The murky waters of corporate Nigeria isn’t exactly awash with successful women, its still a territory controlled predominantly by the male folk. Interestingly, times are changing and a lot of women are fast raising to the top of the food chain. Here are some of Nigeria’s board room amazons.


6. LINDA IKEJI

Most popular blogger in Nigeria, Linda Ikeji is best known for her controversial publications. After graduating from University of Lagos where she studied English Language, Linda started blogging in 2006. Her blog which started out as a gossip column has become the most celebrated blog in Africa and the one stop portal for information, entertainment and gossip. Her use of technology to carve a niche for herself and create an innovative platform has made her a source of inspiration to many young bloggers.
She is the highest paid blogger in Nigeria. Her worth is said to be over a billion naira.

Just within the past 12 months Linda Ikeji has made quite a lot of influence in the country as a whole. At the moment Linda Ikeji is currently hiring people in her newly launched media company.
Linda Ikeji lauched a movement last year called: :|"I had rather be self made" personally funding young women to start businesses of their chosen.

5. HAJIYA BOLA SHAGAYA
Industry; Oil,Real Estate

One of the wealthiest businesswomen in Nigeria, Hagiya Shagaya started her sojourn into corporate Nigeria when she joined the Central Bank of Nigeria as an audit staff. She left to pursue other business interests in 1983. She currently sits on the board of Unity Bank Nigeria and is also the founder and CEO of Bolmus Group International- a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with interests in oil, real estate, banking, communications and photography. The real estate development arm of the group builds and owns dozens of luxurious residential properties in some of the nations high brow areas.
The 57 year old socialite boosts close ties with some of the most powerful people in the land including former military head of state Ibrahim Babangida. During the last political dispensation she was a frequent visitor to the villa to see the former first lady Patience Jonathan.

4.MO ABUDU
Industry; Media

TV Producer, Media Mogul, Human Resources Management Consultant, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Mo is one of the most powerful and most successful women in Nigerian Media. Born in the UK in 1964 where she spent most of her formative years. She holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Westminster, London. She started off her career in the UK as a recruitment consultant in 1987. She went on to work for the Starform Group, managing Corporate Credit Management from 1990 to 1992. In 1993 she joined Exxon Mobil to Head Human Resources and Training.

She has been described by Forbes as Africa’s most successful woman. Driven by a passion to change the narrative about Africa, she moved beyond her very successful show “Moments with Mo” to found Ebony Life TV, Africa’s first global black entertainment network. With a mix of original reality programming, drama series, news magazines and talk shows — Mo Abudu has created a signature brand oozing class, this master piece in creativity has resonated with black audiences both in Africa and in diaspora. Ebony Life TV now airs across Africa, the U.K. and the Caribbean; discussions are under way to bring it to the U.S. and Canada.
EbonyLife TV with an asset base of N2 billion keeps expanding its frontiers exporting Nigerian stories to the world as was evident with “Fifty,” EbonyLife’s first feature film, which was picked up by Netflix and released worldwide on the streaming platform two weeks after its Nigerian theatrical premiere, its no surprise she is called Africa queen of TV.

3.IBUKUN AWOSIKA
Industry; Banking,Furniture

Born to a Nigerian Father and Cameroonian mother, Mrs. Awosika holds a Chemistry degree from the University Of Ife. Upon graduation she took a sales job at a furniture company. Three and a half months later, she resigned her position to set up her own furniture manufacturing company.
She started in January 1989 with 2 carpenters, 2 sprayers and 2 upholsterers from the back of her father’s house. Today she is the Founder and CEO of The Chair Center Group which include thriving subsidiaries; The Chair Center Limited, Sokoa Chair Center Limited, Furniture Manufacturers Mart Limited, and TCC Systems and Services Limited. The Chair Center Group is a market leader in office furniture and banking security systems. She once famously said “I know my strength and I can see or smell an opportunity 10 miles ahead. I am innately proactive and I am also an ideas machine”. She is known for her campaigns to raise and mentor the younger generations of ladies to become successful women.
The 54 year old business magnate,serial entrepreneur and writer sits on the board of various prestigious establishments including The Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund (NSWF), Cadbury Nigeria Plc, She is also the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Plc Nigeria’s oldest and foremost financial institution and a powerhouse in the financial sector. She has grown her businesses to a net worth of more than N 3 billion ($18.6 million)

