Marvella Odili, Founder and CEO of Save Our Needy Organisation was specially invited as one of the 5 winners of the French International Prize to Day of The Digital Woman (La Journée de la Femme Digitale), founded by Delphine Remy-Boutang who is also the Founder of THE BUREAU. The annual event promotes the talents and initiatives of women in technology. The event gives women from all walks of life the opportunity to network and share knowledge, and experiences.
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| L-R: Marvella Odili, Nina Ratsirarson, Sonia Nare, Essivi Acakpo-Addra |
This year’s event which took place on April 17th at Maison Radio France in Paris, was the 7th Edition and the theme was Women: World Changers “Elles Changent Le Monde.” The event hopes to create a more inclusive digital world.
Speakers at the event included Karine AUGOYAT- Capgemini Invent, Gilles BABINET-Digital Champion for France, European Commission, Shanty BAEHREL, CEO Shanty Biscuits, Sandrine BOUCHER- Director of Innovation, AFD, Delphine BOURBON-Head of Digital Excellence and Performance,Air France, Fabienne DULAC-Managing Director,Orange France, Anne-Flore Chappelier-Co-founder and General Manager,My Little Paris,Sarah-Diane ECK-Vice-president France Digitale, Caroline ELBAZ- HR Director,Oracle, Karim SY,Chairman, Digital Africa, Gilles Fontaine- Editor-in-chief, Challenges, Vincent GIRET-Director, FranceInfo, Stephanie Hospital- Founder/CEO, OneRagTime, Anne RIGAIL-Managing Director, Air France, Lubomira ROCHET- Chief Digital Officer, L’OREAL,
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| Some of the speakers at the event |
Guillaume BREGERAS-Journalist,Les Echos, Nathalie COLLIN-Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Digital and Communication, LE GROUPE LA POSTE, Luc DAMMANN- VP & GM West Europe, ADOBE, Florianne de LONGVILLIERS – Commercial Executive, MICROSOFT, Valérie LAUGIER-Vice-President Digital and Innovation, Total Marketing and Services, Marie-Christine LEVET- Founder & Chairwoman, EDUCAPITAL, Momar NGUER- President, Marketing & Services, Total, Céline MAS- Chairwomen, UN Women France, Cédric O, State Secretary for Digital, French Government, Justine RYST- Director of Partnerships, Google France, Marlène SCHIAPPA, Secretary of State Gender Equality & Anti-Discrimination, French Government, Jennifer TIDY- VP Senior Partnerships, MODIFACE, Sibyle VEIL- CEO, Radio France, Sandrine DELAGE, BNP Paribas, Mathieu DOUGADOS- Managing Director, CAPGEMINI INVENT, France.
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| Marvella Odili, Founder/CEO of Save Our Needy at the event |
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| Marvella Odili at Day of Digital Women |
During the course of the event, 55 young female entrepreneurs who won the Total StartUppers Challenge were presented to the audience.
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| Cross section of winners of Total StartUppers Challlenge |
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| Marvella Odili admiring 2018 laureat of Margaret Prize, Rozanne Varza |
The day ended on a very eventful note as two winners were awarded The Margaret Prize, a Prize which pays tribute to the famous computer scientist from NASA, Margaret Hamilton, who contributed to the first human going to the moon. Each year, two laureats are awarded the European Margaret Of the Year and the African Margaret Of The Year. Julie Davico-Pahin, President and Co-Founder of Ombrea was awarded European Margaret 2019 and Cameroonian, Arielle Kitio, Founder of Caysti was awarded African Margaret 2019. Previous laureats include Roxanne Varza and Joséphine Goube.
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| L-R: Recipients of the Margaret Prize with event hosts |
The Margaret Prize celebrates women using digital technology to create a better world.
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