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Number 31 on the 2024 list
Maame Boakye is a co-founder from Ghana, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for running the seventh Black Women in Food Awards and a second annual summit.
Maame Boakye co-founded Dine Diaspora with Nina Oduro and Nana Ama Afari-Dwamena, three women from Ghana working in Washington, DC, and with them created Black Women in Food. In April 2024 the initiative held its seventh annual Black Women in Food Awards, with 31 honourees, and its second annual summit at the Eaton hotel in Washington, which added a marketplace and a pitch competition with prizes of US$10,000 and US$5,000.