Early this month Avance Media annouced their list of the top 100 Most Influential African Women.
Avance Media is one of Africa’s leading rating, media and public relations agency focused on creating varied contents for the African Market.
The list features 100 women from 35 countries who occupy eminent leadership positions such as President, Prime Minister, Secretary-General, First Lady, Governor, Minister, CEO and Commissioners. Notable among them are Ethiopia’s President H.E. Sahle-Work Zewde, Liberia’s Vice President H.E. Jewel Taylor, Namibia’s Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General H.E. Amina J. Mohammed and former presidents, H.E. Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and H.E. Catherine Samba-Panza.
The Avance Media list also includes our very own Ethiopian women leaders and entrepreneurs which include;
ENTREPRENEURSHIP - 11. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Founder of soleRebels
LEGAL - 66. Meaza Ashenafi, President, Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia
GOVERNANCE - 89. Sahle-Work Zewde (H.E), Ethiopian President
Below is the list of Avance Media’s 2019 100 Most Influential African Women arranged in alphabetical order.