INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER | MEDIA MAVEN | ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN

Anita Erskine is widely celebrated as one of the most Influential Women in Media in Africa. She is a multi-hyphenate – an award-winning TV Host and Producer, Event Moderator, Actress and Keynote Speaker. Her professional experience spans more than two decades across Africa, Canada and parts of Europe. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Anita Erskine Media, a boutique content production, and distribution venture she founded in 2016. 

In 2014 her advocacy for Women in Leadership and Girls’ empowerment, led to the creation of Anita Erskine’s Sheroes. The syndicated television talk show has become a tool for awareness and capacity building for Women. On the show, the personal and professional experiences shared by her guests, serve to contribute to the urgent global call for Gender Equality. Today, Anita Erskine’s Sheroes has over 15 million viewers globally. Sheroversity – an off shoot of the show – is a Mentorship Workshop and Masterclass quarterly online series, designed for professional Women to sharpen their communications skills.

Since 2020, Erskine has been the official host of Africa’s Business Heroes - The Jack Ma Foundation's flagship philanthropic entrepreneur program in Africa. Her innate belief of Entrepreneurship as a key driver of Africa’s socio - economic emergence, brought her into this coveted role, which today, affords her the unique opportunity of interacting with and providing communications training to a diverse collective of Entrepreneurs both on the African continent and in the Diaspora. 

Anita applies an interdisciplinary approach to event moderating. Coupled with a fine blend of her dynamic personality and grasp of diverse topics, her services as a Commère are often sought after by Governments, International Agencies, Non – Governmental Organizations, Private Sector Organizations and Multinational Companies around the world.

As a Keynote speaker, Anita Erskine focuses on the role of Tech Innovation, Culture, Entrepreneurship and Education in the birth of a New Africa that takes pride in creating homegrown solutions.

Anita Erskine’s work and impact have been mentioned by CNN, Forbes, CNBC Africa, Discovery Communications and New African Woman Magazine. In 2021 she was one of two winners of the Trent University Alumni of the Year. She has also been named among the 500 most influential Africans around the world, one of the top 100 Women CEO’s in Africa, in the Top 100 Career Women in Africa list and acknowledged as one of the Most Distinguished Change Makers (Women) in Africa.

Anita Erskine loves to tell Africa’s story to the world. She is of the belief that her experiences and craft must be used extensively for Global Good.