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Amina Hayatu Jidda is the founder of Meena Orphan In Need Foundation, a charity based organisation that is situated in Kaduna which she founded in 2019. Amina is a graduate of Cooperative Studies from Kaduna Polytechnic. She worked with FCMB and later joined Hamima Hayat multipurpose cooperative society as chairperson in 2018. Amina is currently the Secretary General of the Kaduna State Coalition of Cooperative Societies. Since its inception in 2019, Meena Orphan In Need Foundation, have been involved in Empowering Orphans and the less privileged in her community. They have Trained 250 Orphans and less privileged in various skills acquisition in Catering, Knitting, Cosmetology, and ICT. We live in a world that encompasses a major share of the poor and downtrodden. Each person may have a different need in his/her life. While some yearn for success, some don’t have the most basic amenities such as a shelter or enough food to eat. But that’s not all, some people may be in need of mere affection, those who are longing to see smiles. Amina Hayatu Jidda is one individual who loves to put smiles on the faces of the less privileged in the society. EWEI celebrates her today as our #Shero for her selfless service to humanity. #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CIS1qoUBT0P/?igshid=1mnpew2xafeqh

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Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe was born and grew up in Soweto. Her mother, Martha Rose Moroesi Moloi, was a nurse, and her father was a teacher. She is of Tswana descent. She graduated from WITS University with an MDBCh and became a general medical practitioner. She also has a diploma in Children's health and later furthered her studies and obtained a diploma in Women and Reproductive Health from Stellenbosch University. Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe is the Co-Chair, Motsepe Foundation. She is a businesswoman and philanthropist who started her career in medicine. Dr. Moloi-Motsepe is a passionate advocate for women’s rights, and promotes initiatives aimed at achieving economic, political, and social equality. As a doctor, she established the first women's clinic in Johannesburg, and received the Elizabeth Tshabalala Award for her cancer awareness efforts and pioneering work in women’s health in South Africa. She is Patron of Birdlife South Africa and Patron of Child Welfare South Africa. She is past President of the Cancer Association of South Africa and is now its lifetime member. She sits on the board of Synergos, an organization dedicated to addressing global poverty and social injustice through collaboration with governments, business, and civil society, by creating sustainable systems change. She worked as a general practitioner for over 20 years. While she was employed by the Medical College of Virginia, her interest in women's health grew, and upon returning to her homeland in 1993, she opened one of Johannesburg's first women's health clinics. She currently heads the Motsepe Foundation, established in 1999. The foundation is purposed to support marginalized communities in pursuing their inspirations and lift themselves from extreme poverty. Precious Motsepe created the Women Economic Development department in the Family Foundation to focus only on issues that promote women's' equality and improve their welfare. She also established the African Fashion International in 2007, to mentor upcoming fashion designers in South Africa. @patricemot @motsepefoundation @patricemotsepe_ #sheroes #sherowednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvBmBXAdM1/?igshid=rxx934oc29w2

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Angélique Kidjo is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. In 2007, Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has included her in its list of the continent's 50 most iconic figures, and in 2011 The Guardian listed her as one of their Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World. Forbes Magazine has ranked Angelique as the first woman in their list of the Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa. She is the recent recipient of the prestigious 2015 Crystal Award given by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the 2016 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, and the 2018 German Sustainability Award. As a performer, her striking voice, stage presence and fluency in multiple cultures and languages have won respect from her peers and expanded her following across national borders. Kidjo has cross-pollinated the West African traditions of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America. Angelique also travels the world advocating on behalf of children in her capacity as a UNICEF and OXFAM goodwill Ambassador. At the G7 Summit in 2019, President Macron of France named Kidjo as the spokesperson for the AFAWA initiative (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) to help close the financing gap for women entrepreneurs in Africa. She has also created her own charitable foundation, Batonga, dedicated to support the education of young girls in Africa. #sherowednesday @angeliquekidjo https://www.instagram.com/p/CHd1EcnBz1J/?igshid=r3komoqr63wk

