Sylvia H Williams
Museum director, curator, art historian, and scholar of African art.
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Annie Jouga
Annie Jouga is the first Senegalese woman to register with the Order of Architects of Senegal (1979).
Mariam Issoufou
Mariam Issoufou is founder of Mariam Issoufou Architects, an architectural firm with offices in Niamey, Niger; New York, the United States; and Zurich, Switzerland.
Maria Gabriela Carrilho Aragão
Maria Gabriela Carrilho Aragão is the founder and principal architect of A OFICINA — Design e Arquitetura, E.I., a micro design and architecture studio based in Maputo, Mozambique (2018–).
Curisa Smith
Curisa Smith is the first woman president of the Antigua and Barbuda Institute of Architects (2022–).
Carolyn Butts
Author and filmmaker who founded Reel Sisters of the Diaspora in 1997. Based in Brooklyn, the annual film festival and lecture series showcases films produced, directed, and written by women of color.
Noella Nibakuze
Noella Nibakuze is design director at MASS Design Group in Kigali, Rwanda
Joan Razafimaharo
Malagasy architect and founder of TRANO Architecture, an architectural firm located in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Maliam Mdoko
Maliam Mdoko is the first woman to serve as president of the Malawi Institute of Architects (MIA, 2017–2019).
Thato Nkikana
Thato Nkikana is a founder and managing director of Basa Architects and Contractors, an architecture firm and construction company in Maseru, Lesotho, which she established to provide more employability for women who work in industries affiliated with the built environment.