Founders

"My life isn’t all peaches and cream; I have failed many times but I have also won many times. You do not give up; you keep pushing. I have a dream and I am living it every single day. Live your truth and be kind to yourself. Most importantly support other women."

"It is quite disheartening to see people having to give up on their education dreams because I lived that myself. I created and focused on a vision that could provide education opportunities for as many as I can"

"I believe there have been people who’ve been on my journey for 11years and there’s been a person who’s just heard my story. I just opened up my world so I can impact that boy or girl who’s got dreams. It’s been hard work and perseverance because trust me when I state the whole story, it’s not that easy."

"A few don’t take me seriously because of my age. I also sometimes get surrounded by opportunists because they think at my age I don’t have a fair ground as to how I manage my finances."

"I want them to know that there is beauty in independence. And independence doesn’t come cheap. They need to work very hard for it. They shouldn’t place their happiness into anyone’s hand."

"I created several companies over the years that has been focused on education. It got to a point of managing them seamlessly and effortlessly and it became evident I just had to group them. Education is wide and I’ve created services that takes care of training, consulting and services all in the space of education."

"I always knew I wanted to own a school where knowledge could be imparted into people. I started school business since I was 19."

"In 2014 I wanted to include other programmes so I decided to change AITC into a full time college and added other programmes so then came the name Potters International College."

"Opinions are like noses, we are all entitled to one."

"I believe knowledge is power and is very important in our day to day lives. Education is a right to people and not a privilege and that everyone, one way or the other has to educate him/herself. I also believed technology is the answer to everything. It runs our world."

"While pursuing those courses my love grew for the IT industry so I got home one day from school and told my dad I was going to start an IT school and call it AITC (Ashley Hills IT Center), she says."

"I'm a disciplinarian, I don't condone gossip and I don't suffer fools easily."

"I like to learn, I'm open to sensible criticism, and I have a lot of respect for people with principles."

"We simply cannot develop a continent if half of its population is left out. African governments need to tap into the talent and wisdom of women"

"Today, African women are beginning to break the political glass ceiling in many countries and finding their way in roles that was traditionally occupied by men. We now have two African women out of 54 head of state and the chair of the African Union is a woman"

"African Governments needs to be accountable, and take responsibility in keeping their promises. We need to push African governments to work harder on women issues; those who have not ratified the various legal framework to ratify, those who have already ratified to put money aside for implementation with concrete action plans such as clear gender budgeting as well as allocating more funding for food security, human security and better education/health care for sustainable development."

"It is not a secret that the world’s challenges will not be effectively addressed unless the exclusion faced by women and girls is tackled across the board. We need to have more women in decision-making and leadership positions because whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security; the participation and inclusion of women is needed today more than ever for more sustainable and equitable solutions"

"Women who have entered into leadership positions attribute their success to factors such as access to education and work opportunities, good mentoring by both men and women, support from family, employers, supervisors, teachers and colleagues, and successful lobbying by gender activists"

"I wanted to do something that could have a positive impact on African women’s and girls’ lives – and the African Women’s Decade was the perfect opportunity"

"Through Make Every Woman Count, my aim is to provide a spectrum of platforms and tools for African women, grassroots, activists, international organisations and women rights groups. I feel that what has been missing from the African women’s movement is a space, a voice that comes directly from African women."

"Most organizations that focus on empowering and gaining the equal rights of women often neglect the voices of African women themselves"

"Innovation has a critical role to play at every step of the agricultural value chain."

"The participation and inclusion of African Women and girls are vital to the continent growth and development. African governments can simply no longer afford to deny the full potential of half of the population. Women and girls need to be empowered and have their developmental skills unleashed to participate in the socio-economic and political development of the continent"

"I hope to help them find strength in their voices while raising awareness on their issues and work on the international stage"

"If you know what you want and you have the passion and motivation to do it, nothing will stand in your way. More importantly, you have to believe in yourself and stand by your decisions. Life is full of challenges and you will never overcome these challenges if you doubt yourself. Always remember that nothing is impossible if you believe in it and put some work into it, you will succeed"

"Women do the bulk of the work to produce, process and market food. They are on the frontline of agriculture in Africa."

