1- “Slevi Kenenge” Acting President of Burundi (February - October 1993)
She was the first woman in Africa to come to power, having been Prime Minister from February 10, 1993 to October 7, 1994. She then served as Acting President of the country from October 27, 1993 to February 5, 1994 after President Melchior Ndaday was shot.

2- “Ivy Matsebi Kasaburi” Acting President of South Africa (September 2005)
She served as Acting President of South Africa when the President and Vice President were out of the country for four days in September 2005. She was also chosen by the Council of Ministers to be the constitutional and official head of state for an interim period of 14 hours on September 25, 2008. This was the period between the resignation of former President “Thabo Mbeki and Kjalema Motlanthe took office.

3- “Ellen Johnson Sirleaf” President of Liberia (January 2006 - January 2018)
She is the first female president elected in Africa, and served two consecutive terms after winning the 2005 and 2011 presidential elections. During her tenure, she was also elected President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in June 2016.

4- “Rose Francine Rogombe” Interim President of Gabon (June 2009 - October 2009)
She served as the interim President of Gabon from June 2009 to October 2009 after the death of President Omar Bongo. Because she was the President of the Senate at the time, constitutionally she is the head of state.

5- “Agni Monique Ohsan Pelebo” Acting President of Mauritius (March - July 2012 and May - June 2015)
I became Acting President of Mauritius from March 31, 2012 to July 21, 2012, during the transitional period between the resignation of President Annerwood Jugnauth to the inauguration of President Kailash Buryaj. She acted again as Acting Chief between the resignation of President “Buryag” and the arrival of the new President “Amina Gharib” from May 29, 2015 - June 5, 2015.

6- “Joyce Hilda Banda” President of Malawi (April 2012 - May 2014)
She served as President of Malawi from April 7, 2012 to May 31, 2014, after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She was the fourth president of the country. She was also the country's first female vice president (between May 2009 to April 2012).

7- “Catherine Samba” Acting President of the Central African Republic (January 2014 - March 2016)

Catherine Samba Banza was Acting President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She became interim president when rebel leader Michael Djotodia resigned from his self-appointed presidency. Prior to assuming this position, she was Mayor of Bangui from 2013 to 2014.

8- Amina Gharib, President of Mauritius (June 2015 - March 2018)
She became President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018. She was chosen to be the presidential candidate in 2014 after the resignation of President “Kailash Buryaj” at that time. And she was elected unanimously by the National Assembly.

9- “Sahli Work Zodi” President of Ethiopia (October 2018 - now)

She is the current president of Ethiopia, and the only woman among all the presidents of Africa. She took office on October 25, 2018 after being unanimously elected by the members of the National Parliamentary Assembly. Prior to her election, she served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union.

Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights believes that achieving the fifth goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to promote gender equality is possible rather than impossible. The proof: those women who ascended the dam on the African continent.

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