Closing the gender gap and promoting visibility from women leaders on the African continent is key to making positive and lasting socio-economic change happen. Naike Moshi is a strong, energetic and passionate leader. She is the country director of CVPeople Tanzania and award-winning founder and CEO of Women in Management Africa (WIMA), an NGO that …
NEZHA HAYAT, is the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of AMMC – Morocco’s Capital Market Authority, following her appointment in February 2016 by His Majesty the King, Mohammed VI. An ESSEC Business School Paris graduate, she until her nomination worked at Société Générale Morocco group where she became in 2007, the first woman on a …
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Racheal Njoroge is in the diesel industry, but her career is on a rocket-fueled trajectory. Cummins named the Ball State alumna as managing director of its Southern Africa Operations in Fall 2018. Njoroge is responsible for the leadership, operations, and strategic direction for the Columbus, Ind.-based engine manufacturer in 12 countries. She joined the Fortune …
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Quadloop is Lagos-based electronics manufacturing company, leveraging technology to build sustainable hardware devices. It has created Solar-powered lamps and gas monitoring systems and is working to build eco-friendly solutions to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Dozie Igweilo leads Quadloop as the CEO. He is an innovator, passionate about solar energy, electronics and circular …
She grew up in a typical Zongo community where parents placed more premium on education for the boy-child rather than extending similar opportunities to girls. These setbacks notwithstanding, she was challenged to make it to the top in order to silence those who advised her father to find a vocation for her rather than ‘waste’ …
Baronice Hans was appointed Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director Designate on 1 February 2016 and took over the role in full capacity from Christo de Vries in July of the same year. Baronice, a Chartered Accountant by profession, completed her undergraduate studies through the University of South Africa and also obtained an Honours Degree in Accounting …
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Abena Osei-Poku, is a Ghanaian corporate executive who is the managing director and chief executive officer of Absa Bank Ghana (formerly Barclays Bank of Ghana). She has served in this role since September 2018. Before that, she worked at Absa in South Africa, where she was responsible for the Corporate & Investment Banking in East …
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Bukola Smith holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, U.K, and a B.Sc. Economics from the University of Lagos. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (ICAN), Honorary Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and an Associate Member, Certified Institute of Pensions (Nigeria). Bukola became …
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With a degree in Engineering from ENSTA-Paris, Mohamed El Kettani began his banking career in 1984 when he joined the Banque Commerciale du Maroc (BCM). In 2007, he became CEO of the Attijariwafa Bank Group and has since led its national and regional development to make it the leading bank in the Maghreb and the …
I have always loved the idea that technology can allow you to create – Ethel Cofie When Ethel was 18 years old her father sent her to computer diploma class, so she would keep busy. There, one of the lecturers made a life-changing statement to Ethel, “the computer is dumb and the computer is only …
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