Africa to Africa Women's Conference on Leadership

The final day of the Africa for Africa Women conference currently underway in Cape Town, South Africa women around the African continent gathered in solidarity to address matters of Africa’s transformational leadership. The conference theme this year is “women in leadership for sustainable growth – creating a progressive workplace for growth and sustainability”. Speaker after speaker stressed the importance of gender equality in positions of leadership. This comes at the backdrop of a South Africa that is witnessing high numbers of gender based violence and attacks targeted at foreign nationals.• Venete Klein, former Eskom board member • Honourable Florence Mutua – Waingah, member of the Kenya parliament• Dr Jessie Kabwila, former member of the Malawian parliament and chair of the women’s caucus