Comedienne Emmanuella, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Others Nominated For New African Women Award

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Comedienne Emmanuella, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Others Nominated For New African Women Award

Nigerians, Comedienne Emmanuella, Bella Naija’s Uche Eze, Author Chimamanda Adichie were all nominated for New African Women Awards.
The prestigious awards which takes place at Dakar’s Terrou-Bi Hotel on 13 April.
Organised by the pan-African bi-monthly, New African Woman magazine, the Awards – which celebrate and honour exceptional African women who have made a positive impact and contributions in their communities, and the continent at large, in the past 12 months – take place on the eve of the New African Woman Forum, which takes place at Dakar’s Terrou-Bi Hotel on 13 April .

New African Woman in Agriculture

New African Woman on the Rise (The Next Generation)
Botlhale Boikanyo (South Africa) – Spoken word child artist/actress


Below is the full list:

New African Woman in Business

- Jennifer Riria (Kenya – CEO Kenya Women Holding
- Madjiguene Sock (Senegal) – Global Operations Partner at Dalberg/ President of the Women’s Investment Club
- Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch (Morocco) – CEO – Aksal Group
- Tabitha Karanja (Kenya) – Founder and CEO – Keroche Breweries
- Phuti Mahanyele (South Africa) – Executive Chairperson – Sigma Capital
- Nathalie Beatrice Chinje (Cameroon) – Founder and Director of UPbeat Marketing

New African Woman in Politics/Public Office

- Fadumo Dayib (Somalia) – First female presidential candidate
- Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang (Gambia) – Minister of Women’s Affairs and Overseer Vice President’ s office
- Nayé A. Bathily (Senegal) – Head of the Global Parliamentary Unit at the World Bank
- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (South Africa) – Executive Director of UN Women
- Monique Mukuna ( DRCongo) – Independent Presidential Candidate
- Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria) – Deputy Secretary – General of UN


New African Woman in Education

- Noella Coursaris Musunka, (DRCongo) –Founder of Malaika
- Oley Dibba-Wadda (Gambia) –Executive Secretary of ADEA
- Graça Machel (Mozambique) –Graca Machel Trust
- Tsitsi Masiyiwa (Zimbabwe) – Highlife Foundation
- Unoma Ndili Okorafor (Nigeria) –Founder – Working to Advance Science and Technology Education For African Women (WAAW)
- Rapelang Rabana (South Africa) –Rekindle Learning


New African Woman in Health, Science & Innovation

Anne Wanjuhi Njoroge (Kenya) – Founder & CEO of The Web Tekies LTD and RootEd Africa
Dr Helena Ndume – (Namibia) –Philanthropist ophthalmologist – Laureate UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
Prof Aminata Sall Diallo (Senegal) –CEO for the APEES
Jessica O.Mathews (Nigeria) –CO-Founder Uncharted play
Dr Ola Orekunrin (Nigeria) –Founder/MD Flying Doctors Nigeria
Dr Tebello Nyokong (South Africa) –Director of the Nanotechnology Innovation Centre