Crowned and
Commissioned.
You have done the work. Now take your place at the table.
The African professional woman who has stopped waiting.
The Corporate Leader
You want executive presence, board readiness, and a peer network that spans industries and borders. You are tired of being the only woman at the table. You want to be at the head of it.
The Entrepreneurial Builder
You want strategic clarity, visibility, and access to women operating at scale. You have built something real. Now you need the room to match.
The Rising Talent
You want a roadmap, mentorship proximity, and proof that the path ahead is mapped. You are not waiting for permission. You are looking for the plan.
Three things you did not arrive with.
Because three things, done well and consistently, will change the trajectory of your leadership journey.
Your Personal 12-Month Leadership Roadmap
A completed strategic advancement document, written by you through the day — identifying the specific moves that will define your next twelve months. This goes home with you on Monday, 13 July.
The Name of an Accountability Partner
Matched to your tier and your stage. By the end of the day, her name is in your phone. By the end of the week, your first conversation is scheduled. This is what makes the network real.
Membership of a Continental Movement
On 11 July, the Pan-African Institute for Women in Leadership is officially birthed. The women in the room that day become its founding cohort — part of something larger than an event.
Built so you leave having produced something — not just heard something.
The Decade Declaration
The founding act of PAWIL — the signing of a Decade Declaration by senior female leaders across the continent. A ten-year commitment to building other female leaders in their fields. This is how the day begins.
Keynotes and Panels
Voices from women in leadership — corporate, entrepreneurial, faith-based, and intellectual. Working sessions where the workbook becomes your roadmap. The room is designed to produce, not merely inspire.
Four Books, One Stage
Four titles — one new, three relaunched — released simultaneously on the Summit stage. All available for purchase on the day. Sovereign Ticket Holders receive a signed copy as part of their tier.
Networking Close
Celebration. Community. The room held open until you have what you came for — the name of your accountability partner, the conversation that crystallises your roadmap, the connection that defines your next year.
Choose your seat.
Early Bird pricing closes 18 June 2026.
- Live stream of the full day
- Digital workbook and personal roadmap
- Session recordings for 3 months
- Full in-person access
- Printed workbook and personal roadmap
- Lunch, networking, and entertainment
- Session recordings for 3 months
- Everything in Reigning
- A signed book from the four-title launch
- Reserved front seating
- Closed-door post-Summit virtual session
"The PAWIL Summit is the most significant institutional act of my career. I am building it for legacy."— Lady Bodam Taiwo
Lady Bodam Taiwo
Almost two decades in corporate leadership — currently serving as Customer Marketing Director for West and Central Africa at Diageo, overseeing teams, strategy, and execution across almost 10 direct markets.
Over a decade alongside that work in coaching, formation, and writing — helping women rise to the rooms where decisions are made, without losing their authenticity.
Her approach has never been about hustling harder or borrowing a masculine register. It is about strategic presence, intentional visibility, and language that moves rooms — while remaining unapologetically a woman.
You are joining the founding cohort of a continental institution.
To be the foremost leadership institute for women in every sphere — with a mandate to equip, elevate, and advocate for female professionals of African descent.
The Institute
Frameworks, trainings, and certifications — the formation engine of PAI-WIL.
The Research Lab
Original research, annual reports, and white papers on the state of African women's leadership.
The Community
Mentorship, shadowing, circles, and coaching — a living network across the continent.
The Summit
The annual flagship convening, plus regional workshops and an annual awards programme.
You may have questions.
We have answers.
This is not a conference
you attend. This is a
moment you step into.
You have done the work. Now take your place at the table.