Funmilayo Arowoogun is the National President of NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women and a Director on the Board of Thrive Micro Finance Bank.

She is the Managing Director of Dew Farms and Integrated Services Ltd and the CEO of Haven Dew Properties and Investment Ltd.

She sits on the board of other organizations which include NECA, NGCL, Chremon Ltd where she brings over twenty years of experience of running profitable businesses to bear in contributing to the growth of these organizations.

She is a graduate of the Federal University of Technology Minna with B. Tech degree (Hons) in Computer Science/Physics and a Masters degree in Condensed Matter Physics from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.

She is a Goldman Sachs Scholar and an alumna of Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos.

Funmi is a fellow of the Institutes of Management Consultant of Nigeria and Agribusiness Management of Nigeria.

Funmi is a member of Nigeria Institute of Training and Development (NITAD).

Amongst others, she has Diploma in Leadership and Management from the Swedish Leadership Institute, Certificate in Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies from Harvard Business School an Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from Enterprise Development Centre – Pan Atlantic University etc.

Funmilayo is a Goldman Sach’s 10,000 Women Scholar and an alumna of the Enterprise Development Centre, Lagos Business School and is a beneficiary of Cherie Blair’s Road to Women’s Business Growth programme at Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University – Nigeria.

Funmi is a certified ISO 22000:2015 Food Safety Management System Lead Auditor and has Certifications in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management system (QMS), ISO 22000:2018 Certificate in Elements of Food Safety Management and is also a Certified Management Specialist from London Graduate School.

Funmilayo Arowoogun has been the recipient of various awards amongst which are: The Amazonian Icon of Female Entrepreneurial Courage for the year 2019 by Lagos City News, Meritorious Persons of Excellence Award from Rotary Club of Gowon Estate, 2020 International Women’s Day Award by Neca’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW) and Nigeria International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for her valuable support and immense contributions to the promotion of Gender Balance activities.

Funmilayo is a motivational speaker and a mentor to many.

Oluyemisi Iranloye is from Ogbomosho, Nigeria. She has a B.Tech (Hons) in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Minna (1997) and an M.Sc. from the University of Ibadan (2000). She graduated from Stanford’s Seed Transformation Programme.

In 2002, she became Senior Manager, Projects at EKHA AGRO Farms Limited. In 2004, she became the company’s first Executive Director. While working at EKHA AGRO, she started Psaltry International Company Limited in 2005. In 2012, the company transitioned from cassava growing to processing.

She quit EKHA AGRO Farms Limited in 2011, worked briefly at Nigeria Breweries, then resigned in 2012 to develop Psaltry in a hamlet without water or power. Leaving Nigeria Breweries to start Psaltry in a distant place took courage. This courageous move has set four cassava production lines, including cassava starch, cassava flour, and the second cassava-based sorbitol factory worldwide. Over 10,000 Psaltry out-growers work for the company.

The Aseyin of Iseyin territory awarded her for her achievement. Under her guidance, Psaltry provided clean water, consistent energy, and medical treatment to Ado-Awaye inhabitants. Oluyemisi Iranloye is known internationally. Her first international prize was for the best orally given presentation at the Global Cassava Partnership Conference in Genk, Belgium, in 2007. She won the women’s agripreneur of the year WAYA award in Rwanda in 2022, among other local and international honours.

Oluyemisi was recognized for her contributions to the government of the big Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA). She sat on the Presidential Committee on Cassava Development and Utility in Nigeria from 2005 to 2007 and the UNIDO/Ministry of Commerce Committee in 2006.

Oluyemisi Iranloye is a visionary leader and intelligent, but her love for humanity is her driving factor.

Aisha Ime-James – Coach Aisha Ime-James holds an HND in marketing, a PGD in management, a professional diploma in marketing and a basic certificate and diploma in naturopathy. Aisha is a consummate marketing and media practitioner with over 20 years of practice in print, electronic & new media, branding, advertising and marketing.

She is a Start-up Strategist, Entrepreneurship Trainer, Coach & Mentor. She is also an SME, manufacturer recycler and seasoned volunteer on a great number of human-centred projects – with professional marketing, media training and expansive work experience in SME training. A certified food handler’s trainer, a GIZ-SEDIN-GOPA Trainer/Facilitator/Coach and entrepreneurship and marketing part-time lecturer at the prestigious leading natural medicine Academy – Green Centre institute. Aisha is a dogmatic individual, resilient and audaciously daring to change the narrative in the MSME ecosystem, passionate and purpose-driven when it concerns improving, impacting and developing MSME in Nigeria

In the midst of the covid 19 pandemic, she developed an innovative social enterprise, called Ample Foods Manufacturer Boot Camp. The initiative aims at structuring training, that can help optimize the MSME manufacturer to become efficient, reduce waste and create a sustainable business entity. Aisha’s passion and unrelenting contributions to NMSME training, facilitation, coaching and mentorship have earned her multiple awards, from the USA Consulate, here in Lagos, Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperative, and NECA’S Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW) to mention just a few.

