the position of Director of Operations, India Franchise. Dami-Asolo leaves her previous role as Senior commercial Manager at the Coca-cola company, where she has worked since December 2019. Dami-Asolo has described her promotion as “an incredible opportunity” and “a humbling one which she hopes will inspire young […]
Women On The Rise: Airtel Uganda appoints 4 female executives to key positions.
Airtel Uganda, one of two of Uganda’s lead telecommunications companies has appointed 4 female executives to key positions in its product portfolios. Ms Jacqueline Kyomuhendo has been appointed the Head of Voice, Ms. Noela Byuma, has been appointed the Head of Brand Marketing and Communications and Ms Joweria Nabakka has been appointed to head the […]
#LLANews: Francia Márquez is set to become Colombia’s first Black vice president.
Francia Márquez, a Colombian human-rights and environmental activist and lawyer, has been elected as the vice president of Colombia. The Afro Colombian population of Columbia has been historically marginalized and are overrepresented in the numbers of forcibly displaced people and victims of violence. Márquez’s victory matters not only because she is Black but also because […]
Patricia Obozuwa, Bola Balogun, Cherry Eromosele, Nkiru Olumide-Ojo and others featured on the PR Power List 2022
In celebration of World PR Day, GLG Communications in Partnership with The Guardian has released the PR Power List, a first-of-its-kind celebration to honor outstanding PR professionals in Nigeria. Speaking on creating the first ever PR Power List, Omawumi Ogbe, Managing Partner at GLG Communications noted that the list exclusively covers PR and communications professionals […]
“Do it! It will be hard, especially because skating is still a male dominated sport, but it has gotten a lot better and more accepting over the recent years. Don’t let negative people get to you.” #LLA Meets Lady Boss, Latosha Stone, Founder of Proper Gnar.
Leading Ladies Africa: If you could describe yourself with one word, what would it be? Latosha Stone: Creative! I chose that because it basically covers everything that I do. I’m an artist but I can’t stick to one medium. Some days I feel like doing an oil painting, some days I feel like doing a digital […]