Eloho Omame is a Proud Recipient of the 2021 Les Margaret Africa Awards
The Les Margaret Africa Awards has continued to recognize digital women’s creativity, innovation and audacity since founding in 2013. Founded by JFD, an organization that honors women transforming the world, Les Margaret Awards reward European and African women entrepreneurs, whose project and innovation solves a major challenge in the society. Through Les Margaret Awards, JFD supports the growth and international influence of startups and initiatives led by European and African women.
In order to shine the spotlight on women constantly changing the world, the organization took the International Women’s Day celebration to unveil the 2021 winners of the Les Margaret Africa Awards and the first young winners of the Les Margaret Africa Junior Awards, with the support of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.
Eloho Omame, Co-Founder of FirstCheck Africa and Mentor at Endeavor Nigeria was named among winners of the 2021 Les Margaret Africa Awards (Margaret Intrapreneur Africa). Eloho Omame is a mission-oriented business leader and angel investor, building an online community for ambitious career-oriented women living and working in Africa. Through FirstCheck Africa, a female-led, female-focused angel fund and investor community co-founded with Odunayo Eweniyi, Eloho Omame is helping African women in technology to rise above misrepresentation in the sector. She is making it easy for African women to raise capital and invest in technology.
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Other winners of the award include Linnea Kornehed, Margaret Entrepreneur Europe; Nneile Nkholise, Margaret Entrepreneur Africa; and Elham Kashefi, Margaret Intrapreneur Europe.
On the awards, here is what Delphine Remy-Boutang, President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, (GEN) France and CEO, the Bureau and JFD has to say.
“I would like to salute the creativity and boldness of the 2021 winners of Les Margaret Awards. They are the new leaders shaping the future. JFD is pursuing its mission to unveil the next digital champions and is contributing to their success by mobilizing major political, media and economic players such as the World Bank Group, EDF Group, La Poste Group, Crédit Agricole Group, Microsoft France, Total, Mastercard, Dassault Systèmes, Idemia, PayPal… In addition to media visibility valued at 1 million euros and support for acceleration and growth for one year, we will organize the first-ever JFD Entrepreneurship Expedition on October 11, International Girls’ Day. The winners will be invited to walk in the footsteps of Margaret Hamilton in the USA, Europe and Africa.”