ISATA KABIA (Sierra Leona)

Isata is the CEO of AFRiLOSOPHY, a social enterprise focused on education, mentorship and financial inclusion for women.

She is the Founding Director of Voice of Women-Africa, which aims to increase women’s political participation and leadership.

She has served as a government Minister for Gender, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and was the first woman elected as Member of Parliament from her constituency 050, the Port Loko district in Northern Sierra Leone.

She holds an Honors degree in Biochemistry, an MBA in Global Business and Impact Entrepreneurship. She is an Acumen West Africa 2019 Fellow, an AWEC (African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative), 2019.

Vital Voices VVEngage Fellow 2020, and currently on the leadership program Amujae Initiative Fellow 2021, by the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Development Center.