E19: Diana Nyamekye Wilson - Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Black Sisters in STEM
Iconic Conversations with Tanaka Tava
English - February 05, 2023 19:13 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Achievement is in Diana Nyamekye’s DNA! She is a highly successful 26-year-old social entrepreneur, former Googler, activist, and global speaker, honored by the Princess of Dubai as the CEO of the Most Impactful Initiative worldwide. She is the product of a diligent single mother, prayer, and a constructive community of Newark, NJ. Nyamekye is the founder and CEO of Black Sisters in STEM, where she is on a mission to unleash the global brilliance of Black women in STEM. To this aim, she is building the largest talent marketplace of Black college women in STEM globally. From Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta, Georgia, Nyamekye is building a community that the world has never seen.
Powered by AI, their platform improves the hireability of Black women through live projects, mentorship, and learning communities at scale. Under her leadership, Black SiS built an ecosystem composed of ~7.3k women in 24 countries with representation from 12 African countries. All in just 3 short years. She is a proud alumni of the University of Virginia, and a proud recipient of Pure Leaf’s “No” grant, led by Olympian Allyson Felix.
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