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Aya Chebbi, an award-winning Pan-African feminist. She is the first ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat at the African Union Commission Chairperson’s Cabinet. She rose to prominence as a voice for democracy and shot to global fame as a political blogger during 2010/2011 Tunisia’s Revolution. She recently received 2019 Gates Foundation Campaign Award and was named in Forbes’ 50 Africa’s 50 Most Powerful Women. She is the founder of multiple platforms such as Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), one of Africa’s largest Pan-African youth-led movements — Afresist, a youth leadership program and multimedia platform documenting youth work in Africa and — Youth Programme of Holistic Empowerment Mentoring (Y-PHEM) coaching the next generation to be positive change agents. She served on the Board of Directors of CIVICUS, World Refugee Council, Oxfam Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct, Women’s Alliance for Peace Advisory Board, Council of the Africa Public Health Foundation among others. She was recognised in 2018 Apolitical World’s 100 Most Influential Young People in Government and 2016 among 100 Most Influential Young Africans in the World. She received multiple awards including 2018 Young Talent of the year by UNLEASH Festival, 2017 Pan-African Humanitarian Award by Pahawards and 2016 Inspirational Woman of the Year by Women4Africa Awards. She is a graduate of University of Tunis El Manar with Bachelor in International Relations, Fulbright scholar at Georgia Southern University and Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholar for her Masters in African Politics at SOAS, University of London. Chebbi’s extensive experience over the past decade made her an influential leading voice known for rebranding Africa and commitment to peacebuilding, gender equality and Africa’s integration. #sherowednesday #sheroes @aya_chebbi https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLA9YuhXME/?igshid=1qtino5vrburt

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014) and had roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016). Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah". Lupita played the female lead, Nakia, in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther (2018). @lupitanyongo @marvelstudios #sherowednesday #Sulwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4y89phlBn/?igshid=cf8mybrfl4o4

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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to learn Spanish. She read film studies at Hampshire College, Massachusetts and, after working as a production assistant on several films, graduated from the Yale School of Drama's acting program. In 2013, she impressed cinema audiences in her film debut, as brutalized slave Patsey in acclaimed director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013). She was also the lead in MTV's award-winning drama series, Shuga (2009), appeared in the thriller Non-Stop (2014) and had roles in the big-budget films Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016). Lupita's stage credits include playing "Perdita" in "The Winter's Tale", (Yale Repertory Theater), "Sonya" in "Uncle Vanya", "Katherine" in "The Taming of the Shrew", as well as being in the original production of Michael Mitnick's "Elijah". Lupita played the female lead, Nakia, in the 2018 superhero film Black Panther (2018). @lupitanyongo @marvelstudios #sherowednesday #Sulwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CG4y89phlBn/?igshid=cf8mybrfl4o4

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Aisha Yesufu (born 12 December 1974 in Kano State), is a Nigerian socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014, by the terrorist group Boko Haram. Yesufu was among the women protestors at Nigeria's National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014. Yesufu is a business owner who has never worked for anyone and does not intend to do so. Currently, she is the founder of Citizens Hub, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to build a solution driven and dynamic approach to building a financially independent, active, and responsible citizenry. Yesufu’s utmost desire is to see Nigeria become a country where ‘’the son of a nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody’’. Aisha’s bravery and courage in the war against SARS and police brutality would not be forgotten anytime soon and her story would be told to the next generation and generations after that. At EWEI we see Aisha as a national treasure, a super hero and the Queen Amina of our time. @aishayesufu @bbog_nigeria @bringbackourgirls #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmtBgMA7Or/?igshid=16z9vjmndtiut

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Dr. Hayat Sindi was born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She is one of the world’s leading biotechnologists, a member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board created by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, and the founder and CEO of the i2 Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity, a non-profit organization that seeks to create an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and social innovation for scientists, technologists and engineers in the Middle East. At a young age, inspired by great scientists and thinkers, Hayat convinced her family to allow her to travel alone to England to pursue her higher education, a rare permission for a young Saudi woman. She worked against the odds to become the first female from the Arabian Gulf to earn a PhD in biotechnology, studying at King’s College London, Cambridge, MIT, and Harvard. Since then, she has been recognized as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a Global Ambassador for Vital Voices, and has been listed among the 10 Most Powerful Arab Women by Arabian Business magazine, among the 50 Most Powerful Arabs by Gulf Business Magazine and as one of the world’s 150 Fearless Women by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. She was also the first person to be recognized as a Pop!Tech fellow in both Science and Social Innovation. As a global role model in Science, she has been nominated in 2012 and 2013 as a member of the Nifty Fifty program of the prestigious USA Science and Engineering Festival. Along with her scientific activities, she participated in numerous events aimed at raising the awareness of science amongst women, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the Muslim World. She is also interested in the problem of brain drain. Further, at the heart of Sindi’s innovations was a passion to develop an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Middle East that would transcend existing gaps between education and opportunity. In November 2013, Dr. Sindi was awarded the Arabian Business Achievement Award for Medicine. In 2012 H.E. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO appointed her as the first Goodwill Ambassador for Sciences. @isdb_stories #sherowednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CGUkfyjg_Fy/?igshid=p0imqmf9lsvr