2.UJU IFEJIKA
Industry; Oil

The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria trained lawyer turned business mogul is a big player in Nigerian oil sector, with an investment portfolio that can make many men look mediocre. She started her first job in the oil sector while on National Youth Service as one of the junior counsels at Texaco Petroleum (before it merged with Chevron), and within a few years she had risen to the coveted position of company secretary.
She moved on to start her own company, Britannia-U in 1995 with her severance pay of N 10 million from her former workplace and a $23 million loan from Union Bank Nigeria. With policy inconsistencies Britannia-U didn’t start operation until 2001. Britannia U was awarded 100% equity for the OML 90 oil bloc in Apaja, a bloc previously owned by Chevron. Her operations now cover the entire spectrum from exploration to production, refining,trading,supply and distribution. Britannia U also owns interests in shipping and Sub Surface Engineering affiliate companies. Her company has extended its services to Ghana and the US.

1.FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA
Industry; Oil,Fashion

Top of the league of successful women in Nigeria is the 65- year old Lagos born business baroness. The mother of 4 is Nigeria’s richest woman with an estimated worth of $1.6 billion. Mrs. Alakija, a graduate of Secretarial Studies from the Pitmans Central College London, She started her career in 1974 as an Executive Secretary at Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria. She later left for the former First National Bank of Chicago, now Fin Bank. She quit banking to pursue her passion for making cloths, she set up Supreme Stitches which over the years metamorphosed into Rose Of Sharon House Of Fashion, which specialized in making clothing for the elite. Part of her clientele included wife of the then military head of state Ibrahim Babangida.
It was at this point she expanded her business interests, founding Famfa Oil. She is currently Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil, an exploration company with 60% stake in oil bloc OML 127 located at the Agbim oil field, one of Nigeria’s largest deep water oil reserves.
She remains the Group Managing Director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Foundation, The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and Digital Reality Prints Limited.

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I love this and I aspire to be one.

Financial and fame success, ? I need all round success for my wife.

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Frankly I do not think Shagaya should be on the list cos her fortune was made largely through government patronage

And some ladies are waiting for who will send them recharge cards... singing adekunle Gold- Work

I just love seeing successful people, especially those who made it legitimately.

Real slay queens!

Take out oil...

Vvvv

seriously? mo Abudu was born in 1964. and I have a thing for her she's almost my mom .I won't trust anybody with make up again

Ok

Where is funke Akindele abi you just put them there because of money.

Great

Cool profiles

Once you mention oil as part of their business, forget it. All na through military dictator, powerful politician/military boyfriend or connection. They are part of our oil curse.

I respect those who did not grow through oil. Even if they later have big men sugar daddies.

Tomorrow they will say that Igbo women are prostitutes, this and that.

I do think mama peace should be on the list. Being her husband a pooitiam doesn't mean she's not rich or she's a politician.

okay

Was about saying something wait what is that I don forget

Ibukun awosika ✓
Mo ✓

God bless all those ladies working hard to be successful. but for our slay queens waiting for that man to pay your bills,its time to wake up coz grasses aren't greener anymore

Great women.

Why no Hausa woman?

I soberdrunk i nor fear anybody neither do i fear being politically' wrong, i say the truth as it is! If Nigeria was a 'sane' country Mrs Alakija has no business on this list, her being on that list is an insult to all 'hardworking' Nigerians. How can you go from being a 'tailor' to a billionaire overnight because you beacame friends with president's wife, that is the highest level of Nepotism, favoritism, and all the other 'sm' that has to do with corruption..........

If a former hairdresser to an ex first lady can get an oil well. Imagine the height of looting that took place under Abacha. Even Arthur Eze is still disbursing his loots up till now. He throws millions like sand around

These women are in stinking money

i love mrs awosika

complete woman
beautiful
God fearing
Industrious

if only i was born 50 something years ago

omofunaab:
Out of six, four are Yorubas

Our women are doing great

tribalist....keep your little thoughts to your self

keep on, them no send you or your village

If there were more ipods on this list, we for no hear word today. They are too pompous. Superiority complex dey worry those people.

slayers

For what, this list is totally unaccepted by me. Una no put my Mama name.