Category: Iconic Women

Oprah’s career in media would not have surprised her grandmother, who once said that ever since Oprah could talk, she was on stage.

“Been the number one diva in this game for a minute. I know you read the paper, the one that they call a queen. Every radio round the world know me ’cause that’s where I be.’

“I was never a fan of weapons, it is cold as a neutral force, I took up arms to be on an equal footing as men, and fought for the right of women to be decisionmakers.”

She left the World Bank in late 2018 to join St Antony’s College, Oxford University, as an academic scholar and an executive in residence at Said Business School.  She is the current chair of the Royal African Society .

She left the World Bank in late 2018 to join St Antony’s College, Oxford University, as an academic scholar and an executive in residence at Said Business School.  She is the current chair of the Royal African Society .

Today, Ruff ‘n’ Tumble is a reputable pan-African brand, operating with over 300 employees, 17 retail outlets, an online presence and expansion plans across the African continent and the international community.

Maureen Okomo and Venessa Onyullo are helping Kenya’s planes take to the sky. The Kenyan mother and daughter duo who work as aircraft engineers and dominate the field in Kenya.

She is the first black minister Germany ever had: Aminata Toure, daughter of Malian refugees, is now in charge of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Seniors and Equality in one of Germany’s states.

Theresa Kachindamoto is a senior tribal chief who fights to end and prevent early child marriages, so girls go back to school. She has been nicknamed the “Terminator” of child marriages.