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= African Women on Board = African Women on Board (AWB) is an independent non-profit, African women-led organisation headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria working to advance narratives and improve realities for African women and girls globally. The organisation is made up of women and men of African heritage from around the world.

History
African Women on Board was founded by Dr. Nkiru Balonwu in 2017. The organisation started out as a network of women working together to advance the economic, social and political rights of African women. AWB's initial focus was on finding solutions to getting women into senior management, C-suite and board positions. The AWB team noticed that two years after the #MeToo movement revolutionised  gender discourse in the West, African women are still being left out of global conversations. They realised the need to give voice to African women and change the way that they are perceived because how African women are perceived affects how the world interacts with them. It affects their access to resources such as education, healthcare, and financing for businesses. Therefore, AWB's approach to building the African continent is through creating paths for African women to take up leadership roles and be included in global conversations in order to have their say  in the development and growth of the continent. AWB emphasizes recruiting allies from all backgrounds – female and male – to advance the work of making life better for African women and girls.

Activities
AWB's activities consist of programming and workshops to build women's capacities in their careers and businesses, and international roundtables and forums to drive discussions on topical issues affecting African  women. AWB formed partnerships with several organisations to broaden its impact. African Women on Board is a Ford Foundation Grant recipient, collaborating on masterclasses for women in politics, investment and financial literacy. AWB is working with the Wikimedia Foundation to profile notable African women on the platform. AWB is also partnering with the London Stock Exchange Africa Advisory Group to produce a report on activating female entrepreneurship. AWB is addressing the gaps in female IT and tech talent through its partnerships with the Oluaka Institute of Technology, an accredited IT skills training institution, and Imaginarium, a creative design and content studio.

African Women on Board had its global launch at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice on Thursday 26 September, 2019 in New York during the UN General Assembly. The event, tagged AWB@UNGA, was about fast tracking African women into leadership roles of the future. Speakers at the event included Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, who was represented by Ambassador MacDella Cooper; Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Oscar Onyema;  Mrs Aisha Oyebode, who co-founded the “Bring Back Our Girls” support network for those kidnapped by Boko Haram;  Dr. Joyce Payne, Founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of the Ford Foundation; Elisabeth Moreno, Managing Director, Africa at HP Inc: Christine Souffrant Ntim, Founder of the Haiti Tech Summit: Betty lrabor, Publisher and Founder of Genevieve Magazine; Derrick Ashong, Emmy-nominated producer and founder of Amp.it; and lgwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha. Category:Nonprofit organization