"The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, but it is the committed purposeful actions of change agents who reach into the sky to force the rainbow back to earth."

"I want to honor the fact that you are graduating into a world that is tight with tension and we, you and I, have real work ahead of us."

"It is men of purpose and women of courage taking that commitment from the home into the workplace. There is a big piece of this that is calling for our men to lead differently and not just make this woman's work."

"By virtue of this expensive and precious Whitman education, we are called to be part of the solution to very serious challenges."

"women scientists don’t just survive but thrive, excel and innovate"

"In September 2009, while demonstrating against the regime in Guinea, women were raped and sexually abused in the capital – Conakry. This horrible event hunts my life every single day. There was a young woman who was at her 3rd year at the University among the victims, she was raped and sexually abused. When I saw a picture of her being dragged half naked by two soldiers, I couldn’t sleep for nights. At that point, I decided that I couldn’t keep going on with my life knowing what has just happened without taking actions. That young woman could have been me and her crime was just to ask for democracy and peace."

"If we are to address the challenges of our generation, we must be both intellectually and politically courageous in the face of questions of what justice needs to look like."

"As a continent though, we are going nowhere if we leave 50% of us behind"

"While the rights of women were instilled in me at a very young age, my passion was inspired by 10 young girls I used to give evening classes in my neighbourhood whose parents couldn’t afford to send them to school. I remember going to school and seeing young girls not much younger than myself staying at home to work or help their families. I just could not understand why they were not able to go to school, and I just couldn’t accept it. I decided if they are not able to go to school, I would teach them. So, I set up evening classes to teach the children basic reading and writing skills. I am proud to say that all of these young women have now gone through full education including University. Their stories touched me enormously and motivated me to be member of the Guinean Children Parliament where I advocated for the rights of girls to education and also later on to do a Master of International so that I would be better prepared to assist women and girls. I would say this is when the passion to help others was birthed."

"That is what we are really trying to do – to really give African women the voices they deserve."

"We need to leverage the talents of all innovators, including those of women."

"I guess people have come to realise that there is more to Africa than starving people, raped women, war, child soldier,… whatever the reason, we need to remember that we cannot rely on others to develop the continent"

"Don’t wait for money. We are in a world of Globalisation and Capitalisation where people are so focused on their own needs and serving themselves. Yet, we can succeed whilst helping others. Africa has many challenges and it is up to all of us to ensure we work together and make sure that Africa as a whole can grow and prosper. We need to promote peace and continue to think about the value of the community."

"There is a lot of work to be done because still do not trust leaders to be female because when I was appointed to be the CEO, people predicted that CCBRT will not last for more than three months."

"There are several kind of wastes,such as waiting, repeatedly motions,since you learn new inventors every other day."

"Through Lean Management I have learnt that there is shared responsibilities and shared Leadership which ease problem solving."

"A mind of a leader translates the problem in a way that will eliminates the problem in its totality."

"You choose what hat to wear, I can be in a leadership hat, father hat, a mother hat and all the others, all at the same time."

"For any person to fully rise in leadership or successful journey,they must have three people, a mentor, a coach and a sponsor."

"“For a lot of women, as we advance in leadership, we become so isolated and there’s no one to bounce anything off… No matter how rough the journey is, if you’re building your relationships with people behind you, with you, and ahead of you, then you’re not isolating yourself and you’ll have enough people around you to give you what you need.”"

"“I’m not sure that any continent feels ready for women that are fearless. I’m not sure that we need people to be ready. I think that you show up. The more fearless women that emerge, the more we normalize ourselves.”"

"Many girls don't have the same upbringing,they are brought up in a way that they feel that they deserve to be treated with inferiority because of their gender."

"I believe that if we unlock the leadership potential of African women and girls,we can change them into compassionate change makers who will improve not only their circumstances but the circumstances of others."

"Because of the success of these training programs,I now serve as a leadership consultant to UN women working currently with South Sudan office to design leadership curricula to economically empower women and raise them as leaders in peace Building."