Enterpreneur, award-winning film producer and philanthropist – Chief Caroline Danjuma has
been honored with the ‘2017 Nelson Mandela Pan-African Exemplary Leadership’ Award for her individual youth empowerment and charitable projects across Nigeria and beyond.
She was honored at an award presentation event on the 3rd of August, 2017 in Lagos, Nigeria by international delegates of the African Youth Global Network (AYGN); a
non-governmental organisation and an umbrella body for youths from 27
countries.
Chief Caroline Danjuma
is the Founder of the Hopeville Foundation; a foundation which caters to
less privileged families, women with life threatening complications
during childbirth and kids with disabilities.
With the conferment
of this prestigious award, the acclaimed entrepreneur and
philanthropist has joined the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe
Kachikwu, The President of the Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Umar Al
Bashir, General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries’
Daniel Olukoya, Chairman of Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia,
Chief Emeka Inyama, Former Secretary General, Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting countries (OPEC), Chief Edmund Daukoru and many other
reputable individuals in the Nelson Mandela Pan-African Exemplary
Leadership Hall of Fame.
Speaking at the presentation, the
President of AYGN, ‘Dr. Laurent Agbemadji’ said the AYGN has reckoned
Chief Caroline Danjuma as a leader of great courage whose ebullient and
vivacious nature fused with her remarkable administrative acumen are
evident to all.
He added that a society can be moved to greater
heights only by the numbers and strength of dreamers, thinkers and doers
available to it as exemplified by Chief Caroline Danjuma.
Upon
receiving the award, Chief Caroline Danjuma thanked the organization for
recognizing her in the midst of several other great Africans.
She also pledged to contribute even more to the development of mankind in Nigeria, Africa and beyond.