Rahel Shawl

Rahel Shawl is the founder and principal architect of RAAS Architects in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2004–) and a co-founder of Equinox Property Developers Plc, in Addis Ababa (2014-); she was also a co-founder of Abba Architects in Addis Ababa (1994–2004).

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Magali Régis

Magali Régis is the first US-licensed Haitian woman architect; she became a registered architect in New York state (1993).

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Emma Miloyo

Emma Miloyo is co-founder and architect at Design Source in Nairobi, Kenya (2007). She served as the first woman president of the Architectural Association of Kenya (2017–2019), and was a Founding Board Member of Women in Real Estate (WIRE).

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Dettu Numbi Mbabi

Detty Numbi Mbabi is the founder of Studio D RDC, an architecture and urban planning firm based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2017–), and a licensed architect with the Ordre National des Architectes du Congo, ONA.

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Monica Yarde

Monica Yarde is the founder and director of Yarde Architecture and Design Inc. in Castries, Saint Lucia (2017–).

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Dr Özlem Türeci

BioNTech co-founder who serves as chief medical officer for the company, which produced the first messenger RNA-based vaccine approved for use against COVID-19.

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