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Nominations open for the 2024 AWIEF Awards!

AdminBy AdminJune 5, 2024Updated:June 5, 2024No Comments2 Mins Read
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Nominations are now open for the 2024 AWIEF Awards, created to recognise and celebrate the achievements of female entrepreneurs and business owners across various industry sectors in Africa. Nominees should have demonstrated outstanding vision, leadership, inspiration, and business success.

AWIEF (Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum) is an award-winning pan-African women economic empowerment organization that works to close the gender gaps by driving women’s business leadership and entrepreneurship in Africa.

Fatma Samoura (Secretary General, FIFA) – AWIEF Lifetime Leadership Award winner 2023
Salamba Diene (CEO, BIOSENE SARL, Senegal) – Young Entrepreneur Award winner 2023
Nonopa Tenza (Founder & MD, Kevinot Farming, South Africa) – Agri Entrepreneur Award 2023
Yasmina Belahsen (Founder, MayaDigital, Morocco) – Creative Industry Award winner 2023
Dalia Ibrahim (CEO, Nahdet Misr Publishing House, Egypt) – Lifetime Achievement Award
Ifeoma Malo (Co-founder & CEO, Clean Technology Hub, Nigeria) – Energy Entrepreneur Award
Mundih Noelar Njohjam (Medical Doctor, Epilepsy Awareness, Aid & Research Association, Cameroon) – Social Entrepreneur Award
Kidist Tesfaye (Founder and CEO, YeneHealth, Ethiopia) – Tech Entrepreneur Award
Zulfat Makarubega (Founder, University of Tourism, Technology & Business Studies, Rwanda) – Empowerment Award
2023 AWIEF Award winners

The awards cover eight categories: Young Entrepreneur, Tech Entrepreneur, Agri Entrepreneur, Creative Industry, Empowerment, Energy Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneur, and Lifetime Achievement.

Nominations close on August 05, 2024, and winners will be announced November 28-29 at a special ceremony and gala dinner during the AWIEF 2024 Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

To nominate (either yourself or a third party) for this prestigious award, click here

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