Algerian Becomes One of the Women Leaders of 2023

© AFP 2024 PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOUAlgerian fans unfurl a giant Algerian flag during their Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match on June 13, 2010 at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane.
Algerian fans unfurl a giant Algerian flag during their Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match on June 13, 2010 at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 19.06.2023
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At the end of February this year, Forbes Africa also revealed its ranking of the continent's most influential women. Cameroon's Denise Epot, head of the African department at TV5 Monde, came in first place. Behind her came Benedicte Janine Kacou Diagou, a Cote d'Ivoire-born financier and head of one of Africa's largest banking and insurance groups.
Algerian neurosurgeon Nawel Habchi has been recognized by the International Women Parliament as one of its Women Leaders of the Year. She received an "Iconic Women award", taking her place among the ten leading women in their field in 2023. She distinguished herself in the neurosurgery and biology category.
At the end of April, Nawel Habchi made a name for herself by becoming editor-in-chief of the medical journal of the University of Victoria in London, one of the most prestigious in the UK.
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She also taught at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algiers (USTHB) for almost 12 years, before joining the neurosurgery department at the Mustapha Bacha Hospital in Algiers.
Earlier this year, several other African personalities were honored with an "Iconic Women award". South African lawyer Natasha Mohunlal won in the entrepreneur category. Mauritian Kallychurn Arshiya Upasnaa was nominated in the education category.
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