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Five Ghanaian women named to prestigious continental list
• Five Ghanaian women have been named to a prestigious continental list
• The list of “100 influential women in Africa” is an annual recognition of professional women
• Among the five Ghanaians are the former ambassador to the UN, Ama Akyaa Pobee
Five Ghanaian women were listed in the 2021 edition of the “100 influential women in Africa” ranking.
He is a seasoned diplomat, human resources expert, mother and child rights expert, fashion entrepreneur and IT expert.
The 2021 edition happens to be the third in a program that started in 2019 with the current edition bringing together African women having an impact on politics, business, technology, diplomacy, academia, showbiz, philatrophy and the media.
Overall, 28 African countries were represented in the list which is compiled by the African public relations and rating company, Avance Media.
Below are brief profiles of Ghana’s famous quintuplet
Ms. Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, seasoned Ghanaian diplomat
She is currently Assistant Secretary General for Africa in the Departments of Political Affairs and Peacebuilding and Operations (DPPA-DPO). A position she took in May of this year.
The career diplomat has more than three decades of experience in international affairs and diplomacy within the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at one point served as Ghana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Faustina Fynn-Nyame, expert in mother and child rights
Faustina is a former national director of Marie Stopes Kenya and a member of the board of directors of Marie Stopes International. She was born in Ghana before her family moved to the UK at the age of seven, where she was educated and raised.
Faustina attended Middlesex University (1995-1999) where she obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Nursing.
She is passionately committed to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity and has demonstrated this motivation through an impressive career focused on reproductive health.
Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, Head of IBM Africa
Angela is the executive director / regional manager of IBM in North, East and West Africa. She is the first woman and the first African to hold this position, and an inspiring thought leader in the tech space for the continent.
She leads the organization’s business and strategy, enabling customers to grow and transform, and has been a key player in driving IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI dynamics in 35 countries around the world. ‘Africa.
She has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the financial services and technology industry, balanced between global and local mandates. Before joining IBM, she worked for UBS Investment Bank and ABN AMRO in the UK.
Irene Asare, Global HR Expert
She is the Director of Global Human Resources, CarvinClay People Development. Irene was appointed in July of this year as BBC Human Resources Director, a role that gives her a seat on the BBC News Board.
She has years of experience in human resources management and has seen her offer her skills in multinational institutions globally including Vodafone, Tullow Oil and Standard Bank Group.
Roberta Annan, Founder, Africa Fashion Foundation
Born in Ghana in 1982, Roberta Annan graduated from SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College and received her Summa Cum Laude Diploma in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
She holds an MA in Biotechnology from Georgetown University and completed two modules of the Leadership Development Program at Harvard Business School. Roberta is a member of the Advisory Board of Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design.
In 2011, she founded Africa Fashion Foundation to support the growing fashion industry in Africa. She is the co-founder of IFFAC Investment Holdings, an investment vehicle aimed at supporting Africa’s creative and lifestyle industries.
Prominent Africans who have been listed
Sahle-Work Zewde – President, Ethiopia
Samia Suluhu Hassan – President, Tanzania
Graça Machel – Founder, Graca Machel Trust and wife of former President Nelson Mandela
Jeannette Kagame – First Lady, Rwanda
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President, EJS Center
Amina J. Mohammed – Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
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