Following the announcement of people for KOKO’s 2017 Woman of the Year and the huge interest for the achievement of the shortlisted stars, we chronicle their individual works and how they have been able to use their talent to bring hope and touch people’s lives in their respective countries and across the continent.
Though our shortlist features 10 incredible women who strove for excellence in their respective fields in the year 2017. They are only a small group of women that have made a whole lot of positive change on the continent, and every effort channeled into our distinguished list gets us one step closer to unveiling of the ‘Woman of the Year’. Our ‘Woman of the Year’ represents not only their trailblazing efforts but more importantly, embodies the hopes and achievements of millions of extraordinary women who make a difference every day across our nations and continent. One of such individual on our Woman of the Year 2017 shortlist is Stephanie Linus Okereke.
Nigerian actress Stephanie was born 2 October 1982 in Ngor Okpala, Imo State. She studied English and Literary Studies at the University of Calabar in Cross River State. The former runner-up for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria was named the Regional Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund and spoke alongside Ivanka Trump at 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit, GES 2017 In India recently.
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