South Africa, March 9 -- The continent's most influential women in business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership received recognition at the prestigious Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner held at Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC Complex in Durban on Friday, 6 March 2020.

The glamorous event was held directly after the Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit which was hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal government and presented by Mastercard.

"I'd like to extend congratulations to all the 2020 award winners for truly embodying this year's summit theme, 'The Ceiling Crashers 2.0: Power with Purpose'," said Renuka Methil, managing editor of Forbes Woman Africa . "It was the perfect end to a day of enlightening of panel discussion...