A walk down memory lane: Quotes from previous participants

Joyce Jeremiah

Station Manager - KIA

Young people have to value discipline and hard work because the two pave the way for success. On the other hand, young women aspiring to take up space in the aviation industry have to seek trainings that will make them competent and valuable.

Judith Chambua

Manager - Barrick Tanzania

Young people have to be self-disciplined in a way that they should always seek progress in their work. They also have to learn how to perceive challenges as lessons that give them a chance to improve on their work.

Aika Mongi

Director of Nursing - Aga Khan

I hope ten years from now, nurses are smarter, more science-oriented and use more science-oriented factors and take themselves as professionals to eradicate the challenges we see everyday

Salome Gregory

RWI Coordinator – The Citizen

RWI has taught me that you will not grow if you remain in your comfort zone. You need to take the journey that scares you the most, because through that experience, you will learn something new.

Getrude Mpangile

Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs, and Company Secretary - Total Energies Marketing Tanzania Limited.

When I’m given an assignment, I do a short analysis on what the opportunities are, what the strengths are; then we have as a business, what the anticipated challenges are likely to happen along the journey and what the legal and regulatory framework of that particular business is.

Nancy Riwa

Country Head of Logistics - Tanzania Breweries Plc (TBL)

At company level, TBL advocates equity and inclusion and we have clear targets on gender diversity. Some of the initiatives TBL has in place include an increased focus on female candidates for technical training, sponsoring women to attend the Female Future Programme and aiming for the 50/50 ratio for all recruitments and promotions. We have policies and targets to ensure we remain focused on striving for gender equity.

Sheba Kussaga

Business Development Director - Clouds Media Group

I had to go through various stages of growth, mentored by my brother and the late Ruge Mutahaba. I had to work for it. You need to prove yourself and consider yourself as an asset first, not as a woman. It doesn’t matter whether you are a man or a woman...if you are an achiever, gender should not define what you are supposed to be.

Mary Rusimbi

CEO - Women Fund Tanzania Trust (WFT)

The right strategy to sustain the gains made by women leaders is to protect women’s rights and promote the gender equality agenda that has already been articulated, understood and embedded in key relevant policies and legal frameworks.

Cleopatra Mukangara

Head of IT Strategy and Software - Vodacom Tanzania

People always feel safe when working with a woman as the leader, this is because women create the feeling of family, are easy to understand the emotional and always bring together people no matter the situation.

Godliver Mashele

Manager, International Development Advisory - KPMG

For generations, gender diversity has been an empty arena in the society. Women have been perceived as incapable especially in leadership positions. This is caused by traditions are knitted in the veins of the society.