Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green makes history as the first person to have successfully cured cancer using laser-activated nanoparticles.
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green is a physicist best known as the first person to have successful cured cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles. She specializes in targeted cancer therapeutics, using laser-activated nanoparticles and immunotherapies to develop biomarker-specific platforms to target, image, and treat malignant tumors. Dr Hadiyah-Nicole Green’s research interests include laser treatments for cancer, immunotherapy, […]
#TechThursdays – Meet Dorcas Muthoni, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Openworld Ltd.
Dorcas Muthoni is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Openworld Ltd, a specialist computer software company she established in Kenya when she was just 24 years old. Today, Openworld is a leading e-Government and business software services firm involved in the delivery of some of the most widely used Web and Cloud applications in Africa, […]
#LadyCreative – Meet Keitumetsi Qhali also known as Director Kit, a South African Director, Writer and Producer.
Keitumetsi Qhali also known as Director Kit is a South African Director, Writer and Producer. Qhali hails from the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, is a multi-award winning director. She works in long and short form films and videos and to date, has directed over 29 videos. Her early work dates back to 2014 […]
#LeadingLadySpotlight: Yolanda Cuba, MTN Group Vice President: Southern & East Africa.
Yolanda is a Chartered Accountant (CA SA) by training and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Statistics from the University of Cape Town, a Bachelor of Commerce Honors degree in Accounting from University of Kwazulu-Natal, and a Masters of Commerce degree from the University of Pretoria. She is also an alumnus of INSEAD International Executive […]
Meet 5 Young Female Entrepreneurs Creating Global Solutions By Recycling and Upcycling.
We love to see women making impacts! Waste accumulation is a global problem and these young ladies are contributing their own quota and providing solutions to this problem. They have achieved this by coming up with innovations that transform waste into valuable products. The entrepreneurs are spread across the continent ranging from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda […]
Chika Stacy Oriuwa, who was the only black student in her class in 2016 has now become a health care hero with a barbie doll created in her likeness
Chika Stacy Oriuwa is a 27-year-old Canadian physician, spoken word artist, and advocate against systemic racism in health care. In 2020, Oriuwa was the first black woman to become the sole valedictorian at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. In 2021, she was one of six frontline workers honored by the Barbie Role […]
Meet WARIS DIRIE, An author and women’s rights activist raising awareness about the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM)
Waris Dirie, a Somalian fashion model, author, and women’s rights activist known for her efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female circumcision was born in Galkayo, Somalia in 1965 to a nomadic tribe. At the age of five years, she suffered the inhumane procedure of female genital mutilation. Dirie was one of […]
#Internationaldayofthegirl: 9 Leading Ladies share notes to their younger selves
This is for the dreamers; the disruptors; the innovators; the icons. The women who are daring enough to say it can work. The world is tough but these ladies have shown they are tougher. On this International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate nine Amazons who have gone against all the odds to […]
ENTERPRISENGR, Nigeria’s Leading Financial Sector Advocacy Group, Appoints Ms. Obi Ibekwe as its Chief Executive Officer.
EnterpriseNGR, Nigeria’s newly established professional policy and advocacy group representing members of the Financial and Professional Services (FPS) sector, has appointed Ms. Obi Ibekwe as its founding Chief Executive Officer. With more than three decades of experience in the FPS industry, Ms. Ibekwe will lead the EnterpriseNGR management team in close partnership with the […]
#LLABlog- Meet Tiguidanke Mounir Camara, Founder of the woman-mine owned Tigui Mining Group.
Tiguidanke Camara, a former model turned mining entrepreneur, is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tigui Mining Group (TMG) and Camara Diamond & Gold Trading Network (CDGTN). A Guinean native, Mrs. Camara is one of the youngest women mining executives and one of the few women mine owners in Africa. A visionary and […]