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unique GAC features . Firstly , the company is headed by Beavogui , a Guinean woman . “ It ’ s always been the motto of EGA management that this is a Guinean project , therefore we need the face and the image of the Guinean people as it is their project ,” she says .
The mining sector is notoriously maledominated . In a 2014 study of the top 500 mining companies globally , Women in Mining UK found the mining industry had fewer women on boards than any other major industry . “ I think it ’ s a big signal that EGA sent out in supporting women leadership by appointing me ,” Beavogui , appointed in January 2016 , says . “ Especially in the context of my country where so few women are hired in high positions , we ’ re still struggling to have equality in industries such as mining
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