Professor Amivi Kafui Tete-Benissan (left) teaches cell biology and biochemistry at the University of Lomé, in the capital of Togo. Stephan Gladieu/World Bank/Flickr June 22, 2016 How Africa can empower more women to become leaders in science Ghada Bassioni, Ain Shams University; Chioma Daisy Onyige; Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Université Hassan II Casablanca – AUF; Joana Filipa Machado de Morais Afonso, Universidade Agostinho Neto, and Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, University of Mauritius Getting more women into science, technology, engineering and maths fields is a process that involves many parts of a society. Several African countries are setting the pace.