African Businesswoman

EENI- School of International Business

Subject - The African Women: The fundamental pillar of the African Economy. Syllabus:

The subject “The African Businesswoman” consists of four themes:

1- The African Centre for Gender.

1. Introduction to the African Centre for Gender (ACG) of the Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
2. The African Women’s Rights Observatory
3. The African Women’s Report
4. The African Gender and Development Index (AGDI)
5. Case Study: H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - Chairperson of the African Union Commission

2- Women’s rights in Africa.

1. Introduction to the Women’s rights in Africa
2. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
3. The Southern African Development Community on Gender and Development
4. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development
5. The Solemn Declaration of the African Heads of States on Gender Equality

3- Top African Businesswoman.

1. Isabel dos Santos (Angola): The richest African woman
2. Folorunsho Alakija (Nigeria)
3. Cheryl Carolus (South Africa)
4. Hajia Bola Shagaya (Nigeria)
5. Divine Ndhlukula (Zimbabwe)
6. Mimi Alemayehou (Ethiopia/US)
7. Tara Fela-Durotoye (Nigeria)
8. Minoush Abdel-Meguid (Egypt)
9. Adenike Ogunlesi (Nigeria)
10. Bridgette Radebe (South Africa)
11. Sibongile Sambo (South Africa)
12. Wendy Appelbaum (South Africa)
13. Iman (Somalia)
14. Dr Amina Odidi (Nigeria - Canada)
15. Rapelang Rabana (South Africa)
16. Monica Katebe Musonda (Zambia)
17. Amini Kajunju (the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
18. Folake Folarin-Coker (Nigeria)
19. Irene Charnley (South Africa)
20. Another influential businesswoman

4- The African Women awarded the Nobel Prize, Head of State or Presidents.

1. Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
2. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (President of Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize)
3. Leymah Gbowee (Liberia)
4. Her Excellency, Dr Joyce Banda (Former President of Malawi)
5. Catherine Samba-Panza (Interim President of the Central African Republic)

Sample of the subject - The African Businesswoman (economic area of the African Civilisation):

Description of the Subject: The African Businesswoman.

The African Women's (519 million) are the fundamental pillar of the economic development of Africa. According to the OECD, the African Women represent 70% of the agriculture labour in Africa and generate 90% of the African food.

The main objective of the ACG (the African centre for Gender) - Economic Commission for Africa - is to boost the empowerment of the African Women and to reduce gender inequality.

The African Gender and Development Index elaborated by the Economic Commission for Africa consists of:

1. The Gender Status Index (quantitative)
2. AWPS - African Women's Progress Scoreboard (qualitative)

The countries analysed in the African Gender and Development Index are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda.

❮ Samples - African Women ❯

Related information:

1. The African Business People
2. African population