Ambassador Joe Beasley presents the plaque to Esther Cobbah
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Stratcomm Africa, Esther A. N. Cobbah, has received a Female Business Leadership Award at this year’s International Summit on African Leadership, which took place on 21st September, 2017 at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York.
The award was in recognition of her leadership qualities in growing Stratcomm Africa to become an internationally recognized brand.
The summit, which focused on gender and sustainability this year, was held during the period of the UN General Assembly and was attended by the President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib, who delivered the keynote address, as well as the following First Ladies: Reema Carmona, First Lady, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, Dominique Ouattara, First Lady, Republic of Ivory Coast; Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady, Republic of Panama; Roman Tesfaye, First Lady, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; and Sandra Granger, First Lady, Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
A session was held with the First Ladies, titled First Ladies on a Mission on the theme, ‘The Role of Women Leaders in Delivering SDGs: Best Practices’.
Leadership awards were presented to the President of Mauritius, as well as the First Ladies and a number of other persons.
Female executives from various global organisations, such as the MetLife Insurance Company, New York, USA, Intel Corporation, Business & Development Solutions, South Africa TBC and Vodafone Ghana’s Yolanda Cuba, also spoke on topics such as Gender Diversity in Corporate Boards and Triple Bottom Line Sustainability, The Intersection Between Gender Diversity, Innovation and Economic Sustainability.
Ms. Cobbah said, ‘This award goes to Stratcomm Africa staff, as there cannot be a leader without a team. I hope it inspires us to aim for new heights in our quest to be the go-to communications company on the African continent.”
She added: “It was most refreshing hearing about all the amazing and innovative approaches being employed by women in Africa to enable them take our continent, and indeed the whole world to higher levels of human development.”
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