Katherine Fleming Award Recipients
Coady Institute has presented the Katherine Fleming International Development Award to 25 different women from 13 different African countries.
In 2025, Coady Institute offered first Katherine Fleming Leadership Course for Women Leaders in Africa for woman leaders. Individual Katherine Fleming award recipients and leadership course participants continue to work within their organizations and communities to better the lives of youth and women through economic empowerment, protecting children, providing educational opportunities, creating assets, bettering health, and/or promoting gender equality.
Learn more about these women leaders.
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Tsigie Haile (WISE) receives Katherine Fleming International Development Award
Tsigie Haile, founder of Women in Self Employment (WISE), received the Katherine (Katie) Fleming International Development Award at Coady Institute’s StFX Homecoming event. The award is presented annually to an African woman leader in memory of Katie, who dedicated her life’s work to overcoming child poverty in Africa until her death in 1999.
Award Winner’s Work in Uganda Honours Katherine Fleming
As the recipient of the 2019 Katherine Fleming International Development Award Grace Arach was recognized for her work in Uganda as founder of the Foundation for Women Affected by Conflicts (FOWAC). After participating in Coady Institute’s Diploma in Development Leadership program, Grace committed herself to honouring and promoting the legacy of Katherine Fleming.
Graduate Support Networks in Zimbabwe
Saliwe Mutetwa-Zakariya and Yeukai Muzezewa are part of a network of more than 100 Coady graduates in Zimbabwe, and though they live and work on opposite ends of the country, they share a common bond. They are dedicated advocates for women and girls’ empowerment through education, health, and business.
2025 Katherine Fleming Leadership Course for Women Leaders
Melesech Jira, Ethiopia
Tsegenet Mulu, Ethiopia
Christine Otinga, Kenya
Susan Mwape, Zambia
Rebecca Karagwa, Uganda
Millicent Kaleem, Ghana
Neo Limpet Thekiso, Botswana
Annet Irene Khaoya, Uganda
Joyce Bazira, Tanzania
Hanadi Abdelraheim, Sudan
Blen Zenebe, Ethiopia
Naomi Belachew, Ethiopia
Palikena Portpher Kaude, Malawi
Anna Sangai, Tanzania
Mariamagdalena Msae, Tanzania
Yordanos Tesfaye, Ethiopia
Sara Fereja, Ethiopia
Haregewayn Belay, Ethiopia
Yisfaalem Gelaye, Ethiopia
Lensa Fogi, Ethiopia
Zegeyesh Taye, Ethiopia
Madeline Zutt, Canada
“The training opened opportunities for collaboration and exchange of experiences in addressing challenges faced by women, regardless of national boundaries. This stems from the reality that the challenges faced by women leaders across African countries are often quite similar.”