Where are their husbands?Most of them are single mothers.

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Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world — Hillary Clinton, former United States secretary of state

The month of March is widely recognised as women’s month. In March of every year, the world commemorates the achievements of high achieving women. It is also a month to discuss issues affecting women development across the globe.

As the world celebrates the women folk, makeitglobal.biz profiles top Nigerian female entrepreneurs blazing the trail across different industries in the country.

Nigerian women entrepreneur Ola
Ola Brown

Ola Orekunrin-Brown (Health)

Dr. Ola Orekunrin-Brown is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service dedicated to providing quality health care to the remotest parts of Western Africa. Ola is one of Nigeria’s youngest health entrepreneurs. She was inspired to start Flying Doctors after her younger sister died because there was no medical air service available to transport her to hospital.

Not only is she an expert of disaster medicine and pre-hospital care in Nigeria, she is also considered a dogged advocate for quality health care. Her company has been featured on various local and international media organisations. including the BBC and CNN. She has also been featured on TED Talks.


Ada Osakwe (Agriculture)

Ada woman egric entrepreneur

Have you ever seen Nuli Juice? This is a natural juice brand conceived by Ada Osakwe, CEO of Agrolay Ventures, a woman passionate about Africa’s transformation and the rise of its greatest force of change, the African Youths. Her Agrolay Venture is an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, dedicated to the development of the nation’s agriculture sector. Her determination to play a leading role in the transformation of Africa, has earned her seats in boardrooms of top multinational organisations including the African Development Bank (AfDB) where she currently serves as an adviser on the Bank’s Jobs Youth in Africa Initiative.

In 2014, Ada was named among the 20 youngest Power Women in Africa, by Forbes Magazine.


Mosunmola Abudu (Media)

Dubbed the Oprah Winfrey of Nigeria, Mosunmola is one Nigerian mediapreneurs breaking boundaries in the nations media industry.

Mo Abudu, Ebony life TV
Mo Abudu

Mosunmola is popularly known as Mo Abudu. Her career journey began when she started off as a recruitment consultant in the United Kingdom. She however moved on to work for Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Exxon Mobil) as the head of their Human resources and Training Unit. Driven by the passion to impact people, Mo Abudu started EbonyLife TV in 2006. Over the years, her entrepreneurial strides have earned her both local and international recognition. Mo is described by Forbes as one of “Africa’s most successful women”. She is also the brainchild behind “The Inspire Africa Foundation.”


Ibukun Awoshika (Banking)

Ibukun is First Bank’s first female Chairperson. She is a woman of great passion for professionalism and entrepreneurship. She has successfully led her furniture manufacturing company, The Chair Center Limited to becoming one of Nigeria’s biggest furniture companies.

Awosika, First bank
Ibukun Awosika

She is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur and the First Nigerian recipient to be nominated for the prestigious International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Award of the US Department of State in 2008. She is also the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMbIZ). As a strong advocate of entrepreneurship development in Nigeria, Awoshika encourages Nigerian youths to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.


Amy, LADOL
Amy Jadesimi (Oil and Gas)

Amy Jadesimi is a physician-turned-businesswoman. She currently serves as the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL). This is the largest private indigenous free zone and a strategic economic zone in Nigeria. Recently the company made the London Stock Exchange Group list of companies to Inspire Africa in 2019.

Though she trained as a medical doctor in Oxford University, she moved from medicine and got financial training at Goldman Sachs as well as the Standford Graduate School of Business. In 2018, Ms. Jadesimi was voted the Young CEO of the Year by the African Leadership Forum. She was also listed as one of the top 25 Africans to watch in 2018 by Financial Times. Being a young entrepreneur, she is an ardent promoter of women empowerment.



Deola Sagoe, (Fashion)

Deola , Fashion entrepreneur


Deola Sagoe, founder of Deola is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated fashion entrepreneurs. She is the first black woman to present a collection at AltaRoma, Rome’s celebrated fashion week.

Her appealing style of fashion has earned her a desirable clientele even beyond the shores of Africa some of which include top model, Alek Wek, Media Mogul, Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith. She has also represented Nigeria in the United Nations, thanks to her Food Programme, “Catwalk the World: Fashion for Food.” Despite her widely recognised accomplishments in the fashion industry, Deola says fashion was never her first choice. “I didn’t choose fashion, it chose me.”



Tara Durotoye (Beauty)

Tara, makeup entrepreneur
Tara Durotoye

This brainchild behind the “House of Tara,” started her business at the age of 20 from her living room. Through her passion, and dedication, she has been able to build an international brand for herself. Today, Tara has over 3,000 representatives spread across Nigeria and 14 stores to her name, yet she doggedly continues in her pursuit to build a globally respected African beauty company.

