JB accolades and honours

Accolades and honours

National awards

• Woman of the Year, Malawi, 1997
• Woman of the Year, Malawi, 1998
• Nyasa Times Multimedia 'Person of the Year', 2010

International awards

• Martin Luther King Drum Major Award, 2012, Washington DC
• Legends Award for Leadership, 2012, Greater African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Women of Substance Award, 2010, African Women Development Fund
• Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, 1997, Hunger Project of NY
• International award for entrepreneurship development, 1998, Africa Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
• 100 Heroines award, 1998, Rochester, New York
• Certificate of Honors, 2001, Federation of World Peace and Love, Taiwan, Republic of China

Honors

• Most powerful woman in the world 2014, Forbes Magazine – rank #40
• Most powerful woman in the world 2013, Forbes Magazine – rank #47
• Most powerful woman in the world 2012, Forbes Magazine – rank #71
• Most powerful woman in Africa 2012, Forbes Magazine – rank #1
• Most powerful woman in Africa 2011, Forbes Magazine – rank #3