60:. From 1973 to 1993, she served as CEO in Ivory Media (Havas Africa), the national advertising agency (and head of Ivory advertising Media / Havas Africa (1973-1992)). She led companies in Ivory Coast, including the Universe group she founded and directed from 1993 to 2000. She has represented Africa on the board of the Francophone World Advertising. She is the initiator of the first African Book Fair held in Abidjan in 1993. She was President of the Association of Publishers in Ivory Coast from 1991 to 2000. She created the International Exhibition of leisure and tourism Abidjan (SITLA) held for the first time in November 1998. It is also the founder of the first edition of the Web Africa festival, held from 24 to 26 November 2014 in Abidjan. A philanthropist, Diawara supports various causes, especially for young people in Côte d'Ivoire and Africa. She founded Young Universe, the first youth newspaper in Cöte d'Ivoire and supported the creation of the Association of student entrepreneurs clubs from Ivory Coast in 2000. Diawara lives in
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Montreal in 2000 for a year, a political uprising in the country forcing my stay in Canada. It was during her stay in
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