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Bulawayo up for top award
05 Mar 2016 at 20:02hrs | Views
FOUR Zimbabwean Women have been nominated for the inaugural New African Woman Forum and Awards to be held in London on the 10th of March.
Sipho S Moyo, Ellah Wakatama-Allfrey, Elizabeth Nyamayaro and NoViolet Bulawayo have been nominated in the Finance and Banking, Arts and Culture, Civil Society and Rising Star categories of the prestigious awards to be held under the theme "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality".
Dr. Sipho Moyo is the Director of the Cabinet and Chief of Staff in the Office of the President (African Development Bank). She holds a Masters in Development Economics (1989) and a PhD in Financial Economics (1994), both from Howard University, Washington DC, USA. She has over 22 years of experience in international development.
Ellah Wakatama-Allfrey is an accomplished Zimbabwe-born editor and literary critic. She is a former Deputy Editor of Granta and former Senior Editor at Jonathan Cape, Random House.
Elizabeth Nyamayaro is Senior Advisor to Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She has been at the forefront of Africa's development agenda for more than a decade, helping to improve the lives of under-served populations.
NoViolet Bulawayo is a Zimbabwean author and a former Stanford University fellow. She one of the only two Zimbabweans to have won the prestigious Caine Prize of Literature and her novel We Need New Names was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
The four, who have been shortlisted for the awards after being voted by New African Woman magazine's readers, will be part of over 60 remarkable women to be honoured for making significant contributions in their respective fields.
Announcing the nominees Thursday, the chairperson the NAWF adjudication panel Leila Ben Hassen, they are happy to introduce the awards which recognise African women.
Sipho S Moyo, Ellah Wakatama-Allfrey, Elizabeth Nyamayaro and NoViolet Bulawayo have been nominated in the Finance and Banking, Arts and Culture, Civil Society and Rising Star categories of the prestigious awards to be held under the theme "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality".
Dr. Sipho Moyo is the Director of the Cabinet and Chief of Staff in the Office of the President (African Development Bank). She holds a Masters in Development Economics (1989) and a PhD in Financial Economics (1994), both from Howard University, Washington DC, USA. She has over 22 years of experience in international development.
Ellah Wakatama-Allfrey is an accomplished Zimbabwe-born editor and literary critic. She is a former Deputy Editor of Granta and former Senior Editor at Jonathan Cape, Random House.
NoViolet Bulawayo is a Zimbabwean author and a former Stanford University fellow. She one of the only two Zimbabweans to have won the prestigious Caine Prize of Literature and her novel We Need New Names was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
The four, who have been shortlisted for the awards after being voted by New African Woman magazine's readers, will be part of over 60 remarkable women to be honoured for making significant contributions in their respective fields.
Announcing the nominees Thursday, the chairperson the NAWF adjudication panel Leila Ben Hassen, they are happy to introduce the awards which recognise African women.
Source - new africa
