Women’s High Tea – Female Empowernment at its Finest
- Juanita CEESAY
- Oct 2, 2012
- 2 min read
Bravo to the Expatriate Magazine, SA – one of the trendiest and most innovative magazines occupying the South African media space. With the core of the magazine being to celebrate and tell the stories of African Professionals beyond borders, it is an added bonus that they also happen to throw some of the best networking/motivational events in Johannesburg.
A couple of weeks ago, The Magazine organized a Women’s High Tea event, with the aim of bringing professional Africa women together to share experiences and learn from each other. Not very often do African women have the medium of expressing in a heart to heart way their experiences, challenges, opportunities and triumphs of being African, a woman, and a professional simultaneously. So the Women’s High Tea was a much appreciated event which provided an eye-opening and refreshing perspective on the lives of professional African women doing their thing on the Continent.
Venue of the African Women’s High Tea
Expatriate Magazine, SA – the event organizers
My Favorite Speakers The panel of highly acclaimed personalities at the Women’s High Tea event all shared exceptional stories about their lives, their careers and how/what it took to get to the pinnacle of success in their respective careers. Awe inspiring and enlightening was each one of them, however, the most memorable for me where:
Mercy Mureithi of Pure Romance: Not very often do you come across an African woman who’s in the “sex talk” business. By nature, most African societies are extremely conservative when it comes to discussions around anything sexual. Hence my utmost admiration for Kenyan -born, Mercy Mureithi, owner of the sex education and therapy company: Pure Romance. The company specializes in providing educational knowledge to women regarding issues of sexual reproduction, education, therapy, and to top it off – they also provide bachelorette/girl’s time services. I was very impressed by the information she shared about being an African woman in this sort of industry. She is definitely a pioneer in her field.
Maureen Nkandu Communications Head – NEPAD: You can say you heard it here first! Zambian-born, Maureen Nkandu made it known to the audience that after her current stint as the Head of Communications for NEPAD, her next goal was to run for the position of “President of Zambia”. You have got to admire such tenacity and fearlessness exhibited from her, wishing her all the best in her endeavours, and will surely be rooting for her to become the third (3rd) female President on the African Continent.
Gladys Bogoshi CEO of Helen Joseph Hospital: Born to a single mother who never attended school, Gladys Bogoshi shared with us her journey from her humble beginnings as a township girl in South Africa, to today become one of the few female CEOs of one of the largest hospitals in her country. Her story inspired me the most, and reminded me of the similar “from nothing to something” story of that of my parents. Cheers!! To all those who believe in the value of hard work, perseverance, and never say fail. African Women ROCK!!!
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