Golden Entrepreneurship Award : Rewarding Merit, Innovation

The first edition of the Golden International Award has taken place in Douala. This was during the All African Women Entrepreneurship and Association Forum that took place on March 21 which rewarded women and youths in different categories. One of the rewards that stood out was that of Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo, International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

The award, presented by Lead'Her Africa, recognizes Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo's dedication to peace, women's rights, and leadership. The award recognized the efforts of a women-led initiative behind a peacebuilding model that helped prevent and respond to electoral violence. The Golden International Entrepreneurship Award 2026 celebrated women and youth for their work in different fields, particularly in maintaining peace during Cameroon's electoral process.

In her acceptance speech, Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo dedicated the honor to victims of conflict and violence worldwide, calling for intensified efforts to promote peace and equality. She further explained that one of their recent activities that won the award was the monitoring room that her organisation put in place during the October 12 presidential election in Cameroon. She said the approach was both practical and fast-acting, built around an "early warning and monitoring room" system.

The mechanism, she disclosed, enabled women and youth to play an active role in preventing violence, receiving alerts, validating reports, and working with authorities to ensure timely responses. She said the initiative mobilized 100 monitors across 41 communities. Through hotlines and other contacts, the monitoring team received large numbers of alerts during the election period, ...