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The following is a list of articles that are part of the gaps of knowledge on Wikipedia. The list below needs to be completed. Please do not hesitate to add names... but make sure that the person is notable.

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Notable African women by country

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Cameroon

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  1. Association Camerounaise des Femmes Juristes (ACAFEJ)
  2. Association de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes (ALVF)
  3. Gwendoline Burnley (born 1932), politician
  4. Julienne Keutcha (born 1924), politician, the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament in Cameroon
  5.  Rose Zang Nguele (born 1947), politician

Burkina Faso

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Côte d'Ivoire

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Ghana

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  1. Elizabeth Agbettor, first woman science graduate from the University of Ghana
  2. Lucia Quachey / Lucia Akosua Quachey (born 1942), entrepreneur
  3. Ghana Ministers from Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership.[1]
  4. Regina Asamany, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare from 1961 to 1963.
  5. Adisa Mukeila, politician. From 1979 to 1981 Mukeila was Deputy Minister of Labour, Youth and Social Welfare. From 1981 to 1982 she was Minister of Labour and Social Welfare. From 1981 to 1989 she was Member of the National Defence Council without Portfolio. From 1988 to 1989 she was Minister of Education.
  6. Gertrude Zakaria, Deputy Minister of Local Government in 1982.
  7. Dana Enin, Member of the National Defence Council from 1985 to 1989.
  8. Theresa Owusu, Deputy Minister of Fuel and Power from 1988 to 1992, and Deputy Minister of Energy from 1992 to 1993.
  9. Salina Taylor, politician. From 1987 to 1988 she was Regional Commissioner for Greater Accra. From 1988 to 2001 she was Secretary of State for Women.
  10. Franciska Issake
  11. Emma Mitchell (politician)
  12. Christine Amooko-Noamah
  13. Margaret Clarke-Kwestie
  14. Anna Bennyiwa Doe
  15. Joana Appiah-Dwomal
  16. Eunice Brookaman-Amissah
  17. Patience Addow
  18. Esther Lily Nkansak
  19. Fati Seidy
  20. E. T. Mensah
  21. E. A. Ayirebi-Arquah
  22. Hawa Yakubu Ogede
  23. Cecilia V. L. Bannerman
  24. Hajia Alima Mahama ...
  25. Florence Oboshie Sai Adorja Cofie ...
  26. Shirley Ayittey
  27. Hannah Tetteh
  28. Halutie Dubie Alhassan
  29. Zita Okai Kwei ...

Niger

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  1. Rassemblement Démocratique des Femmes Nigériennes (RDFN), feminist organization active in the early 1990s
  2. Union des Femmes du Niger (UFN), founded 1959
  3. Haoua Zaley / Haoua Zaley (1925-1990), singer
  4. Zalika Souley (born 1947), actress

Nigeria

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Entrepreneurs

  1. Foluke Adeboye

Photographers

  1. Adeola Olagunju, [1], [2], [3]
  2. Yemi Disu, [4],[5],[6]

South Sudan

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Sudan

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South Africa

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  1. Wendy Appelbaum
  2. Wendy Ackerman
  3. Francis Baard is a member of the committee that produces the draft copy of the Freedom Charter.
  4. Rhulani Baloyi, television presenter, advocate for blind people[7]
  5. Santie Botha
  6. Elisabeth Bradley
  7. Salukazi Dakile-Hlongwane
  8. Patricia Jobodwana, the youngest black woman to enrol at a university – at Fort Hare, aged 14, for a degree in medicine
  9. Beattie Hofmeyer
  10. Phuti Malabie
  11. Masingita Masunga
  12. Michelle Meyjes
  13. Futhi Mtoba
  14. Ida Mtwana, first president of ANC Women's League and Treason Trial defendant
  15. Nicky Newton-King
  16. Wendy Ngoma
  17. Nonkuleleko Nyembezi-Heita
  18. Christine Ramon
  19. Jane Raphaely
  20. Terry Volkwyn
  21. Esmaré Weideman
  22. Professor Shirley Zinn

Tanzania

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Uganda

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Zimbabwe

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  1. Barbara Murray (Zimbabwe), cultural journalist, arts critic and editor
  2. Nicole Lewin, visual artist
  3. Helen Lieros, visual artist and gallerist
  4. Edwina Spicer, filmmaker
  5. Maty Ba Dia
  6. Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda, human rights lawyer
  7. Tsitsi Masiyiwa, philanthropist and social engineer
  8. Marjoirie Ngwenya, actuary and editor
  9. Hope Sadza, founder and vice chancellor of the Women's University in Africa
  10. Chipo Matimba pilot and motivational speaker
  11. Prophetess Eunor Guti, apostolic evangelist
  12. Mai Chisamba or Rebecca Tsikirayi

References

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  1. ^ Martin K.I. Christensen (26 January 2010). "Ghana Ministers". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. Martin K.I. Christensen. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. ^ Angella Nampewo, Maxine Ankrah chose to live life without baggage, Daily Monitor, October 13, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Today's Uganda top fifty women movers, Daily Monitor, March 8, 2011.
  4. ^ Kigezi District Council Members 1961
  5. ^ Taddewo William Senyonyi, 40 Women In Top Banking Positions Named, Business Focus, March 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Brian Magoba, Maama Mbire: The mother of business, Daily Monitor, June 23, 2012.
  7. ^ Teaching the girl-child in retirement, Daily Monitor, April 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Edgar R. Batte, Nandutu: The people’s speaker on the People’s Parliament, Daily Monitor, August 31, 2015.
  9. ^ Agnes Nantaba, PROFILE: Sarah Nkonge has formula for success, The Independent, September 6, 2017.
  10. ^ Interviews: Gordon & Morine Wavamunno