The new African Woman magazine will hold the second edition of the New African Woman Awards and Forum in Dakar Senegal on the 12th and 13th of April, this year.
Being a pan-African bi-monthly magazine, the new African Woman team use the awards to celebrate and honor exceptional African women who have made a positive impact and contributions in their communities, and the continent at large, in the past one year.
Nigeria and Kenya had the most nominees for the awards with 12 and 10 nominations respectively. South Africa, Somalia, and Gambia followed with 8, 4 and 3 nominations respectively.
Twelve categories saw 68 African women being lauded for their various achievements. A special panel will scrutinize the current list and determine the winners of each category who will then be announced on 12th of April 2017 at a gala dinner taking place in Dakar Senegal.
Included in the nominee list this year are; Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the new United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya and SA’s former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. Nigerian female Comedienne, Emmanuella Samuel, appears as the youngest nominee all round.
Check out the complete nominee list for the New African Woman Awards;
New African Woman in Business
Jennifer Riria – Kenya
Madjiguene Sock – Senegal
Dr Nathalie Beatrice Chinje – Cameroon
Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch – Morocco
Tabitha Karanja – Kenya
Phuti Mahanyele – South Africa
New African Woman in Politics
Fadumo Q. Dayib – Somalia
Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang – Gambia
Nayé Anna Bathily – Senegal
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – South Africa
Monique Mukuna – DR Congo
Amina J. Mohammed – Nigeria
New African Woman in Education
Noëlla Coursaris Musunka – DR Congo
Oley Dibba-Wadda – Côte d’Ivoire
Graça Machel – Mozambique
Tsitsi Masiyiwa – Zimbabwe
Unoma Ndili Okorafor – Nigeria
Rapelang Rabana – South Africa
New African Woman in Science
Anne Wanjohi – Kenya
Prof Aminata Sall Diallo – Senegal
Dr. Helena Ndume – Namibia
Jessica O. Mathews – Nigeria
Dr. Ola Orekunrin – Nigeria
Dr. Tebello Nyokong – South Africa
New African Woman in Finance
Binta Touré Ndoye – Togo
Bola Adesola – Nigeria
Lamyaa Gadelhak – Egypt
Stella Kilonzo – Kenya
Viola Llewellyn – Cameroon
Evelyne Tall-Daouda – Senegal
New African Woman in Agriculture
Mame Khary Diene – Senegal
Maria Andrade – Mozambique
Kambou Lydie Rachel – Côte d’Ivoire
Rahab Kariuki – Kenya
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace – Uganda
New African Woman in Media
Amira Yahyaoui – Tunisia
Eloïne Barry – Guinea
Gina Din-Kariuki – Kenya
Uche Pedro – Nigeria
Zain Ejiofor Asher – Nigeria
Rokhaya Diallo – Senegal
New African Woman in Sport
Caster Semenya – South Africa
Diknesh Tamiru – Ethiopia
Fatma Samoura – Senegal
Isha Tejan-Cole Johansen – Sierra Leone
Tegla Loroupe -Kenya
Vivian Cheruiyot – Kenya
New African Woman in Arts & Culture
Aïssa Dione – Senegal
Esther Mahlangu – South Africa
Lupita Nyong’o – Kenya
Olfa Terras Rambourg – Tunisia
Sophie Zinga – Senegal
Joan Okorodudu – Nigeria
New African Woman in Civil Society
Chief Theresa Kachindamoto – Malawi
Francine Furaha Muyumba – DR Congo
Hadiza Bala Usman – Nigeria
Salimata Lam – Mauritania
Theo Sowa – Ghana
Zainab Hawa Bangura – Sierra Leone
New African Woman on the Rise
Botlhale Boikanyo – South Africa
Emmanuella Samuel – Nigeria
Rebeca Gyumi – Tanzania
Ndeye Fatou Njie – Gambia
Vivian Onano – Kenya
Sonia Mezzour – Morocco
Warsan Shire – Somalia
Jaha Dukureh – The Gambia
New African Woman of the Year
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie – Nigeria
Fadumo Dayib – Somalia
Fatoumatta Jallow- Tambajang – Gambia
Madjiguene Sock – Senegal
Thuli Madonsela – South Africa
Amina J. Mohammed – Nigeria