Tara is regarded as role-model and mentor to make-up artists and aspiring beauty entrepreneurs in Nigeria and beyond.


Funke Bucknor-Obruthe (Hospitality)

Zapphire events

Funke is the founder and CEO of Zapphaire Events, one of the pioneering event planning companies in Nigeria. Though a trained lawyer, her passion for translating dreams into reality at events led her to establishing Zapphaire Events. Over the years, the entrepreneur cum lawyer has built an impressive track record of successfully planned events, including the weddings of fashion stylist, Noble Igwe and popular Chef, Fregz. She has also dedicated a lot to empowering budding event entrepreneurs.



Bolanle Austen Peters (Arts and Entertainment)

Bolanle terra Kulture

Bolanle Austen Peters is the CEO and founder of one of Nigeria’s finest arts and cultural centres, Terra Kulture.

A shrewd businesswoman and an excellent filmmaker, her contributions to the arts and entertainment industry earned her the title “the queen of culture”. Beyond her accomplishments at Terra Kulture, Bolanle also founded the Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions (BAP) which has literarily taken Nigerian theatre to the world. One of her renown productions is SARO the Musical, which has revolutionised the Nigerian theatre industry and gave it the much needed global recognition.


Ronke Onadeko (Utilities)

Ronke Onadeko

Ronke Onadeko is the principal consultant at DRNL Consult Limited, UK and Delt-R Company Limited, Nigeria. She sits on the board of several companies with interests in electricity, agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, telecommunications, education and human capacity development and oil and gas sector.

Ronke who is also passionate about mentoring, continues to offer her services as a facilitator, coach and role model to women and young people. As a youth empowerment advocate she works with several platforms, mentoring youths on business. She has also served as a consultant to Facility for Oil Sector Transparency and Accountability (FOSTER), an initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

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Yewande Zaccheaus??

livinbygrace:
Where are their husbands?Most of them are single mothers.

I know a Nigerian man must bring "husband" into the picture. Does having a husband validate their achievement?

BTW, majority of them are married to open-minded men who are equally career-driven.

What does igbo women do other than to sell ogogoro, ugwu and egusi in the market when Yoruba women deals in jewelry and clothing's, go to Dubai for shopping, The Market where they sell cloth like Ankara and Lace at OJA OBA in ILORIN Alone is bigger than the whole of South East combined

Funke Opeke, founder/CEO of MainOne Technologies;

Onyeche Tifase, first Nigerian CEO of Siemens Nigeria;

Sola Borha-David, CEO Africa, Standard Bank Group; and

Toyin Sanni, CEO of Emerging Africa Capital Group, former CEO of United Capital PLC (formerly UBA Capital).

Hei gawd! My name will be out there someday

Stella Okoli MD/CEO of Emzor

MakeItBiz:
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world — Hillary Clinton, former United States secretary of state

The month of March is widely recognised as women’s month. In March of every year, the world commemorates the achievements of high achieving women. It is also a month to discuss issues affecting women development across the globe.

As the world celebrates the women folk, makeitglobal.biz profiles top Nigerian female entrepreneurs blazing the trail across different industries in the country.

Nigerian women entrepreneur Ola
Ola Brown

Ola Orekunrin-Brown (Health)

Dr. Ola Orekunrin-Brown is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service dedicated to providing quality health care to the remotest parts of Western Africa. Ola is one of Nigeria’s youngest health entrepreneurs. She was inspired to start Flying Doctors after her younger sister died because there was no medical air service available to transport her to hospital.

Not only is she an expert of disaster medicine and pre-hospital care in Nigeria, she is also considered a dogged advocate for quality health care. Her company has been featured on various local and international media organisations. including the BBC and CNN. She has also been featured on TED Talks.


Ada Osakwe (Agriculture)

Ada woman egric entrepreneur

Have you ever seen Nuli Juice? This is a natural juice brand conceived by Ada Osakwe, CEO of Agrolay Ventures, a woman passionate about Africa’s transformation and the rise of its greatest force of change, the African Youths. Her Agrolay Venture is an agribusiness investment company based in Nigeria, dedicated to the development of the nation’s agriculture sector. Her determination to play a leading role in the transformation of Africa, has earned her seats in boardrooms of top multinational organisations including the African Development Bank (AfDB) where she currently serves as an adviser on the Bank’s Jobs Youth in Africa Initiative.

In 2014, Ada was named among the 20 youngest Power Women in Africa, by Forbes Magazine.


Mosunmola Abudu (Media)

Dubbed the Oprah Winfrey of Nigeria, Mosunmola is one Nigerian mediapreneurs breaking boundaries in the nations media industry.

