” Chains of degrees and titles do not leave a legacy but knowledge passed on to another person is a seed that can serve and save generations. Mentor somebody today!” Excerpt from Mentorship:The Link to Effective Leadership
A life of service to humanity is an existential debt that is compelling to everyone to service or pay.
This philosophy does not only encourage us to be more inclined to prioritize service and kindness towards others, but to consider the interconnectedness of our lives and the impact we have on others in our daily lives.
This perspective is one of the key reasons that propelled the establishment of *MMS Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame(WoFHoF) Initiative* in 2012.
Vision
To be the foremost thriving community where women across Africa can access leadership opportunities, resources, and networks that enable them to achieve their full potential and drive sustainable development.
Mission
To empower and support women across Africa through mentorship, capacity building, and networking while celebrating the achievements of accomplished women to foster leadership and social change.
MMS WoFHoF Initiative also known as MMS Hall of Fame is a registered Non-Governmental Organization(NGO) founded with the aims of encouraging service to humanity and empowering women in the society through various means which include, discovering and celebrating the sterling qualities and contributions of a select women in Africa for impact on the younger generations and their environment. It has its registration details as CAC/IT/No.94998.
It promotes, gender diversity, equality and inclusivity in career and work place; political and corporate leadership, capacity building as well as role modeling through mentoring women and younger generations in their chosen professions, and instill enviable home management and entrepreneurial culture into younger generations.
These inspirational embodiments are the mirror for younger women and generations unborn hence they are called MMS Hall of Famers with the suffix –MHF
Since founded 13 years ago, 85 women of unquantifiable substance from across different countries in Africa and sectors who parade invaluable records of achievements and social impact have been inducted into MMS Hall of Fame.
MMS AMAZONS are another class of gifted women in the family of MMS Hall of Fame. They are the intermediate, but highly esteemed jewels of special creation, ornamented with excellent features in their cuddled endeavors as Change Agents, who are just about fifty persons of integrity.They have a Seven-member Steering Committee guided by the general BoT.
With seven Board of Trustees(BoT) members and eleven Governing Council members, MMS WoFHoF Initiative has collaboration with government agencies, ministries and international institutions as well as numerous certifications.
With active focus on gender matters, the introduction of its outreach platform: *Women In Leadership and Career Empowerment Programme(WILCEP* ) Africa has further endeared MMS Hall of Fame to both women and men across Africa.
Under WILCEP Africa , we match-make mentors and mentors on a rare privileged one-on-one mentorship guide. We have partnered international and indigenous firms as well as development institutions to train students, the unemployed,and career -making women in Africa.
WoFHoF Co-operative Multi-purpose Society
To help galvanize and empower women, even at the grass root level, we founded a multi-purpose cooperative society through which women are gainfully engaged in business and in vocational duties with periodic mentoring exercise in different clusters and locations using our pool of HALL of FAMERS and the AMAZONS.
WoFHoF Co-operative Multi-purpose Society, duly registered with regulatory authorities, is a solution to the financial and basic human needs of members. With an automated membership and payment system, it gives access to members join and make transactions from to their location of convenience, globally.
Designed as a socio-economic project, to assist business and working women and men cultivate investment and savings culture while securing credits to solve pressing needs at a below-the-banks’ interest rates, it has a cocktail of member- friendly products.
Impact
*Mentorship and Capacity Building*
With a pool of young business and career mentees awaiting mentorship match-making, the Initiative has through the support of partners and mentors empowered over 4000 women via tailored capacity building and financial assistance in form of grants and revolving loan scheme as well as scholarships.
Professional Engagement
We have organized series of symposium, lectures, summits, masterclasses,and conferences with impactful themes and under different subjects matters interrogating challenges and proffering solutions to leadership and gender-related problems in sectors as well as advocating transformative causes and amplifying voices of marginalization.
Projects
1)MMS WoFHoF Initiative has signed a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP) to combat Violence Against Persons(VAP)and Human Trafficking at sea and land borders.
2)To help grow businesses and galvanize capacity to reach a greater number of women, artisans, and micro business owners, we have introduced an empowerment scheme code-named: **Vision 5W-10,000*.
This is envisioned to train and empower 10,000 women across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria and Africa in leadership, mentorship, and capacity building within the next five years by providing access to resources, networks, and opportunities that drive sustainable development and social change.
With Co-ordinating Executives from the zones, it will be impactful.
Partners/ Sponsors
We have had the opportunity of working with numerous international and indigenous organizations.
They include: NPA, NSC, Chevron Nigeria, Development Bank of Nigeria(DBN), NIMASA, LeLook Nigeria Limited, NAPTIP, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, WISTA Nigeria, WILAT Nigeria, ECM Terminals, Seaview Properties Limited, Skelas Group, MOBOD Group, Tyse Group, Lagos State Government(WAPA), Protection Plus Services Limited, ENL Consortium, NCS, CRFFN, PTOL, etc.
