Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mrs. Stella Okoli, is to be honoured at the inaugural Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards on October 5, at the third AWIEF Conference and Exhibition at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town.
Others to be honoured include Abisola Ijalana, M12 Photography, Temie Giwa–Tubosun, LifeBank, Deola Sagoe, House of Deola, Oke Maduewesi, Zaron International, Mary Olushoga, African Women Power (AWP) Network and Ndidi Nwuneli, LEAP Africa.
Others are Barbara Mallinson, Obami (South Africa), Tracey Chambers, The Clothing Bank (South Africa), Karine Sar, Deline’s Gift (Senegal), Sabetha Mwambenja, Covenant Bank for Women (Tanzania), Swaady Martin, YSWARA (South Africa) and Aisha Pandor, SweepSouth.com (South Africa).
Others include Annette Muller, FLEXY (South Africa), Hyasintha Ntuyeko, Kasole Secrets (Tanzania), Refilwe Sebothoma, PBM Creations (South Africa), Mame Khary Diene, Bioessence Laboratories (Senegal); Sonia Paiva, Woman Farmer Foundation (Swaziland), Jacqueline Mkindi, Tanzania Horticultural Association (Tanzania),Thandi Ndlovu, Motheo Construction Group (South Africa) and Marah Hativagone, Codchem (PVT) (Zimbabwe)
Norway’s Ambassador to South Africa, Botswana, Madagascar and Namibia, Trine Skymoen, is expected to be the keynote speaker at the gala event.