Justina Mutale Named In Europe’s Top 20 Inspirational African Diaspora Women Professionals

London: Justina Mutale, African Woman of the Year 2012 who is also 2014 Africa Goodwill Ambassador, has been named in the 2014 International Women's Day Top 20 Inspirational African Diaspora Professional Women in Europe (ADIPWE List 2014) released on 28th March 2014.

The ADIPWE List was founded in the year 2011 to mark the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day. Each year in March, the African Diaspora Professional Women in Europe (ADIPWE) compiles a list of inspirational women of African origin living in Europe and elsewhere in the Diaspora.

The ADIPWE Top 20 List celebrates the success of African Women in Europe and also gives visibility to African Women who have achieved phenomenal success, but are still unknown.

The List aims to inspire a new generation of African Women and to share ideas to fulfill their potential to contribute to the rebranding of Africa and the development of the continent, by identifying opportunities to transfer the vast amount of knowledge gained in Europe and the rest of the Diaspora.

The ADIPWE List is a result of votes cast from the African Diaspora community on whom they find to be inspirational. The reasons the listed women are found to be inspirational are included in their profiles.

Justina Mutale is an international speaker, philanthropist, humanitarian, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights activist. She is the Founder & CEO of POSITIVE RUNWAY, an international social development organization registered on the United Nations Department for Social and Economic Affairs (UNDESA) Civil Society Database and runs a worldwide HIV/AIDS response campaign spanning six continents.

Others named on the 2014 ADIPWE List include Lupita Nyong'o, (Kenya),
 Actress, Film and Music Video Director; Dambisa Moyo (Zambia), Economist and Author; Femi Oke (Nigeria),
Television Presenter and Journalist; Swaady Martin-Leke (Cote-d'Ivoire),
Founder & CEO YSWARA; Bella Ikpasaja (Nigeria),
 Founding Editor Zeitgeist Africa; Jesssica Shelver (South Africa), Campaigner; Magatte Wade (Senegal)
 Serial-entrepreneur; Grace Amey-Obeng (Ghana),
 CEO FC Group of Companies; Amina Gerba (Cameroun),
 President and Founder of Kariliss; Hannah Acquah (Ghana), Economist, Social Entrepreneur; Hawa Dème (Mali), Chief Compliance & Internal Control Officer; Sophie Ekoue (Togo),
 Journalist and Author; Amina Odidi (Nigeria),
 Co-Chief Scientific Officer & Director, IntelliPharmaCeutics; Agnes Giteau (Kenya),
 Trade Consultant – East Africa; Mina Salami (Nigeria),
 Award-Winning Blogger, Writer and Commentator; Ada Maduakoh (Nigeria),
 Director/Managing Partner, Sandown Corporate Ltd; Pauline Long (Kenya),
 Founder and Producer, BEFFTA Awards; Sophia Bekele (Ethiopia), Tech entrepreneur; and Wendy Luhabe (South Africa), Businesswoman & Author.

For Profiles and more information see video at: http://africanbrains.net/2014/04/03/adipwe-2014-top-20-inspirational-women/#sthash.7nxyWx9K.dpuf

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