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Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action and efforts to protect the natural environment. Prior to this, she served as Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals. Before joining the UN, Ms Mohammed worked for three successive administrations in Nigeria, serving as Special Advisor on the Millennium Development Goals, providing advice on issues including poverty, public sector reform and sustainable development, and coordinating programmes worth $1 billion annually for MDG-related interventions. She is also an Adjunct Professor in Development Practice at Columbia University, and served on numerous international advisory boards and panels, including the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the African Women’s Millennium Initiative, Girl Effect, 2016 African Union Reform and the ActionAid International Right to Education Project. Ms Mohammed began her 35-year career in the private sector with architects and engineers responsible for the project management of health, education, and public sector buildings. Story credit: @unitednations #sherowednesday #sheroes @aminajmohammed https://www.instagram.com/p/CGCqCx1gTRo/?igshid=xzek2ccejga7

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Zenzile Miriam Makeba, popularly known as Mama Africa, was a South African music icon born on March 4, 1932. She is one of the first African musicians to gain worldwide recognition after starting her singing career in her primary school choir in Pretoria. With a difficult upbringing during the apartheid days in South Africa, Makeba worked as a nanny and domestic worker like her mother who worked for white families in Johannesburg. Her father died when she was six years old and she had to live with her grandmother Makeba derived her musical inspiration from her family. After suffering from cervical cancer and an abusive marriage when she was 17, she started her professional musical career with the Cuban Brothers, a South African all-male close harmony group. They sang covers of popular American songs. At 21, she joined the jazz group, the Manhattan Brothers as the only woman and they sang South African songs and a mix of popular African-American songs. She recorded her first hit, “Laku Tshoni Ilanga” with the group in 1953 which shot her into the limelight. Makeba later joined a new all-woman group in 1956 called the Skylarks formed by Gallotone Records. They sang a blend of jazz and traditional South African melodies. She received no royalties for her work until in 1956 when Gallotone Records released Makeba’s first solo success, “Lovely Eyes”. This record became the first from South Africa to chart on the United States Billboard Top 100. Makeba continued her humanitarian work through her Zenzile Miriam Makeba Foundation, including the Miriam Makeba Rehabilitation Centre for abused girls. She also supported campaigns against drug abuse and HIV/Aids awareness. Furthermore, she appeared as President Mbeki’s Goodwill Ambassador to the UN. Miriam Makeba had a lot of awards and recognition including the Grammy Award in 1966 with Harry Belafonte for the 1965 album, An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba; Polar Music Prize; Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize; Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold among others. #sherowednesday @miriammakebafoundationofficial https://www.instagram.com/p/CFw4gkalP6h/?igshid=1b4m6q11vt4wx

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Alaa Salah is a Sudanese student and anti-government protester. She gained worldwide media attention from a picture of her taken by Lana Haroun that went viral in April 2019. The image of Salah has been dubbed as "Woman in White" or "Lady Liberty" of Sudan. As a member of MANSAM, one of the main Sudanese women's networks who signed the 1 January 2019 Forces of Freedom and Change declaration, Salah gave a speech at the 29 October 2019 meeting of the United Nations Security Council, insisting that in the Sudanese transitionary institutions women have equal representation to men. As a member of MANSAM, one of the major Sudanese women's networks who signed the 1 January 2019 Forces of Freedom and Change declaration, Salah gave a speech at the 29 October 2019 meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Salah stated that despite women often having constituted 70% of protestors, they were "side-lined in the formal political process" of creating transitional institutions. She stated that women's representation in the new governance structure "[fell] far below [their] demand of 50% parity". She argued that "there is no excuse for [women] not to have an equal seat at every single table". As protests continued, on 8 April Lana Haroun took an image of an initially unnamed woman dressed in a white thoub standing on a car, who spoke to and sang with other women around her during a sit-in near the army headquarters and the presidential palace. The image was widely shared on social media and caught international media attention. The image has been described as symbolic of the crucial role of women in the success of the demonstrations, since most protesters, almost 70 per cent, have been women. Sudanese women played major political roles in Sudanese and Africa-wide human rights struggles since the 1950s via the Sudanese Women's Union, continued creating organisations such as the No to Oppression against Women Initiative in 2009, and remained politically active during the 2018–2019 Sudanese Revolution. #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CFM7bl1B2SD/?igshid=rnmerpoa5y2q

