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FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit

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Sheikha Hend Faisal Al-Qassemi

Emirati Business Woman, Author and Artist

Patricia Scotland

Commonwealth Secretary General

Ngozi - Okonjo Iweala

Former Nigerian Finance Minister & First Female African Director General of the WTO

Dr Quarraisha Abdool Karim

South African Epidemiologist & Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA

Bisila Bokoko

Spanish-African-American Business Woman

Deputy Minister Emma Theofelus

Lawyer and Namibian Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology

Saray Khumalo

South African Explorer and Africa’s first black woman to summit Mount Everest

Siddharth Chatterjee

United Nations’ Representative in China

Shirley Machaba

CEO, PWC Southern Africa

Zozibini Tunzi

Miss Universe 2019

Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan Climate Activist

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

British Actor and UNHCR High Profile Supporter

Folorunsho Alakija

Entrepreneur & Vice Chair of Famfa Oil, Nigeria

Salima Visram

Founder, Samara and Soular Backpack (Tanzania)

Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng

Vice Chancellor, UCT

Renuka Methil

Managing Editor of FORBES WOMAN AFRICA

Gita Gopinath

Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department, IMF

Dr Oby Ezekwesili

Senior Economic Adviser, Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI)

Ruwayda Redfearn

Deloitte Africa Board Chair

Zola Budd Pieterse

Olympic Athlete and Barefoot Runner

Piwo Nyanda

SA Women’s Rugby Player

Casey Moodley

Registered Nurse, working in a Covid unit

Olga Arara-Kimani

Global Head for International Communications, Standard Chartered

Naleli Rugege

Fashion Designer, Performing Poet and Stylist (based in Kigali)

Natasha Muhoza

Rwandan Poet/Storyteller and Lawyer

Dr Anne Biccard

South African Emergency Doctor & Author

Tanya van Lill

CEO of Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA)

Lianne Williams

Head of Marketing: Vuma

Shama Kheraj

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UpStudio Africa

Abi Mustapha-Maduakor

Chief Executive Officer, African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Fara Ashiru Jituboh

Co-founder & CEO/CTO, Okra Nigeria

Adri Führi

Group Chief Financial Officer, e4Adri Führi, Group Chief Financial Officer, e4

Ngover Ihyembe-Nwankwo

Head, Coverage, RMB Nigeria

Advocate Jackie Nagtegaal

CEO of Lipco Law for All

Oti Mabuse

Dancer, South Africa

Ilwad Elman

Somali-Canadian Activist & Director, Elman Peace Centre, Mogadishu, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

Angeli Arora

Head of Private Equity & Investment Funds, Dentons South Africa

Keneilwe Gwabeni

Chief Information Officer: Telkom Business and Yep

Madjiguene Sock

Partner at Dalberg Advisors & Director of Dalberg West Africa, Dakar, Senegal

Cornelia Kruah-Togba

Women’s Rights Activist (Liberia)

Ofentse Pitse

Orchestra Conductor, South Africa

Alek Wek

British-Sudanese Model

Raisibe Morathi

Chief Financial Officer, Vodacom Group Limited

Langa Madonko

Co- Founder of Summit Africa a Niche Alternative Investment Manager

Jackie Chimhanzi

CEO, African Leadership Institute

Nokuthula Mkhize

Registered Nurse / Surveillance Officer

Yvonne Ike

Managing Director, Head of Sub Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA), Bank of America

Dr Ameenah Gurib - Fakim

Former President of Mauritius

Ebehijie Momoh

Senior Vice President and General Manager, West Africa, Mastercard

Shudufhadzo Musida

Miss South Africa 2020

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