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Senator Rasha Kelej CEO of Merck Foundation named among most influential African woman in the world as African Woman of the Year 2020 for the third time-ANI

Cairo [Egypt] December 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Senator Dr RashaKelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and Member of Egyptian Senate (2020-2025) has been named one of the most influential African women in the world for 2020, for the third time. She has been nominated this year as the African Woman of the Year 2020 by the New African Woman Magazine UK, and most influential African woman 2020, by Avance Media, for her efforts to advocate for women empowerment and healthcare capacity building especially during these challenging times of coronavirus pandemic. Senator Dr Kelej has been previously recognized as One of 100 Most Influential Africans - 2019 by New African Magazine in the UK for creating the historic campaign Merck More than a Mother to break the stigma around infertile and childless women in Africa and beyond.

Senator Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation named among Most Influential African Woman in the world, as African Woman of the year 2020 , for the third time

Senator Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation named among Most Influential African Woman in the world, as African Woman of the year 2020 , for the third time
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Hydrologist Fadji Maina s path from Niger to NASA

RocketSTEM Fadji Maina was made acutely aware of the luxury of tap water in her youth in Niger. Credit: USAID Ever since she was 10 years old, Fadji Maina knew she wanted to find solutions to water-scarcity problems, especially those in Zinder, Niger, where she grew up. Maina took a giant leap toward her goal earlier in September 2020 when she began work as a computational hydrologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She became the space agency’s first Nigerien scientist. “I have a responsibility on my shoulders because I believe I need to show the face of my country,” Maina says. “It’s like changing the image of Nigeriens and changing the image of the women generally.”

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