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Roxy Ndebumadu is a fighter and survivor. A woman defined by resiliency, ambitiousness, and life experiences which taught her to persevere through adversity. She has called Bowie, Maryland her home for over 20 years. An award-winning trailblazer who drives inspiration, leads innovation, and cultivates communities. A storyteller who gets others to face fears and tell stories. In November 2019, Roxy made history by being the youngest woman elected to serve as Bowie City Councilwoman and the first African American woman to represent District 4 within the State of Maryland. She graduated from Howard University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and minor in Business Administration. Despite focusing on Health Sciences, her career took a sudden u-turn. Due to a desire to help tackle technology infrastructure issues in Nigeria and rural areas for underprivileged minorities - she landed at Microsoft. She defies critics and breaks through glass ceilings at Microsoft, where she's currently a Federal Customer Success Lead. She's tasked with leading a team of technical advisors, transforming and cultivating Microsoft's customer relationships with Federal agencies, identifying and connecting with internal and external stakeholders, developing strategy and customer positioning around artificial intelligence product customization, implementing customer initiatives through the cloud, and much more. Roxy spends her free time selflessly giving to causes such as: Women in Technology, Brookings Institution, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, The Women's Center, venture capital firms, state/local boards, and advising corporations on technology in Africa pro bono. @roxyndebumadu @microsoft #sherowednesday #sheroes #shero https://www.instagram.com/p/CE6gggMgp8w/?igshid=xr41hr3kreha

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Misty Copeland, is an American ballet dancer who, in 2015, became the first African American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). When young, Copeland moved with her family from Kansas City to San Pedro, California. Her first formal encounter with dance was on the drill team of her middle school. The team’s coach noticed her talent and recommended that she attend ballet classes taught by Cynthia Bradley at the local Boys & Girls Club. Copeland’s natural ability was quickly recognized by Bradley, and, though age 13 was a late start for a serious dance career, Copeland began taking classes with Bradley at the San Pedro Ballet School. In 1998, at age 15, she won first prize in the ballet category of the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards. That summer she was accepted with a full scholarship into the intensive summer program at the San Francisco Ballet. Copeland’s inspiring story made her a role model and a pop icon. In 2009 Copeland appeared in a music video for the song “Crimson and Clover” by Prince. She also performed live with him on his tour the following year. Copeland became a strong advocate for diversifying the field of ballet and creating access for dancers of varying racial and economic backgrounds. In 2018 Copeland made her feature film debut, fittingly playing the ballerina princess in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, an adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s 19th-century ballet. #sherowednesday #sheroes @mistyonpointe https://www.instagram.com/p/CEohcNSFZ0x/?igshid=k3jajep7c4d5

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Anne Sullivan was a teacher who taught Helen Keller, a blind and deaf child, how to communicate and read Braille. Anne Sullivan was a gifted teacher best known for her work with Helen Keller, a blind and deaf child she taught to communicate. At only 20 years of age, Sullivan showed great maturity and ingenuity in teaching Keller and worked hard with her pupil, bringing both women much acclaim. Sullivan even helped Keller write her autobiography. Anne Sullivan served as Helen Keller’s educator for over 50 years and accompanied her to Radcliffe College where she became the first person who was deafblind to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. The pair remained lifelong companions and when Anne died in 1936, Helen was holding her hand. Anne’s ashes were interred at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. making her the first woman to be recognised for her achievements in this way. At only 20 years of age, Sullivan showed great maturity and ingenuity in teaching Keller. She wanted to help Keller make associations between words and physical objects and worked hard with her rather stubborn and spoiled pupil. After isolating Keller from her family to better educate her, Sullivan began working to teach Keller how to communicate with the outside world. During one lesson, she finger-spelled the word "water" on one of Keller's hands as she ran water over her student's other hand. Keller finally made her first breakthrough, connecting the concept of sign language with the objects around her. Thanks to Sullivan's instruction, Keller learned nearly 600 words, most of her multiplication tables, and how to read Braille within a matter of months. News of Sullivan's success with Keller spread, and the Perkins school wrote a report about their progress as a team. Keller became a celebrity because of the report, meeting the likes of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Mark Twain. @annesullivandb #sheroes #sherowednesday https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWd3TGFC_i/?igshid=rmhy1dibf275

