The importance of women empowerment can not be overemphasized, especially at a time such as this when more and more women are seeking to break barriers in their chosen field and are actively causing desirable changes within the African socio-economic clime. At a time like this, it’s quite important for women to be given the tools needed to continually break grounds without avoidable limitations. Our Woman Crush Wednesday, Afua Osei, ensures women translate their creative ideas into thriving businesses through a platform, She Leads Africa, which she co-owns with Yasmin Belo-Osagie.
According to the website, She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams. With engaging online content and pan-African events, our vision is to become the number one destination for smart and ambitious young women.
The enterprise which started in 2014 is dedicated to supporting high growth female-led startups on the continent.
She’s been named by Forbes Africa, together with Yasmin, as some of the youngest power women in Africa (2014). In 2016, Ventures Africa named her in its top 25 African innovators to watch list and she’s been named as one of the 30 Quartz Africa innovators in 2017.
Today, we celebrate and commend her work towards the empowerment of women.