Top Kenyan female celebrities listed for BBC 100 Women 2017

ruby orimba

September 27, 2017 5:48 PM

It's all hands on deck for these popular ladies.

From recently walking down the aisle to making to the top of BBC 100 women, it seems life is all wins for radio presenter, Adele Onyango.

She is part of the three Kenyan women who have just been listed as part of the 100 BBC women 2017 team that is set represent the global wealth of female talent.

Adele was chosen along another radio sweetheart, Anita Nderu and Naomi Mwaura who is the founder of Flone Initiative and Communications Associate at ITDP Africa.

The three are set to embark on finding solutions to everyday problems currently blighting female lives across the globe in regards to safety on public transport on 16 – 20 October.

The other teams are divided as following; Women based in Silicon Valley will tackle the glass ceiling, the Delhi team will work on female illiteracy while women in Rio will discuss sexism in sport.

Adele is part of the sixty women, amongst them sensational singer-Tiwa Savage, who are working or campaigning in the above fields and one who has inspired a lot of women.

However, only 60 of them have been named. The remaining 40 women will be chosen according to their impact by supporting, inspiring and helping the already selected teams over the course of the weeks.

Check out the list here.

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