Africans for Africa: A sit down with Zenzi Awases : Part 1

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Zenzi Awases discussing her journey in the mining sector and the Africans for Africa Initiative.

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our coverage on the innovative Africans for Africa Initiative, in this episode, we sit down with the Africans for Africa fund advisory board member, and President of WIM Namibia, Zenzi Awases. One of the first women in Namibia to study geology in her home country, Zenzi discovered diamonds and brought two areas into production from initially discovering them. We document her journey of how she got involved in the Mining sector, challenges she's faced and overcome a...

People in this episode

Guest: Zenzi Awases

Topics covered

• Africans for Africa Initiative
• mining sector
• women in geology
• challenges in mining
• Zenzi Awases

Keywords

• Zenzi Awases
• Africans for Africa
• mining
• geology
• Namibia
• women in mining
• challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Africans for Africa Initiative, WIM Namibia

Places: Namibia, geology

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