The Black Women in Europe™ blog, created in 2006 by Adrianne George, released its 11th Black Women in Europe™: Power List 2020 - A List of Our Own©. This 11th year we feature 9 women, and give special recognition to an additional 11 who provided 14 workshops and performances in our Let’s Do Us! Series to mitigate pandemic lockdown anxiety. The awardees are in the following categories: Activism, Arts, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Media, and STEM. Image Credits: Tamu McPherson: Alexander Wong Naomi Smith: https://www.instagram.com/nayz100/ Liz Bilal: https://www.instagram.com/liza.bilal Enam Gbewonyo: https://www.enamgdesigns.com/ Clara Amfo: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/60k5msQyPrgQ7rrjnhBjv5p/clara-amfo Babou Olengha-Aaby: https://thenextbillion.global/about-us/ Dr. Anne-Marie Imafiden, MBE: Felicity McCabe Angela Fobbs: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DemsabroadGBC/videos/ Venus Oghweh: https://www.instagram.com/vns_tings/

2. In 2010 the Black Women in Europe™ Blog released its first
Power List naming 58 women across Europe in 6 categories.
This 11th year we feature 10, and give special recognition to
11 women who provided 14 workshops and performances in
our Let’s Do Us! Series to mitigate pandemic lockdown
anxiety. The awardees are in the following categories:
Activism, Arts, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Media, and
STEM.
This list, presented in alphabetical order, is intended to
acknowledge powerful black women in Europe and to
inspire others to reach their full potential.

3. What constitutes power?
Power is defined as the ability to act or produce an
effect.
Methodology:
The Power List does not aim to assess rank but
rather to showcase influential women who, in some
cases well known and in others, are women who
should be known.

4. Angela Fobbs
Activist: Germany
Chair, Democrats Abroad
Global Black Caucus

5. Anne-Marie Imafiden, MBE
STEM: UK
Founder of Stemettes
stemettes.org
Public Speaker

6. Babou Olengha-Aaby
Entrepreneurship:
Norway
Founder of The Next Billion

7. Clara Amfo
Media: UK
BBC 1 Radio Presenter

8. Enam Gbewonyo
Arts: UK
Founder of the BBFA (Black
British Female Artist)

9. Liza Bilal
Activist: UK
Co-founder of BLM Bristol

10. Naomi Smith
Activist: UK
Co-
founder of Justice for Black Lives

11. Tamu McPherson
Fashion: Italy
Photographer, Blogger, Fashion
influencer

12. Venus Oghweh
Activist: UK
Co-founder of Justice for
Black Lives

13. These women led
workshops or
performed as a part of
our solution for
surviving and thriving
in these uncertain
COVID-19 days, weeks,
and months.

14. Beatrice Ngalula
Kabutakapua
Communications
Consultant: UK
How to Use
Communication in These Times of
Crisis Workshop

15. Carolyn E. van Es-Vines
Intercultural Trainer:
The Netherlands
Start Writing Your Life Story
in Just 15 Minutes a Day Workshop

16. Chantal Dos Santos
Cultural Connector:
Barbados/Canada/
Germany
SocaFit and Bellydance
Classes

17. Erica Smith
Healing Arts
Counselor:
France
Finding Personal Freedom
Workshop

18. Janine Van Throo
Hair Therapist &
Product Formulator:
Belgium
Natural Hair Workshop

19. Kristin Lewis
Soprano: Austria
African American
Spirituals Live Concert and
Puccini Workshop

20. Lola Atobatele
Entrepreneur: UK
Interview with a Serial
Entrepreneur

21. Rhoda Wilson
Film Director &
Producer: UK
Kids Acting Workshop and
Producer’s Talk for Adults

22. Rosemary Dede
Life Coach: Belgium
The Power of a Morning
Routine Workshop

23. Trina Roach
Business Coach:
Germany
Work-/Life-Balance when
(suddenly) Working from Home
Workshop

24. Yema Ferreira
Healer,
Psychotherapist, Life
Coach: Denmark
Mental Health Checkup:
Online Group Session

25. View all of the
Black Women in Europe™
Power Lists on
http://blog.blackwomeni
neurope.com/power-list/

26. It’s our Kiva Team’s 7th anniversary! Since 2013
the Black Women in Europe™ Kiva team has grown
to 10 members and has provided 15 loans. Kiva is a non-
profit organization with a mission to connect people
through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva lets individuals
lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the
world. Our collective efforts will make a difference to an
individual, a group, and a community.

27. Let’s support women. You don’t have to wait to start
giving as part of our team. Choose a project and click on
the amount you would like to donate. Remember as little
as $25 is all that is needed. You’ll be taken to your basket
where you can select what lending team your loans should
count towards. Beneath the “Count Towards Team”
column, you’ll see a drop down box with Black Women
in Europe™’s lending team listed. Click that box and
select the Black Women in Europe™’s lending
team and the loan to will count towards our team.

28. The Black Women
in Europe™:
Power List 2020 A
List of Our Own©
was created by
Adrianne George
and launched 11
years ago.

29. This edition is
dedicated to Derek
McCullough. He was
the creative genius
who shared his
talents by designing
this power list. You
will never be
forgotten.
[our 5th list without you :( ]