Mo Abudu, Ebony life TV
Mo Abudu

Mosunmola is popularly known as Mo Abudu. Her career journey began when she started off as a recruitment consultant in the United Kingdom. She however moved on to work for Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (Exxon Mobil) as the head of their Human resources and Training Unit. Driven by the passion to impact people, Mo Abudu started EbonyLife TV in 2006. Over the years, her entrepreneurial strides have earned her both local and international recognition. Mo is described by Forbes as one of “Africa’s most successful women”. She is also the brainchild behind “The Inspire Africa Foundation.”


Ibukun Awoshika (Banking)

Ibukun is First Bank’s first female Chairperson. She is a woman of great passion for professionalism and entrepreneurship. She has successfully led her furniture manufacturing company, The Chair Center Limited to becoming one of Nigeria’s biggest furniture companies.

Awosika, First bank
Ibukun Awosika

She is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur and the First Nigerian recipient to be nominated for the prestigious International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Award of the US Department of State in 2008. She is also the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMbIZ). As a strong advocate of entrepreneurship development in Nigeria, Awoshika encourages Nigerian youths to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.


Amy, LADOL
Amy Jadesimi (Oil and Gas)

Amy Jadesimi is a physician-turned-businesswoman. She currently serves as the Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL). This is the largest private indigenous free zone and a strategic economic zone in Nigeria. Recently the company made the London Stock Exchange Group list of companies to Inspire Africa in 2019.

Though she trained as a medical doctor in Oxford University, she moved from medicine and got financial training at Goldman Sachs as well as the Standford Graduate School of Business. In 2018, Ms. Jadesimi was voted the Young CEO of the Year by the African Leadership Forum. She was also listed as one of the top 25 Africans to watch in 2018 by Financial Times. Being a young entrepreneur, she is an ardent promoter of women empowerment.



Deola Sagoe, (Fashion)

Deola , Fashion entrepreneur


Deola Sagoe, founder of Deola is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated fashion entrepreneurs. She is the first black woman to present a collection at AltaRoma, Rome’s celebrated fashion week.

Her appealing style of fashion has earned her a desirable clientele even beyond the shores of Africa some of which include top model, Alek Wek, Media Mogul, Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith. She has also represented Nigeria in the United Nations, thanks to her Food Programme, “Catwalk the World: Fashion for Food.” Despite her widely recognised accomplishments in the fashion industry, Deola says fashion was never her first choice. “I didn’t choose fashion, it chose me.”



Tara Durotoye (Beauty)

Tara, makeup entrepreneur
Tara Durotoye

This brainchild behind the “House of Tara,” started her business at the age of 20 from her living room. Through her passion, and dedication, she has been able to build an international brand for herself. Today, Tara has over 3,000 representatives spread across Nigeria and 14 stores to her name, yet she doggedly continues in her pursuit to build a globally respected African beauty company.

Tara is regarded as role-model and mentor to make-up artists and aspiring beauty entrepreneurs in Nigeria and beyond.


Funke Bucknor-Obruthe (Hospitality)

Zapphire events

Funke is the founder and CEO of Zapphaire Events, one of the pioneering event planning companies in Nigeria. Though a trained lawyer, her passion for translating dreams into reality at events led her to establishing Zapphaire Events. Over the years, the entrepreneur cum lawyer has built an impressive track record of successfully planned events, including the weddings of fashion stylist, Noble Igwe and popular Chef, Fregz. She has also dedicated a lot to empowering budding event entrepreneurs.



Bolanle Austen Peters (Arts and Entertainment)

Bolanle terra Kulture

Bolanle Austen Peters is the CEO and founder of one of Nigeria’s finest arts and cultural centres, Terra Kulture.

A shrewd businesswoman and an excellent filmmaker, her contributions to the arts and entertainment industry earned her the title “the queen of culture”. Beyond her accomplishments at Terra Kulture, Bolanle also founded the Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions (BAP) which has literarily taken Nigerian theatre to the world. One of her renown productions is SARO the Musical, which has revolutionised the Nigerian theatre industry and gave it the much needed global recognition.


Ronke Onadeko (Utilities)

Ronke Onadeko

Ronke Onadeko is the principal consultant at DRNL Consult Limited, UK and Delt-R Company Limited, Nigeria. She sits on the board of several companies with interests in electricity, agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, telecommunications, education and human capacity development and oil and gas sector.

Ronke who is also passionate about mentoring, continues to offer her services as a facilitator, coach and role model to women and young people. As a youth empowerment advocate she works with several platforms, mentoring youths on business. She has also served as a consultant to Facility for Oil Sector Transparency and Accountability (FOSTER), an initiative of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

https://www.makeitglobal.biz/top-news/nigerian-women-entrepreneurs/

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