Rebecca Walo Omana (born 15 July 1951) is a Congolese mathematician, professor, and reverend sister.
[1] Of this period Omana says: I had to double effort to be better and remove negative prejudices in the heads of my colleagues and my professors to be accepted.
[1] In 1982, Omana began working as a lecturer and became the first female mathematics professor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[1] Omana earned her Diplôme d'études approfondies in 1985 and her Ph.D in 1990 from the Université catholique de Louvain where she worked with advisor Jean Mawhin.
[4] She hopes that some of her doctoral students will join her among the small number of female professors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.