afriCAN female leadership!
My German uncle often says things that are really not that friendly when it comes to women…particularly German women. He seems to have a bone to pick.?
Well for starters his name is Horst and he is? married to a woman from Guinea. Needless to say that she is fire, 20 years younger and in contrast to his German ex wife, ,my aunt Hannelore, seems to not only look presentable at all hours of the day, but will serve up a dish for 20 people 24/7 , at any random time you come to their house, ready to dish up, the house is always immaculate, the kids are always presentable and well behaved, she has a shop in Conakry that sells housing equipment, she also looks after my great aunt who had a stroke, puts family first,? and she is in constant communication with her entire? family? and my uncle has never been happier.
But before you start thinking the unspoken...
A suppressed, poor African woman who serves her husband…Like most African women she wears the pants in the relationship without wanting to say that my macho uncle is scared but I really think he has a lot of respect for her and yes she does “serve” my uncle but she does it out of cultural pride. She takes great pride looking after him and her family including the extended family.
Oh, and before you think …african golddigger…Nope, she is just finishing her PHD…with her 4 kids under her? belt, 2 are under 3 years.
afriCAN female leadership facts!
Africa that is 6 female Defence minister, 1 female president! Research by McKinsey shows that Africa has more women in executive committee, CEO and board roles than the global average.?
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In recent years, African women and girls have emerged as leaders on the local, national, and global levels across a variety of arenas—in politics, business, home, academia, science, medicine and more….
Throughout Africa’s history, women have been problem-solvers and pivotal players in the transformation of the continent.
While thinking about these facts I glance over at my German white aunties, who mostly are (desperate) and depressed housewives, my female cousins mostly work as Part time and some of them like looking down on african women, not consider them and are secretly happy about the women in Iran. This confirms to them that Islam is the evil and they can fall back into the #whitesaviour complex. They earn way less then my uncles or cousins in the same position just to mention the terrible German gender pay gap…
I glance at these white women in my family and think about how they complain about the dishes…they conveniently have to put into the dishwasher, in their ultra modern and all equipped kitchen, in their mostly inherited houses they never had to work for,? complain about how they struggle to get jobs, how they can not cope with childcare, how they can not set up their own companies, how hard they find it being the only one in a room full of men, how they feel unwelcome in the board rooms, how they seem to never have a solution and show so little pragmatism and little resilience.
Which makes me think about African women…about my cousins, my aunts, my mothers, my grandmothers, who on average have at least 4-6 children, seamlessly never sleep, have a solution for everything. Some of them work, some don’t but are entrepreneurs. Some have very fancy jobs and others work on the fields, some of my African family members have extremely comfortable lives and others have incredible challenges and wash their dishes in the open with water that comes from a fountain...?
Needless to say that I have never seen any of my African aunties cry…But I have seen all of my white German aunties cry…sometimes for strange, small things in comparison…According to the World Bank, Africa is the only region in the world with more female than male entrepreneur Sub-Saharan Africa boasts the world’s highest rate of women entrepreneurs, at 27%. The MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2017 listed two African countries, Uganda (34.8%) and Botswana (34.6%), as having the highest percentage of women entrepreneurs globally.
I really wonder why we do not talk more about afriCAN women, their strength, their talent, their resilience, their uncompromising pride in their culture, their tireless efforts of keeping their communities together, because we can learn so much from them.?
Its black history month and it’s time to speak and hail these queens!
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2 年Spot on and well done. You do justice to the topics you write on with refreshing perspectives and great insights.
Founder, Director at Radian Finserv Private Limited
2 年It’s a very meaningful trend and this will propel growth education success and prosperity across the globe . We should enable this trend to gain an accelerated momentum .
Chief Financial Officer at DHL Global Forwarding
2 年This is a powerful message Mirabell Mayack,thanks for sharing. I do agree African women have learnt to embrace their strengths and are transforming the continent positively…we need to coach and empower our youth, so we can have more of them grow into strong, transformational female leaders. I tag my strong African women Silvia Ferreira ,Neide Tsenane ,Marlena Chambule Sarah Dwamena ,Belinda Ama Nnuro, MBA to name a few.
The African diaspora in Germany is leapfrogging. This is the most succesful ethnic minority in Germany. With 4 Million Turkish making it the largest diaspora of foreigners in Germany , your panel does not represent the current civil society, it excludes the many brilliant women of these diasporas. The foreign migration entrepreneurship in Germany is the most successful, African women are the most successful in the world. FidAR Frauen in die Aufsichtsr?te e.V. Your logic is an absolute mystery. #africa
In 2022 Germany looks great and diverse. Wvery 4th person in Germany has roots outside of Germany. Panels discussing female topics should reflect on todays society. Boardrooms are for all women. FidAR Frauen in die Aufsichtsr?te e.V.