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ADIPWE 2016

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ADIPWE 2016

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Women in Europe (ADIPWE)

Top 20 inspirational women 2016

ADIPWE 2016 - 20 inspirational African Diaspora Professional Women in Europe - http://adipwe.wordpress.com/

ZURIIEL ODUWOLENigeria-Mauritius

INTERVIEWER, SPEAKERDreamupspeakupstandup.com

@ZurielOduwole

Young American girl of Nigerian and Mauritian heritage, Zuriel Oduwole describes herself

as ‘a proud Pan African child’. She is famous for interviewing Africa's political and business

leaders and making documentaries to show Africa in a positive light. She has spoken to

24,400 children in 11 countries on Education and its Empowerment. Zuriel wants to see

every girl in the world have access to education or a chance to accomplish their dreams.

http://adipwe.wordpress.com/

http://www.dreamupspeakupstandup.com/





SAMANTHA ASUMADU, Ghana FILMMAKER, JOURNALIST

mediadiversified.org@WritersofColour

Samantha Asumadu is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. She is the founder of Media

Diversified, a non-profit organisation which seeks to cultivate and promote skilled writers of

colour by providing advice and contacts and by promoting content online through its own

platform. Samantha is a prominent campaigner for more diversity in the British media.


http://mediadiversified.org/





TERHAS BERHE, EthiopiaENTREPRENEUR

brandcommsgroup.com@brandcomms

Terhas Asefaw Berhe is the MD and founder of Brand Communications, a full-service brand

and communications agency focused on building iconic African brands. She was inspired to

start her venture to give an independent perspective on Africa and the opportunity to

master the necessary brand skills to help grow African businesses and organisations,


https://brandcommsgroup.com/





LOLA OYELAYO, NigeriaDIRECTOR OF STRATEGY & UX

in/lolaoyelayo

Lola is one of the top creative tech leaders in her field .She helps organisations to re-design

their businesses and adopt a user-centric digital mindset. But she is also an advocate for

increased diversity in the tech industry. She mentors and is active in programmes focused

on increasing women and black and ethnic minorities in technology.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolaoyelayo





EUNICE BAGUMA BALL, UgandaENTREPRENEUR

africatbn.com@africatbn

Eunice Baguma Ball is the founder of Africa Technology Business Network (ATBN), a London-

based organisation that is creating a bridge between the UK and Africa technology

ecosystems with the aim of unlocking profitable opportunities for businesses in both

economies.


http://www.africatbn.com/





KIRAN YOLISWA, ZimbabweENTREPRENEUR

styledbyafrica.com@StyledByAfrica

Kiran Yoliswa is a co-founder of styledbyafrica.com, a blog turned into a thriving

ecommerce for carefully sourced, beautifully made, African fashion and lifestyle brands.

They bring the best items to a global audience with a unique design perspective and have

recently opened their first showroom in Brixton, London.


http://www.styledbyafrica.com/





YASMIN BELO-OSAGIE, NigeriaENTREPRENEUR

sheleadsafrica.org@SheLeadsAfrica

Yasmin Belo-Osagie, is a co-founder of She Leads Africa, a social enterprise ensuring

women are part of Africa's growth story. With access to the latest business and

entrepreneurship news, exclusive networking events, and start-up capital, She Leads Africa

aims to be the premiere organisation for young African women looking to build and scale

strong businesses. Yasmin has been named as one of Forbes’s 20 Youngest Power Women in

Africa.


http://sheleadsafrica.org/





AFUA OSEI, GhanaENTREPRENEUR

sheleadsafrica.org@SheLeadsAfrica

Afua is a Co-Founder of She Leads Africa, a social enterprise ensuring women are part of

Africa's growth story. With access to the latest business and entrepreneurship news,

exclusive networking events, and start-up capital, She Leads Africa aims to be the premiere

organisation for young African women looking to build and scale strong businesses.

