![]() REBECCA AKUFO-ADDO The First Lady of Liberia, H.E. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW The First Lady of Ghana, H.E. Here are the winners from West African Countries in partnership with The First Lady of The Gambia, H.E. Merck Foundation "More Than a Mother" Media Recognition Awards 2022 These awards are in partnership with my dear sisters, the African First Ladies who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother”. Senator Rasha Kelej further added, “I would also like to announce the Call for Applications for the Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards 2023 “More Than a Mother” and “Diabetes and Hypertension”. The MasterClass is an immersive online experience and self-paced learning course that can be accessed anywhere with the internet. Merck Foundation is additionally rewarding the winners by providing them with one year access to an online educational training program called ‘MasterClass’. The Merck Foundation CEO also announced CEO Special awards in order to recognize the journalists who have been contributing regularly through their work to raise awareness about the above issues in Africa. "I am pleased to celebrate and welcome you to be members of Merck Foundation Alumni and work closely with us to be the voice of the voiceless and raise awareness on social and health issues by featuring impactful and inspiring stories.” This was my dream and vision since I started my advocacy journey in 2012, that we involve and engage everyone in a way that they can make a difference through their day-to-day work and create a cultural shift." You are all the Champions of social and health issues in your communities. This year, we have 84 winners from 21 African countries. It is improving year after year since we started our Media awards in 2017." I am very happy with the quality and quantity of entries received this year. ![]() Rasha Kelej expressed, “I am very excited to announce the winners together with my dear sisters First Ladies of Africa. The theme of “More Than a Mother” Awards was to raise awareness on any of the following social issues such as: Breaking Infertility Stigma, Supporting Girl Education, Women Empowerment, Ending Child Marriage, Ending FGM, and/or Stopping GBV at all levels and the theme of “Diabetes and Hypertension” Awards was to promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness about prevention and early detection of Diabetes and Hypertension in the African countries. ![]() Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of “More Than a Mother” campaign. The winners were announced and acknowledged by Senator, Dr. The awards ceremony was held via Videoconference to felicitate all the media award winners. Merck Foundation ( the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, in partnership with the African First Ladies, announced the winners of Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition “More Than a Mother” Awards 2022 and “Diabetes and Hypertension” Awards 2022. People want to work on their terms and design their work around their life, not the other way around.HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 27, 2023/APO Group/. He continued: “We’ve proven in our first year that there is a better way to work in retail. ![]() “Everyone deserves to be able to design a life where the things that matter most come first, instead of planning your life around work,” said Reflex’s co-founder and CEO, Mike Meyers. Additionally, Reflex said that it allows retail workers to benefit from flexibility and empower them to make money on their own terms. The start-up has focused on the development of a marketplace that it said supports today’s retail store environment, helping retailers find on-demand labour they need for their in-store experiences. The funding will also help Reflex enhance its product experience for its users and accelerate its hiring process. The new capital will be used to expand across its Texas homebase throughout 2022, as well as add further US retail markets over the next 18 months. The oversubscribed round brings the company to a total of 5.59 million dollars raised, following its initial pre-seed in 2021.Ī number of notable investors have joined Reflex’s funding, it said in a release, including former CFO of J.Crew Jim Scully and former president of Coach’s North American retail division Mike Tucci. Reflex has announced the closing of a 4.5 million dollar seed funding round, led by Indicator Ventures with additional funding from Sugar Capital and Red Swan Ventures. ![]()
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