Irene Onwuka Wins African Women’s Achievers Award In South Africa

Queen Irene Onwuka, the laminitis of Queen Irene Onwuka Peace Foundation (QIOP), a non-governmental organisation with a halfway absorption connected persons with disabilities, kid acquisition and women empowerment, has been honoured astatine African Women’s Achievers Awards and Summit (AWAA 2025) successful South Africa.

She emerged 1 of the 100 African Woman Change Makers and African Icon 2025 for Economic Advancement.

The grant was successful designation of her relation arsenic 1 of the trailblazing women from crossed 30 African nations who embody Africa’s maturation and prosperity.

In a societal media post, she acknowledged the designation successful faraway South Africa, stating that it volition spur her to springiness much for the economical improvement of the continent.

“I was thrilled and honoured to beryllium recognized arsenic 1 of the 100 African alteration markers and African Icon 2025 for Economic Advancement. This is an grant I don’t instrumentality for granted astatine all. It is simply a telephone for much efforts and contributions successful small mode we tin for the economical bully of Africa,” she said.

Also, each winners of AWAA 2025 were inducted into the esteemed Women’s Empowerment Achievers Forum, further solidifying their interaction connected Africa’s advancement.

A fewer different honorees, including Queen Onwuka, were besides conferred with honorary doctorate degrees for their singular contributions towards gathering a amended Africa.

Queen Onwuka is believed to person made important interaction successful the society, particularly successful the lives of children whose aboriginal she has consistently remained captious of.

Her Foundation precocious signed a historical concern statement with the bureau of Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria connected Special Needs and Equal Opportunities.

The concern statement was aimed astatine expanding efforts to empower and make capableness gathering for radical with peculiar needs and persons with disabilities successful Nigeria.

Not agelong ago, she won a grant of designation arsenic African Iconic Young Humanitarian astatine the African Iconic Women Recognition Awards (AIWRA).