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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Angelique Kidjo & More Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees by Yale University

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and renowned African music superstar, Angelique Kidjo have been awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Yale University. Okonjo-Iweala was awarded.

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Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments

  By Carlos Lopes An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a.

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Meet America’s First Female African-American Attorney General, Loretta Lynch

After a highly politically charged five-month battle to choose Obama’s next attorney general, Loretta Lynch, 55, has made history as the first female African-American attorney general in the United States..

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The First Female President of OPEC! Diezani Alison-Madueke Covers Forbes Woman Africa

The latest bi-monthly Forbes Woman Africa features Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female President of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), Diezani Alison-Madueke on its cover..

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Why Okonjo-Iweala Was Listed 33rd Among 50 Greatest World Leaders

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world by globally-acclaimed Fortune Magazine. Occupying.

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From market seller to managing director in Côte d’Ivoire

“When I decided to set up my own business, I didn’t have a penny to my name,” recalls Patricia Zoundi Yao, now managing director of the QuickCash company in the.

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A New Era Begins: Namibia Gets First Female Prime Minister

  President-elect Dr Hage Geingob yesterday vowed to continue the legacy set by his presidential predecessors, and announced Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila as his incoming prime minister to help him achieve that.

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Nigerian Woman Esther Ibanga Receives $170,000 Japan Peace Prize for Campaigning Against Boko Haram

A Nigerian woman, Esther Ibanga, has been awarded the Japan Peace Prize, which comes with an award of $170,000. International Business Times reports that Ibanga received the award on Tuesday,.

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Is Nigeria Ready for a Female President?

  Oluremi Sonaiya wishes to be the next president of Nigeria. She wants to rule the country differently, put a stop to corruption and empty politicians’ promises. But competing in.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, The woman fighting for hope in Nigeria written by Richard Branson

I left school at 16 to launch Student magazine to campaign against two terrible wars; the Vietnamese War and the Nigerian Civil War. Many years later, I had the privilege.

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