The First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire is a blonde who uses "sport" to solve difficulties.

  

The First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire is a blonde who uses "sport" to solve difficulties.

Dominique Ouattara

Conversations turned to Dominique Ouattara, the spouse of Côte d'Ivoire's president, Alassane Ouattara, following the national team's two-goal victory over Nigeria in the African Cup in Abidjan.

mrs Dominique, now seventy, was born in 1953 to French parents in Constantine, Algeria. She went back to school in Strasbourg, France, and earned a degree in economics from the University of Paris in 1975. She had just recently tied the knot with Professor Jean Floro, who had relocated to Abidjan prior to his passing.

in 1984 following a ten-year marriage. Years produced two offspring.

The businesswoman waited seven years before getting married again to Alassane Ouattara in Dakar, Senegal, roughly 19 years before he took office as president of Côte d'Ivoire. It was during this time that the Frenchwoman rose to prominence in the West African nation due to her advocacy for women's empowerment and the protection of children from exploitation. Ambassador of the United Nations Program to Combat Transmission of HIV from Mothers to Their Children Ouattara's accomplishments sprang from her conviction that sports can play a significant part in resolving societal issues.

on setting up national football tournaments for kids aged 7 to 15 as a way to fight child labor.

Her name-brand competition, the First Lady's Championship, is held in 50 Côte d'Ivoire provinces. Senior members of the Ivorian sports community, most notably Franck Kessie, a star player for Al-Ahly Jeddah who scored his nation's first goal in the history of the African finals, have expressed support for it.

Dominique makes sure that all of the teams that advance to the tournament's finals win cash awards in addition to numerous other rewards.

Thanks to the blonde first lady, host Côte d'Ivoire came back "from the dead" to win the African Cup of Nations for the third time in the tournament's history. The team defeated Nigeria 2-1 in the final match held in Abidjan on Sunday.

William Troost-Ekong (38), Nigeria's captain, began the score. Frank Kessier (62) and Sebastien Haller (81) for the "Elephants" replied.

They were on the verge of elimination from the group stage following a humiliating 0–4 loss to Equatorial Guinea, but the removal of French coach Jean-Louis helped them win their third title after 1992 and 2015.

For the Orange national team, Gasset's hiring of Emrys Faillet as his assistant changed everything.

As the first team to fall by four goals and go on to win the championship, Côte d'Ivoire also made history by becoming the first host nation to do it since Egypt in 2006.