AWIEF Awards 2022 finalists announcedThe Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the finalists for its 2022 AWIEF Awards. Source: Unsplash An independent panel of judges that included two past AWIEF Lifetime Achievement Award winners, selected the 24 finalists across eight categories. These outstanding women entrepreneurs and business leaders represent companies from a diverse range of sectors and operating in 12 different African countries: Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Young Entrepreneur Award- Gisèla Van Houcke - founder and CEO, Zuri Luxury Hair and Beauty, DR Congo Tech Entrepreneur Award- Faith Mokgalaka – founder and CEO, Puno Greenery, South Africa Agri Entrepreneur Award- Esther Kimani - founder, Farmer Lifeline Technologies, Kenya Energy Entrepreneur Award- Diana Mbogo - managing director, Millennium Engineers Enterprises Limited, Tanzania Creative Industry Award- Abai Schulze – founder and Creative Director, ZAAF Collection, Ethiopia Social Entrepreneur Award- Barbara Afia Class-Peter - founder, Honour-Barbara Centre for Speech, Ghana Empowerment Award- Martha Alade - founder, Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), Nigeria Lifetime Achievement Award- Dalia Ibrahim - CEO, Nahdet Misr Publishing House, Egypt The winners will be announced and celebrated at a special awards ceremony and gala dinner, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the AWIEF2022 conference taking place on 26 and 27 September 2022, on-site in Cairo, Egypt and virtually. |