Aisha is a member, Association of Commonwealth Natural and Herbal Medicine Practitioners in Nigeria (ACNHMPN), under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. Vice chairman National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN Ikeja Chapter). National Publicity Secretary of NECA’S Network of Entrepreneurial Women. Member PDF11 Non-Oil Exporters community of practice. Vital Voices International, Idea Builders (Women Mentoring Hub). Member SheTrade (Commonwealth) Community. Member, Association of Agro Food processors. Member, Lagos State Ministry of Commerce and Cooperative MSME, and a host of others MSME organizations.

Adefunke Kuyoro completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Brighton UK, finishing with a second class upper in BSc Combined Sciences (Chemistry and Computer Sciences) in 1982. She also has a post graduate Diploma in Development Studies. She is current running a postgraduate certificate course in Business Management from the University of Luxemburg.

She began her working career with the Federal Ministry of Finance as a systems analyst and later moved on to DPMS (Formerly IBM) as Systems support staff. She left DPMS to set up a business centre and Computer hardware and software company called Nicodep Computers Limited.

She later switched roles in 2000 to become the human resource manager for The Latter Rain Assembly. She continued in this role until 2003, when she relocated to the UK. During her time in the UK she completed a postgraduate diploma in Development studies. This enabled her to work as a program/project manager with a charity Feed My People tasked with the rebuilding and redevelopment of war torn Liberia.

On her relocation back to Nigeria in 2011 she setup a wedding planning and events management company Initially called The Wedding Care but later to rename it as TWC Events Services and also run Events Management certification training programmes at TWC Academy to ensure that upcoming and budding events planners and managers are well trained and launch properly into the business world of Wedding and events planning. This has set a platform to mentor young planners just starting their businesses.

She currently serves on the board as a director of GMS Travels Limited a travel and Tourism Company and Group Messenger Service a property; development company. Due to her passion for public health and safety and her wealth of experience in the NGO (Charity) sector, she was invited to join the board of Strap and Safe Child Foundation, an NGO whose focus is on child safety in the Home School and Road.

She currently run a consultancy service on human resources. Helping provide clarity on best practices HR processes for businesses of varying sizes.

She is currently the President of APPOEMN Association of Professional Party Organisers and Event Managers of Nigeria after serving for two terms as the vice president. She is also currently the Lagos Chapter Chairperson of NNEW (2 terms).

With her secondary school alma mata she was the Social Secretary of my set The 76/77 set and presently the Set President.

On the homefront she is happily married mother of four children.

 

Mrs.  Sherifat Omolara Adetola Olayinka is the Managing Director of Babitol Ventures Limited and has been managing the company since inception when it started operations as Babitol Ventures in 1993. She is Sixty-Four years old and an astute businesswoman that is dedicated to keeping the business a going concern.

Mrs. Olayinka studied Secretarial Studies in United Kingdom after which she worked as a personal Assistant to the Managing Director of Cutix Plc and as confidential secretary for Continental Merchant Bank before going fully into corporate gift business. Since its inception, Babitol Ventures Limited has not only been supplying corporate gifts but has also scaled to supplying branded school items (such as uniform, notebooks, schoolbags etc.). Very recently, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the organization has also opened a full business unit dedicated to logistics and last mile delivery, named BVL Express – a subsidiary of Babitol Ventures Limited. She recently started made in Nigeria gift items made with African Fabrics called BabitolAfrik.

In her bid to improve her entrepreneurial skill she benefited from the 10,000-women scholarship training on Enterpreneurial Management sponsored by Goldman Sachs in Nigeria held at the Centre for Enterprise Development Service, Pan-African University. She is also currently undergoing a certification for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies at Harvard Business School. She is a highly recognized member of the NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW). She is a Fellow Member of Wimbiz Women on Boards Program. She is an Associate Member of Wimbiz. She also belongs to Association of Promotional Products Specialist of Nigeria APPSON, member of National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) in USA, member Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) and SAGE.

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Ade Awofeso is a trained Fashion Designer- Garment Technologist.

She is a graduate of Industrial Chemistry, University of Benin, and Garment Technology, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London.

She is highly skilled in Garment Technology Processes. She is a professional pattern maker and a CAD-CAM trained garment technologist.

