Amaka Osarieme Nwaokolo

Amaka Osarieme Nwaokolo has five years of experience working in Nigeria’s building and construction sector. She is the founder of Blue Tower House Services Int’l Ltd, a Nigerian affordable housing start-up with a vision to meet the high and rising demand for housing in Nigeria. Amaka Osarieme Nwaokolo currently serves as the company’s CEO and is responsible for instituting an organizational structure, culture, and process. The company is in its initial phase of implementing a 300 housing unit pilot in Nigeria’s federal capital territory, Abuja. Amaka holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Bowen University, Osun State in southwest Nigeria. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, she plans to finalize the company’s pilot and begin expansion across underserved cities in Nigeria.