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Africa’s Youngest Woman PhD Holder Musawenkosi Saurombe Discusses Achievements, Challenges and Inspiration
In 2017, Musawenkosi Donia Saurombe made history by becoming the youngest woman with a PhD in Africa, graduating […]
In-depth Story: How This Successful Pastry Chef Learned to Love Herself While Battling Severe Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Mild Clinical Depression
“I am BRAVE. I am STRONG. I am WORTHY” are the three affirmations South African beauty Awande Mabaso […]
In-depth Story: Brigitte Sossou Perenyi Discusses Captivity and Rescue from Religious Shrine
(The following story was compiled with the assistance of Brigitte Sossou Perenyi.) She was just seven years old […]
How Apostle Lillian Bwanya Pushed Past Personal Rejection and Founded a Church
Apostle Lillian Bwanya was born in 1968 in an area known as Rutanga, which is in Eastern Zimbabwe. […]
In-depth Story: Kimberly Coleman’s Inspiring Story of Surviving Sexual Abuse as a Child and Colon Cancer
Twenty years after walking away from a successful modeling career, Kimberly Coleman is back on the scene with […]
TWSC Woman to Watch: Olive Nwaigbo – How this Fatherless Daughter Found Her Voice and is Inspiring Others to do the Same
Nineteen-year-old Olive Nwaigbo is not the average teenager. The young biochemistry student at the University of Science and […]
Liza Ngenye’s Remarkable Story of Fighting Cancer at the Age of 21
“You know the feeling of wanting to be with someone but you can’t? That’s what I feel right […]