WOMAN OF FORTUNE

Chiamaka Ndukwu Theresa co-founded Agrohive to boost rural smallholder farmers’ productivity by giving them access to advanced Agricultural Extension services, access to improved farm inputs, and agricultural technologies. AgroHive has created more manpower in rural agriculture through organizing and assisting ...

Amba Eyang-Ajakaiye is an international development consultant with almost a decade experience applying mobile and digital strategies for improved businesses in local communities and the development of the private sector in Nigeria. She is also the founder of iDareNotDread Nigeria, ...

Dr. Cassandra Akinde is currently the team lead for The Nigerian Child Initiative, a non-profit which promotes child health awareness and sustainable education to empower them with healthy choices. Her work centres on helping these children understand that sound education ...

Amara Kanu-Nwankwo is perhaps famous for her football celebrity husband but over the years, she has proven that there is more to her than being a celebrity’s wife. She is a fitness and wellness coach as well as an author. Amara ...

Adekemi Adeniyan is the founder, Dentoville Foundation and co-founder, Komplete Woman. A dentist, her foundation focuses on providing free oral health education and treatments to the less privileged, especially people in rural areas. She is also the co-founder of Komplete ...

Barbara Okereke is a Cake Designer, Founder and Managing Director of Oven Secret Limited. A graduate of Electrical Electronics Engineering with an MBA in Oil and Gas Management; after years of searching for a job, and finding none, she learned ...

Ayodeji Osowobi is the Executive Director of Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER). She is passionate about teaching men to respect women’s rights and she is responsible for conducting advocacy and project implementation and ensuring survivors of gender-based violence receive ...

Karo Omu is the founder of Sanitary Aid Initiative, a humanitarian and advocacy body that has aimed to promote the sanitary health of the girl-child across Nigeria. The organisation aims to provide free sanitary pads and other sanitary products including ...

Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes is the founder/Managing Partner, Aruwa Capital Management, one of the few women-led and owned investment firms in Sub Saharan Africa and is committed to advancing women’s economic empowerment throughout all of its investments through its gender lens ...

Oluchi Okafor is the Managing Director of Multimix Academy. She was appointed Managing Director on January 1st, 2021. Oluchi has a Bsc. in Mass Communication from the prestigious Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria and a Masters in Business Administration (Supply Chain) ...

Fatumata Soukouna Coker has over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies in the high-tech industry, including extensive global management responsibilities at IBM in the USA, African experience at Microsoft and Nigerian experience at Soft Solutions Limited, a ...

Deborah Nicol-Omeruah is an accomplished C-Level Executive and Director with over 20 years’ experience in real estate and banking with specialisation in property development, finance & acquisitions; mortgages, private banking and investment planning in the United Kingdom and across Africa. ...

Amanda Obidike is an advocate of safe spaces for people living with disabilities. Co-founder at Initiative for National Growth, she focuses on building social and emotional capacity in differently-abled persons and training caregivers. She sits on the Board of Directors ...

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 ...