Olori Atuwatse Urges Harnessing Of African Women’s Potential

The Queen Consort of the Warri Kingdom, Olori Atuwatse III and other notable African women have emphasised the importance of harnessing women’s potential for the social-economic and political future of the continent.

Women from diverse endeavours converged on Cape Coast Ghana at 2025 ‘Women Allying Women Conference’ a brainchild of “Elevate Africa”.

In her keynote address at the well-attended conference, Olori Atuwatse III, who is the founder of Elevate Africa and Queen Consort of Warri Kingdom, said the innate leadership qualities of women in homes and communities remain a testament to their capabilities in empathy, fiscal discipline, and strategic leadership.

The Queen Consort lamented the diminished role of women in formal decision-making spaces outside the home, particularly in business and politics, calling for a course correction.

She also noted that in the modern era, royalty demands a complementary role for both male and female leadership in building a thriving society, just as she called for constitutional reform to ensure inclusion of more queens, mothers and female traditional leaders into local and traditional councils.

She outlined the vision of Women Allying Women as a platform for women leaders to collaborate, reframing societal perceptions of women’s roles.

“Every day, women across homes harness leadership skills that are innate to us. We show empathy, fiscal discipline, and strategic leadership, the kind that nurtures the next generation even as we build our own future.

“Now, we all know that the home is not just a domestic place; it is a microcosm of society that shapes the wider customs, values, structures, and norms. We are the generation that not only climbs the ladder but also steadies it and guides other women up.

“It is time to course-correct, because I can imagine what will happen when we set the temperature of nations and shape the atmosphere of continents. Incredible things. Purely incredible things,” she stated.

Elated chief executive officer (CEO) and Ghana Tourism Author Mrs. Maame Houadejote described the event and the festival’s celebration as a game changer and an opportunity to boost Cape Coast’s economy and culture.