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✨ Winning Women Wednesday – Where African women rise, lead, and inspire.

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This special Pan-African Women’s Day episode is a history lesson, tribute, and call to action hosted by Katie Mohamed and Sam. Dive into:

🌍 The Hidden Herstory:

How women in 1962 Tanzania secretly coded resistance while cooking meals

The 72-year-old midwife who delivered 5,000+ babies with no formal training

Why the AU’s 2024 theme (economic justice through reparations) matters today

🔥 Modern-Day Sheroes:
The Sudanese engineer in hijab rebuilding bridges (literally and figuratively)
Kenya’s Maasai app developer fighting gender-based violence
Rwanda’s 60% female parliament – and what SA can learn

💡 Your Challenge:
✅ Support African women-led businesses
✅ Read “her-stories” (not just history!)
✅ Vote for policies that uplift women

📖 Mentioned in This Episode:
Katie’s book Brave Today (Website Link)
Grasha Michel Trust & Black Women Disrupt orgs to support
🔊 New Show Alert! Don’t miss Katie’s The Influence Equation
📻 Wednesdays 6-7PM on 919FM

#PanAfricanWomensDay #WhenWomenWin #HerStory
4 Aug English South Africa Business · Non-Profit

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