The committee of the 50 Most Influential Sierra Leonean Women Award has announced that the Public Voting for the 100 nominees for this year’s award will commence on the 2nd February and ends on the 8th March 2023.
According to organizers, 2003 nominations were received by the committee for this year’s edition from the public and a total of 100 women exceptional qualities have shortlisted for public voting.
The committee stated that public voting will commence on the 2nd of February 2023 and ends on the 8th of March 2023. They added that individuals can vote by purchasing voucher codes and vote online. Those in the diaspora can vote through Byte Ltd platform using PayPal, Visa, or Master Card, and stretch cards.
The Awarding Ceremony and Dinner have been scheduled to take place on the 18th of March 2023 at the Buntumani Conference Center in Freetown.
Below are the names of the 100 shortlisted women:
1
Mrs. Asmaa Kamara James
Chairperson women premier league board
2
Miss. Alditha Cream-Wright
Outgoing president POSIR Unimak
3
Edleen Elba
CEO Job Search
4
Miss. Linda Samai (Star Zee)
Musician
5
Mrs. Tanzila Watta sankoh
Team Lead Sustainability and Economic Development Cluster UNDP
6
Baindu Dassama Kamara (Hon)
Minister of Social Welfare
7
Bernadette Lahai (Dr)
President Women’s Shadow Parliament
8
Mrs. Ndeye Fatu Koroma
National Co-Ordinator, MCC
9
Saptieu E. Saccoh Esq
Administrator and Registrar General
10
Prof Aisha Abdulai Fofanah-Ibrahim
Gender Activist/Lecturer FBC
11
Ellen Keister
CEO Reems Entertainment
12
Emma Kowa Jalloh (Hon)
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
13
Mrs. Mariama S Bah Kallon
Student/Enterprenuer
14
Miss. Aminata Kamara
Director Sierra Rutile Ltd.
15
Fatima Bio (Her Excellency, Mrs)
First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone
16
Fatmata Clara Carlton Hanciles (Mrs)
Executive Director Legal Aid Board
17
Mrs. Vera Jalloh
Caterer
18
Mrs. Hannah Ogunade (Waterloo Titi)
Food Vlogger
19
Dr. Fatou Taqi
Educationist & Gender Activist
20
Hon. Nimatulai Bah-Chang
Deputy minister of water resources
21
H E. Haja Ishata Thomas
Sierra Leone Ambassador to Kuwait
22
Frederica Williams
CEO Just Fabulous Fashion
23
Dr. Albertina Havel
CEO/Founder of Healthy step Prebiotics
24
PC. Theresa Vibbi
Kando leppiama chiefdom, Kenema
25
PC Ruth Tutu Fawundu
Gbo Chiefdom, Bo
26
PC. Veronica Gbaneh Baio
Valonia chiefdom, BO
27
Madam Femi Claudius Cole
Chairperson, Unity Party
28
Madam Madiana Mansah Gborie
Lecturer Njala University
29
Hon. Navo Kai Kai
Former Member of parliament
30
Cllr. Jamie Kpange
Kailahun District Council
31
Hawa Sally Samai (Miss)
CEO & Founder AMNet
32
Hannah Sao Kapto Max-Kyne (Dr)
Commissioner, National Commission for Social Action
33
Ms. Henrietta Mbawah
Actress
34
Haja Isata Abudulai Kamara (Hon)
Deputy minister of Trade and Industry
35
Madam Yeabu Koroma (Yeabu by-day)
Business woman
36
Mrs. Phyllis Kapu
Exec PA to the 1st Lady
37
Miss. Simeonette Uwanie Pontis
Executive Director, Mirror Africa
38
CSC Susan B Koker
Director of Support Services SL correctional Centre
39
Prof. Miriam Conteh-Morgan
DVC IPAM
40
Isha Johansen (Mrs)
Former President SLFA/Board Member FIFA Foundation
41
Jalikatu Mustapha (Dr)
Head of Eye Section, Connaught Hospital
42
Dr. Fatu Forna Sesay
Medical Practitioner/Humanitarian
43
Jeneba Kpaka Bangura (Mrs)
