To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March and honour its theme of “Accelerate Action”, KFC Africa has collected the stories of dozens of women who are taking bold steps to advance equality on the continent by educating, empowering and supporting women to achieve more, together, faster. Drawn from each of the 22 Sub-Saharan Africa countries where KFC has restaurants, the 2025 list has its share of female firsts – people such as Dior Fall Sow, Senegal’s first female prosecutor; Nelly Mutti, the Zambian parliament’s first female speaker; and Adelaide Retselisitsoe Matlanyane, the first woman to lead Lesotho’s central bank.
For International Women’s Day 2024, KFC Africa launched the FEMALE FIRSTS list as part of our Gold award-winning campaign at the IPRA Golden World Awards.
The list highlights 53 groundbreaking women from 23 countries who have made history in fields such as sports, arts, medicine, and more—each one paving the way for future generations.
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The campaign highlights the ‘firsts’ of women within the KFC Africa workforce, and the humble steps they have taken in their everyday lives to overcome obstacles and empower themselves and their families, with the overarching message to continue to foster a more equitable and inclusive workplace to allow more women to flourish.