Afua is also the former Miss Ghana USA advocating her platform of "Empowering and

Connecting the Next Generation of African Female Business Leaders".


http://sheleadsafrica.org/





SANDRA APPIAH, GhanaTV HOST

sandraappiah.face2faceafrica.com@Ms_SandraAppiah

Sandra Appiah is the founder of Face2face Africa (F2FA), a media group that serves a

technologically interconnected generation of young people across the world who have a

shared-ancestry in Africa. She hosts the Sandra Appiah Show, seeking to engage, inform, and

inspire, the new generation of African descendants and share the inside stories of their

unique journeys.


https://sandraappiah.face2faceafrica.com/





DR. OLA OREKUNRIN, NigeriaMEDICAL DR, ENTREPRENEUR

flyingdoctorsnigeria.com @NaijaFlyingDr

Ola Orekunrin was determined to improve the healthcare delivery system in Nigeria after

her sister died whilst on holiday in the country. She created Flying Doctors Nigeria, West

Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. Completely physician-led, this means complex, life-

saving procedures can be carried out on the helicopter or ambulance en-route to hospital.

Ola’s vision is "to revolutionize the provision of emergency healthcare across Africa."


http://www.flyingdoctorsnigeria.com/





CAROLE TAWEMA, BeninENTREPRENEUR

karethic.com@CaTawe

Carole Tawema is the MD and founder of Karethic which offers a range of organic cosmetics

produced with unrefined shea, made from traditional know-how of Beninese workers. Carole

wanted to introduce to the French market, the real raw shea, from Africa, which has 5x more

active ingredients than the refined products they normally get. And at the same time, give

women in her country of origin a better life with a fair-trade brand.


http://www.karethic.com/en





BILIKISS ADEBIYI, NigeriaENTREPRENEURwecyclers.com

@bilikiss

Bilikiss Adebiyi is a social entrepreneur and founder of WeCyclers. The company offers

waste collection and recycling services in Lagos, to reduce unmanaged urban waste in low-

income neighbourhoods and provide a reliable supply of materials to the local recycling

industry.


http://wecyclers.com/





RACHEL BANZA, DRCENTREPRENEUR

elikya-beauty.comin/rachel-banza

Co-founder of ELIKYA BEAUTY, Rachel Banza offers quality beauty centres to multi ethnic

women, a gathering place for the cosmopolitan woman where anything is possible. She also

views aesthetics as a tool to enhance the status of women.


http://www.elikya-beauty.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-banza-ba9a2647





DR JULIETTE TCHUENBOU, CamerounMEDICAL DOCTOR

amaff.fr

Doctor in Gastroenterologist and oncologist, Dr Juliette Tchuenbou is also the president of

AMAFF, Association of Physicians of France (AMAFF), which aims to promote all efforts to

improve education and training of future doctors, foster collaboration, sharing of

experiences, knowledge, skills and exchanges between doctors. The members also

participate in improving the healthcare in Africa.


http://www.amaff.fr/





CHANTAL KAMATARI, BurundiCSR MANAGER

in/chantal-kamatari@Kamatacha

Chantal Kamatari is responsible for the Corporate Social Responsibility at BNP Paribas

Fortis that include economic, social, civic, and environmental. She is also volunteer

Coordinator of Microfinance Sans Frontières, now called BenevoLab, which offers everyone

the opportunity to volunteer their skills to MicroFinance Institutions (MFI) and NGOs

working on projects with a high social and economic impact including in Africa.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantal-kamatari-3699915





ROKHAYA DIALLO, Senegal/GambiaJOURNALIST, AUTHOR

rokhayadiallo.com@RokhayaDiallo

Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, writer, award-winning filmmaker and activist, for racial,

gender and religious equality. She is a BET-France host and has produced and/or directed

documentaries, TV and radio programs. She is known for her antiracist actions and

published: Racism: a guide, France Belongs to Us, France: One and Multicultural and How to

talk to kids about racism.


http://www.rokhayadiallo.com/





LEILA BEN HASSEN, TunisiaGENERAL MANAGER

icpublications.comin/leilabenhassen

Leila Ben Hassen is the General Manager of IC Publications, one of the world's leading

sources of analysis and debate on African political and economic issues. Using a variety of

platforms and services including magazines, newsletters, electronic media and international

events, they deliver coverage on the latest developments in the region.


http://www.icpublications.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leilabenhassen





MURIELLE AHOURE, Cote d’IvoireATHLETE

facebook.com/MurielleAhoure@MurielleAhoure

Murielle Ahouré is a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She was a double

silver medalist at the 2013 world championships in Moscow. She ran under seven seconds

for the 60 metres in February 2013, becoming the eighth fastest woman ever with her time of

