INSPIRING KEYNOTE
Journey to the Top

Aida Diarra
Senior Vice President and Head of Sub-Saharan Africa
VISA Inc

Aida has under her jurisdiction, all Visa operations in forty-eight markets across Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a highly experienced executive in the financial services and digital financial industry and is well versed in growing business and operations across the African continent. Her twenty-five-year career includes strategy development and implementation, business development, and operational management. Aida joined Visa from Western Union, where she was the Regional Vice President for Africa & Managing Director for more than four years. Prior to this, she held a number of progressive leadership positions at the global money transfer business, developing her experience in marketing, sales, account management, strategy & planning, and country / regional leadership positions. Coupled with her passion for financial technology, she is a champion for diversity and Africa’s overall contribution to the industry and serves as a leading voice in these two areas through her non-executive work.
OCTOBER 20, 2021
INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION
Gorick Ng is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, a book published by Harvard Business Review Press. It is a guide to help early career professionals, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, navigate the school-to-work transition and ascend to positions of leadership, based on 500+ interviews with professionals across geographies, industries, and job types. The Unspoken Rules is now offered at a range of organizations, from the largest multinationals to startups and nonprofits, for onboarding, training, and diversity and inclusion. Harvard Business School has also given Gorick’s book to every MBA student to give them an edge in their internships and full-time jobs.
The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling book by Harvard career adviser Gorick Ng. It is a guide to help early career professionals, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, become high performers at work and ascend to positions of leadership, based on 500+ interviews with professionals across geographies, industries, and job types.
The Unspoken Rules is now offered to employees at companies such as IBM, GE, and other top firms worldwide. Harvard Business School has also given Gorick‘s book to every MBA student to give them an edge in their internships and full-time jobs
Email info@gorick.com to order the e-book for your organization.
Articles:
How to Ask for Help at Work (Harvard Business Review)
11 questions to ask your boss the first day of a remote-only job (Fast Company)
This is the most important conversation you need to have with your team if you’re a manager (CNBC)

Men significantly outnumber women not just at the senior management and board levels but at every stage of the African Corporate pipeline. This is why Africa.com is committed to supporting talented women who aspire to climb the corporate ladder in Africa.
This workshop will inspire junior women by hearing the story of a successful African woman who reached the pinnacle of the corporate ladder, followed by an interactive session with a Harvard Business School career advisor and author of “The Unspoken Rules – Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right.”
In collaboration with our thought leadership partner, Standard Bank
