Duchess Spotlight

From Debt Premiums to Climate Panels: Dr. Vera Songwe’s Quiet Reconstruction of African Finance For generations, African nations have largely approached global …

Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe did not begin her career in boardrooms or fashion weeks. She began it in hospital wards, trained as a …

When Sahle-Work Zewde left Ethiopia’s presidential palace in 2024, many might have assumed she was stepping away from public life. After all, …

On the 9th of March, 1996, a Mogadishu entrepreneur and peace activist named Elman Ali Ahmed was assassinated for the work he …

Every great city tells a story through its skyline, and across Africa that story is increasingly being written by women. In cranes, …

Every morning, in a house in Lagos, a young girl watched her stepmother sit at a dressing table and become someone slightly …

The discovery that would define Dr. Joy Buolamwini’s career began with a mask. As a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab, …

The story of one of Ethiopia’s most influential technologists begins, improbably, with a birthday she almost didn’t get to celebrate. At nine …

Long before Asisat Oshoala became the most decorated player in African women’s football history, she was a child running from her own …

There are moments that reveal more than years of speeches ever could. For Vanessa Nakate, one of those moments came in January …

This week, Duchess International Magazine recognizes Professor Bosede Bukola Afolabi as our Magnificent Woman of the Week, for her decades-long dedication to …

There are few titles in international diplomacy that carry more quiet weight than Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, the second-highest office …

Before the Oscar, before the red carpets, before Black Panther and Star Wars turned her into one of the most recognizable faces …

There is a particular kind of courage it takes to walk away from power once you have already held it. Ada Osakwe …