Kah Walla

Kah Walla
Born
Edith Kahbang Walla

(1965-02-28) February 28, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityCameroonian
Occupationpolitician

Edith Kahbang Walla (born February 28, 1965),[1] popularly known as Kah Walla, is a Cameroonian politician,[2] entrepreneur and social activist.[3] She went into politics in 2007 with the Social Democratic Front (SDF),[4] the then main Cameroonian opposition party and was then elected into the municipal council of Douala I.[5] In 2010, she resigned from SDF following a divergence over strategy[6] and declared her intention to run for the 2011 presidential election on October 23, 2010.[7] On April 30, 2011, she was elected as the president of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP) and party candidate for 2011 presidential election.[8][9]

Kah Walla is the CEO of the firm STRATEGIES!, a leadership and management consulting firm which she founded in 1995.[10] She was recognized in 2007 by the World Bank as one of the seven influential women entrepreneurs in Africa, and was counted among the 150 women who move the world by Newsweek.[11]

  1. ^ "Kah Walla : la femme dont la pugnacité fait rêver". www.cameroonvoice.com. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  2. ^ "Anthony Clark Arend » Kah Walla, Cameroonian Activist and former Presidential Candidate, will speak on "Leadership: Africa in the World and Women in Africa," Thur, Nov 21st, 2013, 12:15". anthonyclarkarend.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  3. ^ "Unleashing Africa's Potential With Cameroon's Kah Walla - Ventures Africa". Ventures Africa. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  4. ^ "Kah Walla In SDF | CameroonPostline". www.cameroonpostline.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  5. ^ Equipe Agence AIC. "Kah Walla, candidate à la présidentielle, face à Henri FOTSO - AIC - Agence Africaine d'Information et de Communication". agenceaic.net. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  6. ^ "The Chia Report: Kah Walla Resigns from the SDF..." www.chiareport.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  7. ^ "Kah Walla Dumps SDF, Declares Presidential Candidature | CameroonPostline". www.cameroonpostline.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
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  9. ^ "CAMEROUN LE TOP 5 DES FEMMES POLITQUES CELIBATAIRES : TUTU MUNA, KAH WALLA, AMINATOU AHIDJO, Denise FAMPOU et KALLA LOBE CAMEROON - Camer.be". camer.be (in French). June 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  10. ^ Systems, eZ. "Kah Walla, member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum - World Entrepreneurship Forum". www.world-entrepreneurship-forum.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).