Nigeria, March 22 -- Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has opened a new era, the pride for women fighting for higher employment status, and portrayed women's advancement and Africa's rising into the global stage. Coventry's election as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presented another unique chapter as she joined Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, who is set to officially assume office as the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, a landmark achievement in the organization's 75-year history. On March 21, Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah became the first female president after her official inauguration. Tanzania has a female leader. Women are steadily rising to the topmost positions in many spheres, including...