Otago graduate honoured as leader

Dr Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe
Dr Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe
The first doctoral graduate from the University of Otago’s Centre for International Health has won wider international recognition as a leader in her field.

Dr Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe, who graduated from Otago with a PhD in public health in 2012, was awarded the Women Super Achiever Award from the World Women Leadership Congress, in Mumbai, India, this year.

Dr Seitio-Kgokgwe is the Botswana country director for the Institute of Development Management (IDM), which covers Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.

For the past couple of months, Dr Seitio-Kgokgwe has been helping to support Botswana’s national response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2018 she was also was named Africa’s Most Influential Woman in Business and Government for the South African Development Community, North, by CEO Global.

john.gibb@odt.co.nz

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