WOMAN OF FORTUNE

Funmi Om is the CEO of African Alliance Plc. She is one of the few females occupying executive positions in the Nigerian corporate environment today. With nearly 30 years of professional experience in the insurance industry, all of which happened ...

Mrs. Sarah Roberts is the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria. She is a charming personality and a proud sponsor and supporter of the feminine brand. As the Christmas season approaches with loads ...

Abimbola Bamigboye is the founder and managing partner at AUDEO, a firm that focuses on providing SMEs across Africa with bookkeeping and accounting services as well as leveraging the accounting information obtained to proffer initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce costs ...

Tarebi Alebiosu is the Managing Director at Yoke Solutions Limited. She founded the company in 2006 to offer technology solutions for the Lagos State Government, Rural Electrification Agency Adam Smith International, Topbrass Aviation and other organisations. Tarebi wants you to ...

Carolyn Seaman is an advocate of promoting female involvement in technology. She is the founder of the Girls’ Voices initiative, a non-profit that provides a platform which enables girls to share their stories and inspire other girls with the use ...

Olamide Ayeni-Babajide is a computer engineer and founder of Pearl Recycling, an initiative focused on producing useful items from waste, such as tyres and plastic, in a process called upcycling. According to Olamide, her idea and passion came during a visit ...

Mary Uduma is the Managing Director of Jaeno Digital Soltions. She was formerly a Director with the Nigerian Communications Commission and past President of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association. Mary played an active role in the development of the internet ...

Nnenna Nwakanma is the co-founder of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa. She works with as the Senior Policy Manager for the World Wide Web Foundation, and also supports the work on the Alliance for Affordable Internet ...

There are women who must be counted in every roll call where women are mentioned.  Tomi Adepoju is one of such women. Tomi is Partner & Head, Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance Services (IARCS) of KPMG in Nigeria and also ...

Olamide Ayeni-Babajide is a computer engineer and founder of Pearl Recycling, an initiative focused on producing useful items from waste, such as tyres and plastic, in a process called upcycling. According to Olamide, her idea and passion came during a ...

Damilola Anwo-Ade is the Managing Partner of Sprout Consulting which provides ICT solutions in Abuja, as well as being the founder of CodeIT, a platform that mentors the next generation of coders, including young women. Damilola strongly believes in encouraging ...

Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor is the country manager of Google in Nigeria. Dubbed Nigeria’s ‘Queen of Technology’, she is passionate about bringing affordable internet access to Nigeria and also increasing the participation of women in technology. She previously worked with Microsoft in ...

Mrs. Rose Okwechime has recently retired as the ManagingDirector/Chief Executive Officer of Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc after nearly thirty years. Prior to taking up the apex position, she worked in the banking industry for twenty four years, including stints at ...

Mrs. Owen Omogiafo is the Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Hotels Plc. She has more than eighteen years’ corporate experience, including her most recent role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. She has also held senior ...

Funke Opeke is the Founder of Mainstsreet Technologies, the developers of MainOne cable, a leading provider of trelecom services and network soultions in West Africa. Funke worked with Verizon Communications in the United States for about twenty years before returning ...

Linda Quaynor is a Partner/West Africa Strategy and Operations Leader at Deloitte Nigeria. She is responsible for driving the company’s Strategy, Customer & Marketing business across West Africa. Her extensive experience enables clients to define their strategies and implement multi-year ...

Lola Masha is the Director for Trust and Safety at OLX Group.. Globally, the OLX brand is one of the world’s leading free, online classifieds platforms with 123 million unique users across 107 countries, generating traffic of over 1.8 billion ...

Temie Giwa-Tubosun is the Founder and CEO of Life Bank, a health-tech startup that ensures timely delivery of blood to hospitals and patients who need them.  Named as one of the BBC’s 100 Women in 2014, Temie did not set ...

Omokehinde Adebanjo is the Vice President and Area Business Head for West Africa, Mastercard. Based in Nigeria, Omokehinde is responsible for advancing acceptance and issuance of Mastercard’s payment products in Nigeria and other English-speaking countries in West Africa. Before her ...

Ronke Kuye is the CEO of the Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF). Ronke’s banking experience spans over 24 years including setting up of a successful card business and alternative payment channels. She was one of the three founding members ...