Media & awards

Speaking, press and recognition

Keynotes, panels, coverage and the awards behind the work.

Speaking

Keynotes and panels

  • UNESCO symposium, Yaoundé (December 2022)
  • RMRDC Africa Raw Materials Summit, Abuja
  • Ladies in the Boardroom, with the British High Commissioner
  • TDRTI and RMRDC work
Keynote at the Africa Raw Materials Summit, Abuja, hosted by RMRDC: "Transforming Africa's Raw Materials into a Globally Competitive Beauty Industry"

Talk topics (not limited to)

From farm to treatment room

How African countries can build a Tropical Skincare industry on their own raw materials.

Tropical skin needs Tropical Skincare

What 100,000+ skin analysis samples tell us.

Policy that grows an industry

Local-content rules and professional licensing in beauty and skincare.

Training the workforce

How universities can certify the next generation of skincare professionals.

Women who build

Entrepreneurship, empowerment and leadership across Africa.

In the press

Coverage

UNESCO Regional Office for Central Africa, Yaoundé
Press interview at the UNESCO symposium, Yaoundé
Speaking on the Ladies in the Boardroom panel, Cameroon
Recognition

Awards

YearAward
2025Award of Excellence Recognition, Nigeria House of Dream Parliament (March)
2025Presidential Service Lifetime Achievement Award, WILDE (Women in Leadership Development and Empowerment), Virginia, USA
2025Most Impactful Award, GIAC
2024Lifetime Achievement Award, AmeriCorps / Office of the President
2024Lifetime Presidential Achievement Award, The White House
2024Beauty Personnel of the Year, Beauty D'or
2024Award of Honor, Walcutz Community Development Association
2021Excellence in Innovation, Cameroon Beauty Awards
Cameroonian ministerial award for introducing medical aesthetics to Cameroon
The White House letter accompanying the President's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024
The President's Lifetime Achievement Award certificate, 2024
WILDE Presidential Service Lifetime Achievement Award, 2025
Award of Excellence Recognition, Nigeria House of Dream Parliament, Abuja

Work with Dr Edith

Governments, universities, industry and event organisers: start a conversation about Tropical Skincare, policy and African industry.

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