Finalists announced for 2020 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards
The annual AWIEF Awards, through a nomination process, identifies and celebrates the best female entrepreneurs across multiple industries in Africa.
CAPE TOWN, November 4 (ANA) – The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), a pan-African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit, has announced the top finalists for the 2020 edition of its AWIEF Awards.
The annual AWIEF Awards, through a nomination process, identifies and celebrates the best female entrepreneurs across multiple industries in Africa.
Promoting and supporting excellence in entrepreneurship and innovation amongst women-owned businesses in all sectors and across all 54 African countries, is the aim of AWIEF which hosts the sixth edition of its prestigious and benchmarking annual Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Conference, this year as a virtual event, on December 2 and 3.
Twenty-four women founders and entrepreneurs, driving economic growth and development for Africa, have been selected as finalists for 2020 AWIEF Awards, from different African countries, across eight different categories.
According to Irene Ochem, AWIEF founder and chief executive officer, this year more than ever, it is vital to acknowledge and celebrate women entrepreneurs in Africa for their leadership and innovation.
“The impact of the global pandemic has been disproportionate and devastating, and women are showing exceptional resilience.”
The 2020 AWIEF Awards winners will be announced on December 3 at the awards ceremony following on from the two-day AWIEF2020 Virtual Conference. The theme this year is: ‘Reimagining business and rebuilding better’.
Under Young Entrepreneur Award, finalists include Sazia Souza, Managing Partner, Technoplus (Mozambique), Hannah Lavery, Founder, Hannah Lavery (South Africa),
Olajumoke Odumola, Founder and CEO, KJK Online Communications (Nigeria) and Asomaniwaa Owusu-Ansah, Founder and Chief Pharmacist, Erith Health Services (Ghana).
In Tech Entrepreneur Award finalist are Claudette Akinpaye, Founder and Managing Director, Agrizilla (Rwanda), Marlize Holtzhausen, Founder and CEO, Response24 (South Africa), and Abimbola Adebakin, CEO, Advantage Health (Nigeria)
On Social Entrepreneur Award finalists are Rita Stryker, CEO, Willette Safehouse (Liberia), Adenike Akinsemola, Founder and Director, The Green Institute (Nigeria),
Doris Mollel, Founder and Executive Director, Doris Mollel Foundation (Tanzania), and Mariam Mell’Osiime Mpaata, Founder and CEO, Junior Stars Youth Development Programme (Kenya).
– African News Agency (ANA); Editing by Devereaux Morkel