The cornerstone of AWLO’s programme calendar. Held annually across Africa and the USA, AWLC brings together hundreds of women leaders, policymakers, executives, and changemakers for the continent’s most impactful leadership convening.
The West African Women in Leadership Conference was launched in Accra, Ghana in 2009 and has grown into a premier global convening held annually across Africa and the USA.
What began as the West African Women in Leadership Conference in Accra, Ghana in 2009 has grown into one of Africa’s most prestigious leadership convenings — attracting presidents, vice presidents, senators, governors, ministers, executives, entrepreneurs and changemakers from across the continent and diaspora.
Past editions have been opened by the First Lady of Nigeria, attracted sitting governors, and catalysed landmark policy commitments including a sustained push for 35% Affirmative Action for women in Nigerian governance. AWLC is where conversations become commitments and commitments become policy.
Today the conference runs simultaneously across four continents — USA, UK, Africa, and Canada — through AWLO’s 23-chapter global network, making it one of the most geographically expansive women’s leadership convenings on earth.
Every AWLC edition is built around four core pillars that together deliver the leadership experience no other conference can match.
Every edition of AWLC has built on the last — growing in reach, in impact, and in the number of lives changed.
Every edition brings a new city, a new audience, and a new set of commitments to women’s leadership.
AWLC 2027 dates will be announced soon across all four continents. Register your interest now to receive early access, delegate information, and partnership opportunities before general release.
From Accra to Washington DC, Brampton to London — women leading across the world.