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Comedienne Emmanuella, Chimamanda Adichie Nominated For New African Women Awards

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8 years ago

April 12, 2017

Nigerians, Comedienne Emmanuella, Bella Naija’s Uche Eze, Author Chimamanda Adichie were nominated for this prestigious awards which takes place at Dakar’s Terrou-Bi Hotel on 13 April.

Organised by the pan-African bi-monthly, New African Woman magazine, the Awards – which celebrate and honour exceptional African women who have made a positive impact and contributions in their communities, and the continent at large, in the past 12 months – take place on the eve of the New African Woman Forum, which takes place at Dakar’s Terrou-Bi Hotel on 13 April .

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Below is the full list:
New African Woman in Business

Jennifer Riria (Kenya – CEO Kenya Women Holding

Madjiguene Sock (Senegal) – Global Operations Partner at Dalberg/ President of the Women’s Investment Club

Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch (Morocco) – CEO – Aksal Group

Tabitha Karanja (Kenya) – Founder and CEO – Keroche Breweries

Phuti Mahanyele (South Africa) – Executive Chairperson – Sigma Capital

Nathalie Beatrice Chinje (Cameroon) – Founder and Director of UPbeat Marketing

New African Woman in Politics/Public Office

Fadumo Dayib (Somalia) – First female presidential candidate

Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang (Gambia) – Minister of Women’s Affairs and Overseer Vice President’ s office

Nayé A. Bathily (Senegal) – Head of the Global Parliamentary Unit at the World Bank

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (South Africa) – Executive Director of UN Women

Monique Mukuna ( DRCongo) – Independent Presidential Candidate

Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria) – Deputy Secretary – General of UN

New African Woman in Education

Noella Coursaris Musunka, (DRCongo) –Founder of Malaika

Oley Dibba-Wadda (Gambia) –Executive Secretary of ADEA

Graça Machel (Mozambique) –Graca Machel Trust

Tsitsi Masiyiwa (Zimbabwe) – Highlife Foundation

Unoma Ndili Okorafor (Nigeria) –Founder – Working to Advance Science and Technology Education For African Women (WAAW)

Rapelang Rabana (South Africa) –Rekindle Learning

New African Woman in Health, Science & Innovation

Anne Wanjuhi Njoroge (Kenya) – Founder & CEO of The Web Tekies LTD and RootEd Africa

Dr Helena Ndume – (Namibia) –Philanthropist ophthalmologist – Laureate UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize

Prof Aminata Sall Diallo (Senegal) –CEO for the APEES

Jessica O.Mathews (Nigeria) –CO-Founder Uncharted play

Dr Ola Orekunrin (Nigeria) –Founder/MD Flying Doctors Nigeria

Dr Tebello Nyokong (South Africa) –Director of the Nanotechnology Innovation Centre

New African Woman in Finance

Viola Llewellyn (Cameroon) – President of Ovamba Solutions Inc.

Binta Touré Ndoye (Togo) – General Manager Oragroup SA

Eveline Tall (Senegal) – Former Deputy CEO – Ecobank Group

Bola Adesola (Nigeria) – MD/CEO Nigeria and West Africa – Standard Chartered Bank

Stella Kilonzo (Kenya) – Division Chief, Capital Markets Development – African Development Bank

Lamyaa Gadelhak, (Egypt) – Associate – Helmy, Hamza and Partners

New African Woman in Agriculture

Dr. Maria Andrade (Cape Verde) – 2016 World Food Prize Laureate

Rahab Karanja Kariuki (Kenya) – MD Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise Ltd (ACRE AFRICA)

Khary Diene (Senegal) – Founder/CEO Bioessence Laboratories

Rose Funja (Tanzania) – Co-founder of AgrInfo

Tumusiime Rhoda Peace (Uganda) – Former AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture

Kambou Lydie Rachel (Ivory Coast) – President – Bounkani Shea Produce Co-operative Society

New African Woman in Media

Amira Yahyaoui (Tunisia) – Blogger & Activist

Eloine Barry (Guinea) – CEO of African Media Agency

Gina Din Kariuki (Kenya) – Founder Gina Din Corporate Communications

Uche Eze Pedro (Nigeria) – Founder of BellaNaija

Zain Ejiofor Asher (Nigeria) – Anchor (CNN)

Rokhaya Diallo (Senegal) – Journalist/Activist

New African Woman in Sport

Caster Semenya (South Africa) – Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist

Fatma Samoura (Senegal) – First female FIFA Secretary General

Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone) – President of the Sierra Leone Football Association

Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) – Marathon icon – Ambassador: The Refugee Olympic Team

Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) – Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist

Diknesh Tamiru (Ethiopia) – Tennis Player

New African Woman in Arts and Culture

Esther Mahlangu (South Africa) – Legendary Ndebele Artist

Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya) – Actress

Olfa Terras Rambourg (Tunisia) – President – Rambourg Foundation

Sophie Zinga (Senegal) – Fashion Designer

Joan Okorodudu – (Nigeria) – Founder of ISIS Models/Nigeria’s Next Super Model

Aissa Dione (Senegal) – Painter and textile designer

New African Woman in Civil Society

Chief Theresa Kachindamoto (Malawi) – Child Marriage Activist

Francine Muyumba (DRCongo) – Activist Youth Leader

Hadiza Bala Usman (Nigeria) – MD Nigerian Ports Authority/Co-founder #BringBackOurGirls

Salimata Lam (Mauritania) – Anti modern slavery activist – SOS Esclaves

Theo Sowa (Ghana) – CEO African Women’s Development Fund

Zainab Hawa Bangura (Sierra Leone)

UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
New African Woman on the Rise (The Next Generation)

