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.

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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