Nigeria

Jennifer Oluwabunmi Agunloye has over five years’ experience as a writer and a social entrepreneur. Currently, Jennifer serves as the executive director of the Girl Should Thrive Initiative, an NGO focusing on improving the lives of girls and women in rural and underprivileged communities in northern Nigeria. They also create awareness by sharing the stories… read more »

Chibuzor Charles Agomuoh is the founder and executive director of The SunRise Youth Intervention Organisation, working to curb youth restlessness through excellently tailored youth intervention programs. During the last six years, Chibuzor Charles Agomuoh has granted thousands of young people access to information on proper lifestyle choices for productive living through the organization’s projects, including… read more »

Chioma Agha is the CEO of Swish Ideas which was started in 2013. The goal of the company was to create a new shopping experience for customers in an unsaturated industry. Ushering in a renaissance in the gifting experience in Nigeria, the focus was on uniqueness and functionality and the www.swishideas.com launch in 2013 was… read more »

Kehinde Damilola Oladeji has over four years of experience in the fashion industry, where she has focused on pattern drafting, garment construction, and retail for unisex clothing. She is currently the managing director for her clothing line and fashion school, Slitz Couture and Slitz Fashion Academy where Kehinde Damilola Oladeji produces modest ready-to-wear clothing for… read more »

Jocelyne Ogechi Agbo has been an entrepreneur since she was 13. Jocelyne Ogechi Agbo is the chief executive officer of Diamond Elixir Enterprises, which manufactures and markets home-care products specifically designed for low-income earners in rural areas. It also provides entrepreneurial opportunities for women with little or no income within the rural areas. She is… read more »

Alaba Lawrence Afere has five years of experience working in youth and enterprise development with a focus on jobs and wealth creation for the unemployed and marginalized youth in Ondo State, Nigeria. Alaba Lawrence Afere currently serves as the founder and Director of the Springboard Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, where he develops programs for unemployed youth… read more »

Emmanuel Baba Aduku has over four years’ experience in the development sector, specifically focusing on public policy. Currently, Emmanuel Baba Aduku is a Research Associate at the Center for Public Policy Alternatives, where he focuses on initiating, designing, and implementing public policy research and analysis in the areas of governance, political economy, and local economic… read more »

Adegbite Samuel Adeyemi is the Founder and CEO of SamAdeyemi Group, an agriculture/agribusiness company which focuses on farming, agricultural consultancy, food processing, agroprocessing and water production. Adegbite Samuel Adeyemi also owns part of Nagida Food Limited and is the founder of ”Leading the Future Now”, an NGO which focuses on youth development and agricultural empowerment…. read more »

Adegboyega Doja Adewolu has five years of experience in finance and public management. Adegboyega Doja Adewolu currently serves as a Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Ogun State on public private partnerships (PPP). In this capacity, he is responsible for initiating, designing, and structuring core and social infrastructural PPP projects, ensuring value for money… read more »

Ahmed Adetayo Adetola- Kazeem has over seven years experience in the legal profession, specifically focusing on human rights and the criminal justice sector. Ahmed is the Founder and Executive Director of Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative, where he focuses on advocating for the rights of prisoners and rehabilitating them. Ahmed Adetayo Adetola- Kazeem is also the… read more »

Oladipo Adesida (Dipo) is a creative writer and TV, film, and radio producer with over ten years’ experience in advertising and marketing. As the group creative director of the Verdant Zeal Group, an emerging marketing and communications conglomerate, he focuses his energy on creating positive narratives for his home country, Nigeria through writing and producing… read more »

Oluwamayowa Adepeju Salu has over five years’ experience working to eradicate malaria in Nigeria, especially in the rural areas. Oluwamayowa Adepeju Salu founded and runs The Iba Malaria Eradication Foundation, an NGO focused on eradicating malaria because of his childhood experience with the disease. Salu has distributed thousands of long-lasting insecticide treated nets and anti-malarial… read more »

Adedayo Oluwamuyiwa Adeniyi has over eight years of experience in various fields in community development advocacy and leadership training. Currently, Adedayo Oluwamuyiwa Adeniyi is the executive director of Matadors Leadership Institute, where he is committed to developing and teaching leadership as a service to society. He also volunteers weekly at a local orphanage with members… read more »

Fadekunayo Jolomi Adeniyi has over two years’ experience as a renewable energy project developer focusing on solar PV projects. He started project development with the 50 MW ABIBA solar PV project in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The ABIBA project won the $5 million fund at the 2015 Africa Energy Forum in Dubai where he was part… read more »

Asher Adesina Adeniyi has leadership experience in both his career and in community service. Asher Adesina Adeniyi has over five years experience leading strategy and innovation at Nigeria‘s biggest marketing operations company. Presently, he leads Gidijobs Nigeria, the Lagos office of Gidijobs. He is focused on achieving Gidijobs’ mission of reducing the unemployment rate to… read more »