On Friday 28th March, PROWAH sisters and friends of PROWAH gathered at the Ngala Contemporary Art Space for the Member’s Showcase & Networking Event. As guests Guests mixed & mingled over delicious plant-based African food catered by Spicy Roots and some drinks, including a special feature of Kumusha Wines supplied by ZimKaffee, an evening of connection, inspiration, and empowerment transpired. People discovered the incredible initiatives of some of PROWAH’s members, which they are offering to the community in the form of events, workshops, or other opportunities to engage in 2025.
African Fashion Night
African Fashion Night–home to African business & luxury fashion founded and led by Olivia–is calling your name! Register to become part of the volunteer team that brings the events on May 23rd & 24th, to life. There are roles that cater to all interests and expertise.
Olivia James
Financial Planning
Jennifer is a pension advisor with a passion for helping her clients optimize their future finances. She will be hosting a workshop with PROWAH in Q4 2025, but happily offers private sessions in the meantime. Feel free to get in touch with her directly on LinkedIn.
Jennifer Obi
Toxic Free Life
Tope is founder of Toxic Free Life Advisory Services (TFL), a movement that provides individuals and groups with the tools to hacking genuine happiness & fulfilment. She will have an introductory presentation for TFL on the April 30th (mark your calendars!). Visit toxicfreelife.ch for further details and context.
Tope Blaser
Investing in Women’s Health
Anna is a pharmacist with an ambitious, but very real, proposal for PROWAH – to invest in the Swiss healthcare system to further the agenda on women’s health. Reach out to her on LinkedIn if you would like to deep-dive on the opportunity and get involved. More information will follow.
Anna Tekako
Building Leaders
Dr Elly, founder and CEO of ETK Leadership Solutions, invited PROWAH members to join the ETK Leadership Weekend taking place September 11th to 13th in Geneva, centered around the theme of “Legacy.” ETK is committed to building and empowering leaders. Follow her on LinkedIn to stay tuned.
Dr Eleanor Khonje
Period Poverty & Menopausal health
Janet is Executive Director at Global Health Mentorships, a group-based mentorship program connecting students and young professionals with Global Health experts. She called for PROWAH members to start projects on menstrual health and menopause in their countries. Reach out to her on LinkedIn.
Janet Michel
Empowering Communities through solar
Abigael shared the work Solar Mtaani–an implementation partner of Solafrica–does to empower communities, and especially women, through solar in Kenya. She called for support with their activities on the ground. Find out about their impact here and how to get involved here.
Abigael w. Okello
Would you like to organize something with PROWAH? Write to us at infoprowah@gmail.com and let us know in a short paragraph what you would like to do, when you plan on doing it (please give at least 1.5 months notice), and ideas on how it will be funded if required. We look forward to hearing from you!