WIMBIZ (Women in Management, Business, and Public Service) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting women in leadership roles.

The organization is of African roots with a global perspective of connecting and inspiring women across the globe to catalyze their growth to leadership positions and contribution to nation building. With a history spanning 25 years, WIMBIZ has implemented various programs that inspire, empower, and advocate for greater representation of women in both the public and private sectors.

WIMBIZ has a global network of over 3,757 accomplished women who contribute to its initiatives in management, business, and public service.

WIMBIZ collaborates with reputable domestic and international organizations to deliver impactful programs, positively influencing over 367,798 women to excel in their careers and businesses.

Rooted, Rising, Ready: Born in Africa, Built for the World

Three words. Three stages. One complete picture of where the WIMBIZ woman stands at this milestone moment.​

To be Rooted is to know exactly where you come from and draw power from it without apology. It is the identity, the community, the continent that shaped you. It is 25 years of WIMBIZ women building something that did not exist before they arrived. Rooted is not a limitation. It is the foundation everything else stands on.​

To be Rising is to be in active, deliberate motion. Not waiting for permission. Not pausing for validation. Rising is the daily choice to build, to lead, to push past the boundaries that were drawn around your ambition by people who underestimated you. It is the entrepreneur scaling her first business, the executive breaking new ground at the top, the young professional making her first serious moves. Rising looks different at every stage. But it is always intentional.​

To be Ready is the declaration that changes everything. Not ready someday. Not ready when the conditions are perfect. Ready now, with everything you have, for the opportunity that Africa is producing and the world is finally paying attention to. Ready is what happens when roots meet momentum.​

At WIMBIZ’s 25th Annual Conference, we gather as women who are all three at once. Grounded in Africa. Built for the world. And more ready than we have ever been.​