Deputy Commissioner General NRA
44
Ms. Fatima Sesay
CEO Unimax
45
Ms. Hawa Mansaray
Coordinator, She Leads
46
Ms. Malley Betty Braima
Former Public Relations Manager Sierra Leone Airport Authority
47
Madam. Miatta French
Resident Rep. ECOWAS Commission
48
Ms. Wilhelmina Alima
Diaspora Humanitarian
49
Marcella Samba-Sesay (Mrs)
Executive Director, Campaign for Good Governance
50
Miss. Mammy Sio Marah
Student, and president Black and Bold
51
Manty Tarawallie (Hon)
Minister of Gender and Children’s Affairs
52
Ms. Adama Bangura
Diaspora Humanitarian
53
Mamadi Gobeh-Kamara (Hon)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations
54
Melrose Kargbo (Hon)
Deputy Minister of Local Government
55
Ms. Suafiatu Tunis Kaiwu
Community Activist
56
Ms. Mary-Ann KaiKai
CEO Madam Wokie
57
Ms.Janice Williams
CEO Sudu Salone
58
Mrs. Erica Shepherd- Konneh
Social Worker
59
Naasu Fofanah (Madam)
Gender Activist
60
Mrs. Llara Thomas
Health/ philanthropist
61
Florence kadie Lassayo Foday
District Officer, Moyamba District
62
Ms. Kadie Yatta Kallon
Country Manager AMI
63
Phebian Fengai Abdulai (Miss)
C E O Jericho Road Health Center Kono
64
Miss. Hadiatu Bangura
Pharmacy Student
65
Madam. Zainab Sheriff
Entrepreneur/ Musician
66
Miss. Esther Kargbo
C E O GADNet
67
Justice Manuela Harding
Judge
68
Fatamata Bintu Souma
Medical Student
69
Hon. Ann Maria Harding
Deputy Minister of Mines and Resources
70
Rebecca Yei Kamara (Hon
Member of Parliament Constituency 029 Kono
71
Madam. Martha C Karnagbo
Proprietress Women Development Association and Chairperson National Insurance Company
72
Madam. Sally Adams
President Women Forum
73
Mrs. Gladys Mabel Sesay
Director of finance LAPO
74
Simbirie Jalloh (Madam)
Coordinator Disease Control (Eastern Region)
75
Mrs. Juliana konteh
Director of Women in crisis
76
Ms. Zainab Tunkara Clarkson
Gender Activist
77
Tuma Gento Kamara(Mrs)
Board Chairman, NRA
78
Madam Veronica Kamara
Director of Human Resource UNIMAK
79
Yabom Sesay (Madam)
Chairperson, Tonkolili District Council
80
Valnora Edwin (Miss)
Chairperson, AWLN
81
Madam Justina Zainab Conteh
CEO St George Foundation
82
Yakama Manty Jones (Dr)
Economist, Lecturer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
83
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE (Her Worship, Mrs)
Mayor Freetown City Council
84
H.E Ann Moussa
Sierra Leone deputy high Commissioner to Nigeria
85
Michaela Eddinia Swallo esq
President Sierra Leone Bar Association
86
wokie Jonjo Massaquoi (PC)
Paramount Chief Gallinese Chiefdom- Pujehun District
87
Mrs. Sylvia Kercher Bangura
Deputy Registrar EBK-Portloko Campus
88
Mrs. Frances P Algali
Minister of State V P Office
89
Mrs. Jennifer Renner Thomas
Well Woman Clinic
90
H E Mrs. Frances Anderson
Sierra Leone High Commissioner to Ghana
91
Michaela Mackay (Madam)
Chief Operating Officer DSTI
92
Hon. Patricia Umu Brown
CEO Patricia Umu FC Kambia
93
Cllr. Adama Conteh
Councilor Bombali District
94
Mrs. Isatu Njai
Manager of CaWec
95
Hon Catherine Zainab Tarawally
Member of Parliament
96
Isata Kabia (Hon)
Gender Activist/ Entrepreneur
97
Hon Veronica Sesay
Member of Parliament
98
Mrs. Racheal Bangura Davies
Journalist/ Gender Activist
99
Ms.Augusta James Teima
President of APPWA
100
Haja Alimatu Yebbi Abdullah
President 50/50
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