Kossiwa TSIPOAKA,

MSc Water et Environment,

CEO African Rural Water Pro (ARWP)

th
25 ANNUAL FIDIC - GAMA
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2018 CONFERENCE
06 - 09 MAY 2018 IN BAMAKO |LAICO L’AMITIE HOTEL

Women In the Consulting industry in Africa

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

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 CONTEXT

AFRICA 2063

Aligning the consulting engineer's

role to the vision of Africa's
infrastructure development
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 ACTUAL SITUATION

2015 Women 12% Students in Engineering

2iE 2007-2016 16.78%

2017 23.80%

Togo 100 Consulting firms

1 women engineer full time: 5

Woman Technical Director: 0

Woman CEO: 1
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Executive Committee 1/10

President list of Approved Dispute Adjudicators 3/69
Women Led African Members (GAMA): 2/14

Women Speakers (FIDIC GAMA 2018): 4/13

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 RECOMMENDATIONS

MTE Mentoring, Training and Exposure

role models for our young women engineers
Mentoring create the “possibility” image

Training

Exposure
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 RECOMMENDATIONS

MTE Mentoring, Training and Exposure

role models for our young women engineers
Mentoring create the “possibility” image

strategically train women to hold executive

Training position in our committees (national or international)
The FIDIC Capacity Building Program
State of the art training for our women engineers

Exposure
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 RECOMMENDATIONS

MTE Mentoring, Training and Exposure

role models for our young women engineers
Mentoring create the “possibility” image
strategically train women to hold executive
position in our committees (national or international)
Training The FIDIC Capacity Building Program
State of the art training for women engineers

quality and excellence to lead our community to

Exposure great heights
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 CONCLUSION

Filling the Gender Gap in Consulting sector is not only about

women; it is about all of us; it is about grooming more diversity,
hence more innovation and better achievements
Let’s make a promise to reach a better representation in our
national associations and at the executive committee level,
towards 50% by 2030

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Akpe. Thank you. Merci.