WOMAN OF FORTUNE

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 ...

Oluwatoyin Albert is the Divisional Head, Sales, Marketing and Product Development, Xpress Payment. Oluwatoyin is an acute brand story teller with vast experience in sales, marketing, corporate communications, brand and the product development. She always ensures the creation of innovative ...

Lola Olusola is the Product Manager at One Finance and Investment (Carbon). She is an experienced creative and digital professional with a demonstrated history of working in the eCommerce and fashion industry. Lola is the brain behind the Bloom initiative ...

Oluwatobi Bushoro is a Fintech expert and digital payment professional. She was the former Managing Director of Renmoney. Before her appointment, Oluwatobi served as the Head, Digital Strategy, issuing and service management and electronic banking and digital strategy units at ...

Funke AlomoOluwa is the Managing Director of ChamsAccess Limited, a subsidiary of Chams. Funke was the deputy project manager and chief installation officer of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) project initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Funke’s change ...

Kofo Akinkugbe is the Managing Director/CEO, SecureID. She founded Interface Technologies in 1998, SecureID in 2005 and SecureCard Manufacturing in 2012. SecureID Group comprises SecureID and SecureCard Manufacturing. SecureID is a Mastercard, Visa and Verve-certified smart card personalization bureau and ...

Kemi Okusanya is the General Manager of Visa, West Africa. She is an astute business manager skilled in the area of business strategy, key account management, business leadership, team management and project supervision. Kemi is a natural team player with ...

Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun is the Managing Director, CR Services. She is an international professional that brings multi-faceted experience in business, technical and people management. She is co-founder of CreditRegistry Corporation, a software technology company headquartered in Washington State, USA. From 2014-2016, ...

Lola Ekugo is the Head of the Digital Innovation Lab at FirstBank Nigeria. She is also a co-founder of Elohims Basket, an initiative with the vision to influence communities through outreach and social impact programmes. She has worked for several ...

Temitope Akin-Fadeyi is the Principal Manager, Development Finance Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She was also Pioneer Head, Financial Inclusion Secretariat at CBN, where she led the implementation of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS). Temitope has broad executive ...