Executive Director of PABWA, Yavi Madurai explores the concept of 'a women or feminist economy' with UN Women SAMCO Representative, Ms. Anne Githuku-Shongwe
"If there's something I want every African woman to know: You are ENOUGH" ~ Anne Githuku-Shongwe
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Note from Yavi
Anne Githuku-Shongwe defines the by-line of this podcast series, she is everything:
AfRICAN Excellence.
AfRICAN Leadership.
AfRICAN Inspiration.
AfRICA is abundant in born leaders, talented individuals, & inspirational human beings. Anne is one such person.
The dynamic Ms. Githuku-Shongwe is not only the UN Women Representative at SAMCO, but she is also the multi-award winning founder of Afroes, an edu-tech platform that has garnered awards, accolades, and clients all over the world.
In her UN Women role, she is responsible for women's empowerment and gender equality in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia as well as South Africa, where the office is based. Anne also brings to her role 20 years of experience as a senior international development professional including with the United Nations Development Programme across Africa and managing US Scholarships for African Graduate Scholars.
A social entrepreneur, she is also a thought leader on Digital & Gamification Learning and the Future of Learning.
Anne and Afroes received multiple awards including the prestigious Schwab Foundation/World Economic Forum Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Award and a National Award – the Order of the Grand Warrior from the President of Kenya. Other awards include the PeaceAPP award of the UN, MEFFYs Award, London UK and Netexplo Award, Paris to name a few.
Anne is a Board Member and Grand Juror of the World Summit Awards for the UN Information Society, a Board Member of CHESTRAD International and I WILL GIVE – a new innovative domestic financing vehicle for African development.
She has a Masters’ degree in International Development from The American University; a certificate in Social Innovation from the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business, a certificate in The Art of Large Scale Systems Change for Social Entrepreneurship from Harvard University and a Management Certificate from Jones International University.
Thank you Anne for all you have done in encouraging, supporting, and affirming PABWA, in our short 6 months of existence - we intend to make you proud and carry the light you have given us with fortitude, in the struggle for 'economic gender parity in our lifetime'.
