FORBES 2021: Okonjo-Iweala, Samia Suluhu, and Mo Abudu featured among 100 most powerful women in the world.
Okonjo-Iweala, Samia Suluhu, and Mo Abudu have been named three most powerful women in Africa. These women were honoured for scripting history in their respective fields of work and overcoming the gender barrier to occupy positions previously dominated by the male gender. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Director-General, World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has more than 30 years […]
#LLATechThursdays: Meet Ngwako Ramohlale, CEO of Nunnovation.
Ngwako Ramohlale is a young female entrepreneur who is passionate about innovation particularly in ICT. She started her first company, Deutor, which specialized in design and branding. Ngwako was selected to be part of the South African G20 YEA delegate in Moscow where she met over 400 entrepreneurs from 20 countries who inspired her new […]
#LadyCreative: Meet Yvonne Okwara Matole, Senior News Anchor at Citizen Television, Royalmedia Services
Yvonne Okwara Matole has won the hearts of Kenyans with over 14 years experience as a media journalist demystifying ambiguous matters on trending topics. Yvonne started hosting the KBC’s children variety show at the age of 10 years. From the year 2008, she became a Radio Talk Show Producer of QFM; she was also given […]
#LadyBoss: “Feeling like a boss is a state of mind. Overcoming a difficulty or realizing your small accomplishments of the day is being THE boss.” – Farha Abdula.
Farha Abdula; born and raised in Mozambique but currently based in Paris is a mother, an advertiser, and a content creator. For the past ten years, she has been working with advertising, marketing, and communication for both global and local brands, and that is how she developed a passion for storytelling, branded content, and entertainment. […]
Africa’s Female Focused Community, Herconomy, Raises $600,000 Pre-Seed Funding to Introduce Financial Services and Expand Operations
From a women-focused community on social media to planning Africa’s largest financial services platform for women, Herconomy is leveraging fintech to empower women. Women account for half of the world’s population but are faced with more hurdles in accessing financial products and services that can improve their well-being and economic empowerment. UNCTAD, based on the […]
#LLATechThursdays: Meet Zandile Keebine, Chairperson and Co-founder of GirlCode.
Zandile Keebine’s passion for software development goes beyond recognizing innovative software solutions. She is also working towards making the tech world an equal and safe space for young girls and women around the world. Zandile founded GirlCode in 2014 after witnessing the vast inequality experienced by many women and young girls trying to get into […]
#LLANEWS: Sola David-Borha has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC
Mrs Sola David-Borha has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC Sola recently retired as Chief Executive, Standard Bank, Africa Regions. She was previously Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC and prior to that, was also Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC. Mrs. David-Borha has had an extensive […]
Epr Global holds third edition of The Emergence Conference for women of black heritage
EPR Global held the third edition of her annual event, The Emergence Conference on November 19th and 20th, 2021. The event hosted amazing speakers such as Adenyke Israel-Bolarinwa (the Convener), Lanre Olusola, Dr. Caroline Leaf, Kunle Soriyan, Dr. Patricia Murugami, Arese Ugwu, Busola Dakolo, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Bimbo Fola-Alade, Talaat & Tai McNeely and other global […]
#CareerAdvancementandMentorshipProgram: Introducing the Champions
The LLA CAMP group presentation is definitely one for the book as our mentees in the 2021 Cohort of the Career Advancement and Mentorship Program (CAMP) had the chance to share from their wealth of knowledge. It was a blast! Mentees were grouped into 4 teams and spoke on different topics ranging from work-life balance […]
#TechThursdays: Nneile Nkholise, founder 3DIMO, a sport tech company optimizing injury detection and prevention using athlete-specific orthopaedic biomechanics data.
Nneile Nkholise is the founder of two start-ups -iMed Tech and and taken on key roles in not-for-profit organisations In just four years. A mechanical engineer by background, Nneile set up biotech company iMed Tech in April 2015 after carrying out a research topic in which she used 3D printing to create facial prosthesis for […]