6.99 seconds.


https://www.facebook.com/MurielleAhoure/





NADÈGE OUÉDRAOGO, Burkina fasoTOP MODEL

facebook.com/nadeja.ouedraogo

Spotted on Facebook by a photograph, the young woman started to discover the world of

modelling and find that to be a good therapy for her shyness. She has received many beauty

trophies and is working with one of the top agencies in Toronto, Orange modèle

management. But she is also in touch with a top fashion creator of her country, Salif'C, and

hope this will be the beginning of a great partnership. Her dream is to wear and showcase

African creations.


https://www.facebook.com/nadeja.ouedraogo





LAITICIA EYUMANE, GabonCIVIL SERVANT, CAMPAIGNER femmesexceptionnelles.com

Shot at the age of 10 in her native country, she was evacuated to France for treatment and

survived. Although this event caused her to progressively lose her sight, she has never let it

affect her. She relocated to Canada where she is a civil servant and the president of the

Gabonese Solidarity Montreal. Laiticia helps to promote globally the ’Exceptional Women’, a

network of project creators, business women, and committed women. She is also looking to

get involved with orphans in developing countries.


http://femmesexceptionnelles.com/2016/03/06/laiticia-eyumane/

AFRICAN DIASPORA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN EUROPE

• The country mentioned in the titles of the nominees are

the country of origin but we understand they might be

holding other nationalities

• This list has been compiled using internet sources

credited at the end of this document

• The ‘@ …’ below the website of the nominees refers to

their personal or professional Twitter handles

LEXICON

AFRICAN DIASPORA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN EUROPE IS AN ONLINE

FORUM THAT AIMS TO:

• Celebrate the success of African Women in Europe (and in the western

world in general)

• Give visibility to those women who have achieved success in their own

way but are still unknown by the wider public

• Inspire the new generation of African Women and share ideas to fulfil

their potential

• Contribute to Africa rebranding and development by identifying

opportunities to transfer the vast amount of knowledge gained in

Europe

This forum is open to women of African Diaspora as well as to anyone

who has a passion for Africa development.

ADIPWE



Editor: Francine Beleyi, founder of African Diaspora

Professional Women in Europe (ADIPWE) since 2011.

Francine is a bilingual, French-English, Digital

Strategist/Multimedia Journalist and the result of

three cultures: French, British & Togolese.

ABOUT US

For more information email [email protected]

http://Adipwe.wordpress.com

Linkedin group http://linkd.in/1gnU25l

Facebook ADIPWE

Twitter http://twitter.com/FrancineBeleyi

To stay in touch for the 2017edition, go to http://wp.me/PSWtT-7a

For further information visit francinebeleyi.com


mailto:[email protected]

http://Adipwe.wordpress.com

http://linkd.in/1gnU25l

https://www.facebook.com/African-Diasora-Professional-Women-in-Europe-ADIPWE-143810865719175

http://twitter.com/FrancineBeleyi

http://wp.me/PSWtT-7a

http://www.francinebeleyi.com/


http://www.burkina24.com

http://femmesexceptionnelles.com

http://www.afrik.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/

https://www.linkedin.com

http://www.jeuneafrique.com

https://www.youtube.com

http://www.capital.fr

http://www.radiookapi.net

http://www.reconnectafrica.com

CREDITS

http://nofi.fr

http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com

http://www.forbes.com

http://businessofeminin.com

http://www.lionessesofafrica.com

http://www.konnectafrica.net

http://www.cnbcafrica.com

http://edition.cnn.com

http://www.thebritishblacklist.com

http://www.creativebrief.com


http://www.burkina24.com/

http://femmesexceptionnelles.com/

http://www.afrik.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/

http://www.jeuneafrique.com/

https://www.youtube.com/

http://www.capital.fr/

http://www.radiookapi.net/

http://www.reconnectafrica.com/

http://nofi.fr/

http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/

http://www.forbes.com/

http://businessofeminin.com/

http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/

http://www.konnectafrica.net/

http://www.cnbcafrica.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/

http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/

http://www.creativebrief.com/


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