Nigeria’s Amina J. Mohammed – the new United Nations Deputy Secretary - took home the New African Woman in Politics and Public Office. Prior to her new post, she served as Minister of Environment. But she has played key roles in both the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), on how both agendas impact Africa – more so its women.

Winners have been selected by a special panel of judges from 68 shortlisted candidates across 12 categories. The Award for Women in Health, Science and Technology went to Namibia’s Dr Helena Ndume – a pioneering ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon, who has to date, performed over 35,000 sight-restoring surgeries on Namibians, completely free of charge.

Morocco saw serial entrepreneur Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, take home the New African woman Award in Business. Zimbabwean philathropists and educationist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, received the New African Woman Award in Education for her work with Higherlife Foundation – a not for profit organisation she runs and offers scholarships to orphaned and vulnerable children to give them a better chance in education. Over 250,000 children have benefited from the work of Higherlife Foundation.

The much-talked about New African Woman on the Rise (The Next Generation) – a category which received the most nominations - went to the Kenyan girls rights activist and UN Women youth advisor Vivian Onano.

The New African Woman in Civil Society was given to Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, who annulled over 300 child marriages in her village in Malawi, a feat that played an important role in forcing the government to ban child marriages in the country all together.

Other winners were Nigeria’s Joan Okorodudu (New African Woman In The Arts & Culture) for her services to raising the profile of African models and fashion; Mali’s Binta Touré Ndoye (New African Woman – in Finance); Amira Yahyaoui of Tunisia (New African Woman in Media) and the former African Union Commissioner Agriculture and Rural Development Tumusiime Rhoda Peace from Uganda, is the New African Woman in Agriculture for pushing the importance of food security and adding value chain to African goods while she was at the AU.

The New African Woman in Sport went to the Senegal’s Fatma Samoura - the world football body’s Secretary General – a position she was appointed to in 2016, becoming the first African woman to hold the post.

The New African Woman Awards is followed by a Forum on 13 April, under the theme Changing The Game.

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/04/amina-mohammed-wins-african-woman-in.html

Comgrates to her

Wow. Wonderful.

Shame to our female thief Diezini

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congrats madam.keep making us proud

based on logistics.

uhm beautifull mama


Congrate

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Congratulobia to her

Congratulations!

What has she done?

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You go girl!

What is her purpose to the north, and how much did she stole with her previous position

vanida6:
uhm beautifull mama


Congrate

One lady i keep on respecting on this our time

Emerituz:
What has she done?

One can not do "nothing" and get to that level in UN.

PROUD OF YOU MA.

The Award for Women in Health, Science and Technology went to Namibia’s Dr Helena Ndume – a pioneering ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon, who has to date, performed over 35,000 sight-restoring surgeries on Namibians, completely free of charge.
Can our health minister display this act of kindness?

Jolar101:
What is her purpose to the north, and how much did she stole with her previous position

She didn't stole so much. She only stole your school fees making it impossible for you to see the walls of even a primary school.

Congrats mama Taraba

great

Enyeem:
Congrats mama Taraba

I think she's from Gombe state.

Congrats ma

Campaign point for buhari in 2019

Garrithe1st:


She didn't stole so much. She only stole your school fees making it impossible for you to see the walls of even a primary school.

Really?
Is that all she did to you
I something that might you to remember all the brainwashing they did to you.

Emerituz:
What has she done?

wailer spotted

Boko harama in high places