Botlhale Boikanyo (South Africa) – Spoken word child artist/actress

Emmanuella Samuel (Nigeria) – Young Comedienne

Rebeca Gyumi (Tanzania) – Anti child-marriage campaigner – Founder – Msichana Initiative

Jaha Dukureh (Gambia) – Anti FGM Activist & CEO Safe Hands for Girls

Vivian Onano (Kenya) Youth Activist/ Member -UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group

Sonia Mezzour (Morocco) – SG, Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency

Warsan Shire (Somalia) – Poet

Ndeye Fatou Njie (Gambia) – CEO TiGA Swimwear

New African Woman of the Year

Amina J Mohammed (Nigeria) – Deputy Secretary General – United Nations

Fadumo Dayib (Somalia) – First female presidential candidate

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (Nigeria) – Author/Women’s Rights advocate

Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang (Gambia) – Minister of Women’s Affairs and Overseer Vice President’s office

Thuli Madonsela (South Africa) – Former Public Protector

Madjiguene Sock (Senegal) – President of the Women’s Investment Club/ Global Operations Partner – Dalberg

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Denzel Washington Opens Up About 15-Year Battle With Alcohol

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Hollywood icon Denzel Washington recently disclosed his past struggles with alcohol during an interview with Esquire.

The two-time Academy Award winner candidly shared a fifteen-year pattern of wine consumption. What began as a casual habit gradually escalated into a regular occurrence.

He began, “Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden,” he elaborated, recalling how a wine cellar he constructed in 1999 within his home became a place for self-indulgence.

The actor added,

“And part of it was we built this big house in 1999 with a ten-thousand-bottle wine cellar, and I learned to drink the best. So I’m gonna drink my ’61s and my ’82s and whatever we had. Wine was my thing, and now I was popping $4,000 bottles just because that’s what was left. And then later in those years I’d call Gil Turner’s Fine Wines & Spirits on Sunset Boulevard and say, Send me two bottles, the best of this or that.”

Washington also delved into his past, acknowledging his youthful experimentation with drugs. However, he emphasized that he never developed an addiction to substances such as heroin or cocaine.

He continued,

“I’m sure at first it was easy because I was younger. Two months off and let’s go. But drinking was a fifteen-year pattern. And truth be told, it didn’t start in ’99. It started earlier.”

A decade ago, as Washington neared his 60th birthday, a turning point arrived. He made the resolute decision to abstain from alcohol completely.

“I’ve done a lot of damage to the body. We’ll see. I’ve been clean. Be ten years this December. I stopped at sixty and I haven’t had a thimble’s worth since. Things are opening up for me now—like being seventy. It’s real. And it’s okay. This is the last chapter—if I get another thirty, what do I want to do? My mother made it to ninety-seven,” said Washington.

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It Hurts – Don Jazzy On Not Having A Partner

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Renowned music executive and record label boss, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy, recently expressed disappointment over his current relationship status.

On Monday, he took to Instagram to share his desire to participate in the popular “suspect challenge.” This social media trend involves couples playfully teasing each other. However, the 41-year-old entrepreneur lamented that he couldn’t join in the fun due to his single status.

“Suspect wants to do suspect challenge but no suspect partner,” he wrote. In the accompanying caption, the music executive lamented that “it hurts.”

This isn’t the first time Don Jazzy has publicly discussed his relationship status. In 2021, he revealed that he married Michelle Jackson, a UK-based writer and model, at the age of 20. Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce after two years.

“I fucked it up cos I was giving all my time to my music. Music became a priority instead of my family. We got divorced when I was 22 and it hurt,” he said.

Earlier this year, Don Jazzy explained that he has not remarried as he is currently focused on personal growth and self-development.

“I dey work on myself so that when my head correct, my babe go enjoy me,” he wrote in pidgin English.

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Nigerian singer Johnny Drille and his wife Rima celebrated their daughter Amaris’ first birthday on November 18, 2024. Johnny Drille shared heartwarming photos from Amaris’ first birthday photoshoot to commemorate this special occasion.

In the pictures, the adorable baby girl stole the show with her radiant cuteness. The happy family of three posed together, creating lasting memories. Fans and followers were overjoyed to see the little bundle of joy and showered her with love and blessings.

In his caption, he wrote,

“One year ago, you made us parents, and our hearts have never been fuller. Watching you grow, smile, mean-mug, and light up our world has been the greatest gift we could ever wish for. Happy 1st birthday to our sweet little girl Amaris. You’ve turned our world into such beauty. Here’s to a lifetime of love, laughter, and adventures with you ❤️”

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Fans flooded the comment section to celebrate Amaris’ birthday.

They showered her with compliments, prayers, and well-wishes.

A comment read, “She’s so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ happy birthday, most beautiful,” and another person commented, “Happy Birthday, Beautiful Amaris Esohe Ighodalo, May the beauty of God keep surrounding you ❤️God bless Mummy and Daddy.”

Another person comically wrote, “Chei my fallopian tube is shouting o 😢😢😢😢😢😢 too cute. Wait dear e remain small! Happy birthday, Sunshine.”

In 2023, Johnny Drille shared a heartwarming video on social media. He announced the birth of his daughter three days after Christmas.

The video showcased intimate family moments from the month prior. Also, it captured the joy and love surrounding the newborn’s arrival.

Drille wrote in his caption,

“AMARIS ESOHE IGHODARO | 11.17.23. Six weeks ago today, we held in our arms our daughter for the first time. It’s hard to explain but it’s the most miraculous thing i’ve ever known… Dear @rimouuune i’m in awe of your strength, I’ve seen you go through real pain the last few months, but you stayed strong for our baby, and for me. Been watching you take on motherhood with so much grace. Something more exciting about raising this child with you.”

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In 2022, Rima and the singer secretly got married. They kept their marriage private until a year later, when they publicly announced their anniversary.

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