See: The First Female Prime Minister and President in the History of Africa Sylvie Kinigi Africa indeed is a blessed continent, blessed with both human and natural resources most especially women who had made us proud in their various field of endeavours and are still making us proud we have seen the likes of late Dora Akunyili, Obi Ezekwesli, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala of Nigeria, Winnie Mandela of South Africa, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Joyce Banda of Malawi, Ameenah Gurib of Mauritius, Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia, Aminata Toure of Senegal etc. It is in this light I am presenting to you one of Africa's most exceptional woman, Sylvie Kinigi of Burundi. WHO IS SYLVIE KINIGI? Sylvie Kinigi was the former Prime Minister and President of Burundi. Sylvie was born on 24th of November, 1953 in a family in the countryside of Burundi. Her father was a trader and her mother was a house and peasant farmer whose farm products was used in keeping the house and the entire family. Sylvie was
