World cross country champion Hellen Obiri was crowned the Sports Award at the Forbes Woman Africa Award.
In a virtual summit that had various categories including young achievers, social impact, entertainer and sports award, Obiri, the world 5,000m champion was joined by other Kenyan Elsa Majimbo, who won the Entertainment award.
The Olympic 5,000m silver medalist has been representing Kenya in middle distance running has been nothing less than phenomenal, winning gold at the 2017 World Championships and retained the title in 2019.
Other winners of the 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Award included former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who got the lifetime achievement award and Temle Tubosun, the founder of Life Bank, who won the technology and innovation award