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Clare Boothe Luce was truly a remarkable woman. Her career spanned seven decades and nearly as many professional interests—journalism, politics, the theatre, diplomacy, and intelligence. Anne Clare Boothe was born in New York City, March 10, 1903. Her father was a violinist and businessman and her mother had been a dancer. She attended St. Mary's School in Garden City, N.Y., graduated from Miss Mason's School, "The Castle," in Tarrytown, N.Y. in 1919, and briefly attended Clare Tree Major's School of Theatre in New York City. As a young woman, she was very active in the Suffrage movement. In 1930 she became associate editor for Vanity Fair, resigning from that position in 1934 to pursue a career as a playwright. On November 23, 1935 she married Henry R. “Harry” Luce, co-founder, and editor in chief of Time, Inc. Her most successful play, The Women, opened on Broadway on December 26, 1936. In 1940 she wrote and published a book about her travels in Europe just as World War II was breaking out. The book was titled Europe in the Spring. By 1942 she was fully involved in wartime politics and ran for and was elected as a representative to Congress for Connecticut's Fourth District. She wrote the screenplay for a movie focusing on the lives of two nuns, come to the Stable, that received an Oscar nomination for best motion picture of the year (1949). She was instrumental in establishing the Atomic Energy Commission and was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy, becoming the first American woman to represent her country to a major world power. In 1981, President Reagan appointed Clare to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and in 1983 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She chose to establish a legacy that would benefit current and future generations of women with talent and ambition in areas where they continue to be severely underrepresented—science, mathematitics, and engineering. Ambassador Luce was posthumously inducted into the National Women’s Hall Of Fame on September 16, 2017. Story Source: @henrylucefoundation @cblwomen #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEt0AaJ-DC/?igshid=qmhhwt91o813

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Yasmin Belo-Osagie is the cofounder of She Leads Africa (SLA), a Nigeria-based social enterprise she built with Afua Osei in 2013. Today Yasmin has proven that there is no investment more profitable than female empowerment as she has gone on from leading in business to leading women empowerment in Africa. The Nigerian born 29 years old entrepreneur, studied in Princeton with degrees in History and Finance and has proven right the notion which says, educate a girl child and you educate a nation. Yasmin grew up realizing there weren’t enough women role models and so she decided to invest in women by becoming a role model and in so doing her investment has reaped multiple dividends in equipping female entrepreneurs in Africa with the knowledge, network, and financial support needed to build and raise strong business empires. She Leads Africa (SLA) is a digital media company for the modern, millennial African woman that provides the foundation to promote female entrepreneurs from SMEs to pan-African industry leaders. It provides support for ideas and gives opportunities to access professionals who can assist with mentoring and funding to escalate the process of rebranding start-ups into business empires. Asides being the co-founder of She Leads Africa, Yasmin has grown a community of 350,000 women across 47 countries, Collaborated with brands including Nestle, Bobbi Brown, Facebook, Dark & Lovely (L’Oreal), Intel, GTBank, Pandora and hosted the first all-female pan-Africa pitch contest. At just 29, Yasmin and her co-founder Afua Osei (26) were recently selected as 2 of Forbes’ 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa. She has featured in several reputable publications including Black Enterprise, Fox Small Businesses, Ventures Africa, etc. Yasmin is defying the stereotypical narratives of African women’s lack of inclusivity in business and leadership role by defying all odds to spotlight and highlight gender inclusivity by women in leadership positions while still maintaining a leading role in the kitchen, she is a trained sous chef who worked in the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. @sheleadsafrica #sherowednesday #sheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyxL4xpLeV/?igshid=6be30htoqgas