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Sofonie Doroteia Manuel Dala (born October 31, 1991, in Luanda, Angola) is a young African digital entrepreneur who promotes environmental awareness campaigns to accelerate the SDGs. She is the second child of Alberto Manuel Dala, an Angolan lawyer and director of a primary school, and Doroteia de Alberto Manuel, a professional cook. Sofonie Dala has 8 siblings of which 4 are half.

Professional Journey

Sofonie Dala is an interdisciplinary researcher and the founder of the startup Talentos Multiplus, which seeks to create a community cooperative with a sustainable activity model that empowers women living below the poverty line.

Ms. Dala is a driven professional leader with expertise in the fields of Education, Gender, Science, Technology & Innovation, International Development and Research with successful assignments in Angola. She has published several articles, posted influential topical blogs, organized and executed nationwide public awareness campaigns on key issues of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Her private startup dela Talentos Multiplus was accepted by WEPS as a partner that has been working to end gender inequality and fight for women's empowerment.

Education

Ms. Dala is an independent scholar with a Master's degree in Oil and Gas Geology from UFA State Petroleum Technological University, Russia (2010-2015). Additionally, She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management and Leadership from Rhodes University, South Africa (2019-2020).

She is self-motivated and digitally well literate, has leadership and critical thinking skills and is fluent in English, Portuguese and Russian.

Ms. Dala seeks to push governments to focus on some priority areas of girls and women’s education. These priority areas include; bridging the digital divide, targeting child marriage and teenage pregnancies, ending gender-based violence, supporting environmental and climate justice, poverty alleviation, and the achievement of the 17 UN sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Early life

In the 2010 - 2015, Sofonie Dala was considered as the most powerful African woman of the Ufa State Technical Petroleum University and she was also the first black woman to have privilege to present NAVRUZ in Russia, one of the brightest, most joyful and beautiful holidays, not only in Bashkortostan, but in the entire Muslim East! Spring festival of Navruz, the eastern New Year, is celebrated on 21 March, of the republics of the Russian Federation, such as Tatarstan and Uzbekistan.