#LLANews – Akofa Dakwa appointed as Board Chair of Savvy Securities Limited
Akofa Dakwa was appointed as the Board Chair of Savvy Securities Limited, a brokerage firm in Ghana Ghana. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank of Africa Ghana Ltd. She has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry and her expertise includes liquidity management, investments management, […]
#LLANews – Martha Koome Appointed Kenya’s First Female Chief Justice
Kenyan President has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country’s First Female Chief Justice and Head of the Judiciary. Koome won the chief justice position over nine other candidates, including some of the country’s most prominent lawyers and academics. Koome, 61, has had a distinguished career with over 33 years […]
#LadyBoss: “Entrepreneurship can be a humbling experience; people usually see the success but never the underground work it takes to get there’’ – Ayaan Mohamed Ali, Founder of Digitech Oasis
Ayaan Mohamed Ali is the Founder of Digitech Oasis, a full-service digital marketing agency creating custom unique strategies for clients in alignment with their needs & goals. She is a business strategist and a digital innovator. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya and her parents are originally from Hargeisa, Somaliland. She spent most of her […]
#LLANews – Kofo Olokun-Olawoyin appointed as Group Head Legal and Company Secretary, Transcorp Nigeria Plc.
Kofo Olokun-Olawoyin has been appointed as the Group Head Legal and Company Secretary of Transcorp Nigeria Plc. A published author, Kofo has over a decade of active legal practice and experience covering Cross-Border Financing Transactions, Company Secretarial Services, Energy, Telecommunications, Corporate Finance, Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Public-Private Partnerships and Legal Advisory Services. Prior to […]
#LLANews – Asisat Oshoala becomes First Nigerian & African Woman to Win UEFA Champions League
Asisat Oshoala, the captain of the Nigerian SuperFalcons has made history as the first African and Nigeria to win the Champions League Cup with the Barcelona women’s team. The Four-time African Women’s Footballer of the Year starred as a second-half substitute as Barcelona Femenino blew Chelsea away 4-0 to win their first Women’s Champions League […]
#LLABlog – Dr. Nkem Okeke launches Medicalincs, a Healthcare Advisory & Management Firm
Dr. Nkem Okeke is the CEO and founder of Medicalincs, a healthcare advisory and management servicing firm that advises and supports healthcare leaders and organizations on strategic solutions to enhance implementation framework strategy, improve operational efficiencies and outcomes, and increase revenue volume/revenue streams. She has collectively spent two decades as a healthcare executive, advisor, physician, […]
#LLANews – Eva Appiah appointed as Legislative Fellow in the United States Government
Ghanaian-American, Senior Master Sergeant Eva Appiah, has been appointed Legislative Fellow in the United States Government. She was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command Enlisted Legislative Fellow for 2021. In May 2002, she was enlisted in the United States Air Force Reserve. After basic training and technical school, she was assigned to the […]
#LLANews – Victory Yinka-Banjo receives full-ride scholarship offers from 19 prestigious universities in the United States and Canada
Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars’ worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of study, according to admission documents and estimates of financial aid awards. “It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn’t even think any school would accept […]
#LLABlog – Meet Audrey Maame Esi Swatson, Ghana’s Youngest Female Commercial Pilot
Audrey Maame Esi Swatson is the youngest female commercial pilot in the country of Ghana, having obtained her commercial license at the age of 21. She is currently a First Officer with Passion Air in Ghana, operating the Dash 8 Q-400 aircraft. She started pursuing her passion in aviation when she was 18-years old. At […]
#LLABlog – Meet Meaza Ashenafi, The First Female Chief Justice in Ethiopian History
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu is the first woman in Ethiopian history to become the President of the Federal Supreme Court (Chief Justice). She is well-known as a women’s rights advocate who has made immense contributions, among other things, as the co-founder of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers’ Association (EWLA) and founder of women’s bank (Enat Bank). […]