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| Tim Immaculate CEO ICON display her Awards |
Tim Immaculate a Bamenda based civil engineer has emerged
winner of Africa’s most influential Woman in Business and Government Award
2017. The physically very happy Civil Engineer announced her award on her
Facebook page Saturday October 21, 2017 with location indicating Accra Ghana.
Expressing
her joy she went memory lane “When I found my passion in Building and
construction about 20yrs ago, I never knew a day like this would come.”
The founder of Immaculate Conception ICON did not forget the company
she created some years back and the work she has been doing. “When I created
ICON in 2010, I never knew a day like this would come. When I embarked on
building school infrastructures including gender sensitive toilets to provide conclusive
learning environment for children and also reduce the rate of disease outbreak
in my community, I never imagined a day like this would come.”
The construction industry has no doubt
been a male-dominated area. Given this fact, it’s even more inspiring to
come across women who are not only thriving in construction, but who have raised
to the decision-maker level in their companies. Tim Immaculate is one of them who
has not only studied and is practicing Civil Engineering but has also gone further
to encourage young girls to be like her. She did not ignore this as she celebrated
her latest award for Country and Region in the Building and
Construction sector. “When
I embarked on reducing the stereotype that links masculinity to engineering
by encouraging girls to pursue STEM career and mentoring them, I never knew a
day like this would come.”
How it happened she explains “In October last year when I received a
nomination letter for Africa's most influential woman in business and
government award 2017 from CEO Global in South, I never knew a day like this
would come. In May this year when I was interviewed as a semifinalist, I still
didn't imagine I would be singled out of over 4000 applicants.
Today I'm super excited to have been honoured with these awards - Country and Regional Awards in Building and Construction sector.”
Today I'm super excited to have been honoured with these awards - Country and Regional Awards in Building and Construction sector.”
Expressing her feelings and future
plans she said “I am excited my work has been recognised in Africa. These
Awards are catalyst for ICON to create new neighbourhoods that will form future
cities in my country through an innovative concept in the building and
construction sector. We aim to construct at least 100 sustainable green homes
for low to mid income earners by 2018. Thank you CEO Global for believing in
me.”
The Global South award comes after
Tim Immaculate was recently awarded with the
YALI SPIRIT
award in appreciation for her Visionary Guidance and Undaunting Leadership
skills during the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) West Africa Training
program fellowship in Lagos, Nigeria early this year.
Talking about what
she does some time back, the happily married mother of three who this reporter sees
as a go getter said “I am proud of who I am; A Civil Engineer. I am proud of
what I do. We empower women in this construction industry. I want to minimize
the stereotype that links with masculinity in civil construction industry. Women
should know that they belong, they can be happy being civil engineers. We are
talking of emergence 2035 I believe a woman is creative, women are good
managers. We need you women in this construction industry. We have to come
together with our diverse minds of thinking and see how we can help Cameroon to
emerge in that 2035.”