Advocate Pria Hassan – Chief Executive
xecutive Officer: Women of Africa
Adv Pria Hassan graduated from the University of Natal with a law degree in the 1990’s. With a
vision to “boldly go where no women have gone before”, Adv Pria Hassan established the Women
of Africa (WOA) Investment Group in 2005 to enter traditionally male-dominated
male dominated industry sectors
and create the first women’s empowerment group in KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaZulu Natal. The group enjoyed
sustainable growth, diversifying into logistics, pharmaceuticals, engineering, project management
and mining sectors. In 2007 Pria established WOA
WOA Fuels and Oils to expand the group’s existing
portfolio into the fuels, lubricants, minerals and energy sectors.
It’s extensive networks, solid
reputation as a company of integrity, industry expertise as well as its broad ranging partner
relationships with private and state
state-owned
owned finance organizations assisted WOA’s growth into
Africa
Adv Pria Hassan’s commitment to women empowerment is evidenced by her long history of panel
speaking nationally and internationally. She has spoken at the Women in Business
Busine
and
Leadership Conference held in Gaborone
Gaborone, Botswana 2014; the Women in the Energy Industry
conference which focused on “Creating Smart Policies to Empower
Empower Africa’s Women in Energy”;
and the World Health Conference Participation in Women in Leadership to
to name a few.
Hassan won the Top Black Female Entrepreneur at The Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment
Awards in 2011. She was named Women of the year 2012 by CNBC All Africa Business Leader,
and the country and regional winner in the Wholesale
Sector for the South Africa’s Most Influential Women in
Business and Government Award 2014. She has
recently also been named as a finalist in the Ernst and
Young World Entrepreneur Award.
She hopes to continue to channel her resources and
access her networks to the benefit
nefit of nurturing the
Business Women’s Association of South Africa. She
believes that the BWA SA will be directly responsible
for building the future generation of leaders that we are
going to need in Africa