Her fashion business experience, covers from couture, Uniforms tailoring, garment production and sourcing to fashion products retailing. She has worked with numerous garment factories both locally and globally. She is well traveled in the fashion business globally.

She is currently the MD/CEO of The Wardrobe Ultimate Concept Ltd. A fashion business that is into production and retailing of high quality Ready-to-wear garments and fashion accessories.

By virtue of her over thirty years of experience in the fashion industry and years of extensive works with factories in Europe and Asia, she is currently working on the Fashion Brand, Ade, a post Covid-19, African Mind Freedom project. Ade is a home grown African fashion brand with a focus on Africans.

The fashion brand Ade has developed and uses African measurements size chart known as Afric Size, as against the traditional US or UK size charts, for quality Ready-to-wear garments production. The brand focuses on meeting the shape, fashion needs and tastes, of Africans.

She is the director and a facilitator at the Celebrity’s Fashion Academy (CFA), the training arm of The Wardrobe Ultimate Concept Ltd, where we train young Nigerians in the global method and processes of quality garment making.

She is pioneer and current President of Ready-to-Wear Designers Garment Organization.

You can connect with her on Linkedln and the fashion brand on www.ade.africa

Adesomoju Catherine Opeyemi is entrepreneurial, task, result and value achievement-oriented, and highly committed to initiating ideas, she deeply believes achievements lie nowhere without ethical values, strong teamwork, and mutual inter-dependency as they are highly recognised as the icebreaker.

Her experiences had been in the areas of business management, relationship management, and project management and she is financially decisive as well

She started her career with Universal Trust Bank and later joined National Bank where she served for some time before she left to start up a business. Today, she is the Group MD/CEO of Spectrum Holdings standing as a parent company of Spectrum Innovation Technologies Ltd, Spectrum Phones ltd and with branches cut across Nigeria, and Togo with over 100 employees by God’s Grace.

She holds a BSc Honour in Business Administration from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, she is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, she had a professional management certification in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Emerging Markets from the University of Wisconsin, and she had a business certification in Owner/President Management at Harvard Business School and equally an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Her success philosophy is to find the required needs of the people to fill, the hurts to heal & the problems to solve.

Her career goal is to ensure lifelong customer retention through sustainable satisfaction & in turn to establish honesty as she strongly believes that honesty is the bedrock of relationships & customer satisfaction is the best business strategy of all

Oluwatoyin Ifesanya is a Nigerian businesswoman, speaker, sales and an AWS Service Advocate. A Cloud and Cyber security expert. She is involved in many business endeavours; she is the CEO of Makintouch Information Technology and Business Management firms committed to helping organizations and startups achieve their business goals and objectives through top-notch training and solutions.

Through her Aspiring Women in Tech Africa, she established an organization to make access to tech training, professional certifications, and mentorship available and accessible to women interested in becoming tech professionals. In the last two years of establishing this organization, over 500 women have benefited, with 100 of them having access to free professional certification exams in AWS Cloud practitioner.

She is an acclaimed public speaker and member of Mums in Business International, an organization created to develop mothers and orientate them into channeling a better source of income and keeping their home in a peaceful and financially stable shape.

She enlightens youths , startups and entrepreneurs on career transition, sharing various certifications, industry relevance, and benefits, with several learning highlights through

her YouTube videos.

She is a member of NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), a council member at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), and many more prestigious associations.

Adesomoju Catherine Opeyemi is entrepreneurial, task, result and value achievement-oriented, and highly committed to initiating ideas, she deeply believes achievements lie nowhere without ethical values, strong teamwork, and mutual inter-dependency as they are highly recognised as the icebreaker.

Her experiences had been in the areas of business management, relationship management, and project management and she is financially decisive as well

She started her career with Universal Trust Bank and later joined National Bank where she served for some time before she left to start up a business. Today, she is the Group MD/CEO of Spectrum Holdings standing as a parent company of Spectrum Innovation Technologies Ltd, Spectrum Phones ltd and with branches cut across Nigeria, and Togo with over 100 employees by God’s Grace.

She holds a BSc Honour in Business Administration from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, she is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, she had a professional management certification in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Emerging Markets from the University of Wisconsin, and she had a business certification in Owner/President Management at Harvard Business School and equally an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Her success philosophy is to find the required needs of the people to fill, the hurts to heal & the problems to solve.

Her career goal is to ensure lifelong customer retention through sustainable satisfaction & in turn to establish honesty as she strongly believes that honesty is the bedrock of relationships & customer satisfaction is the best business strategy of all

Practitioner Aderoju Odunsi is an agribusiness specialist and has been an entrepreneur and trainer for over 25 years. She has particular interest in helping people transform ideas into solid businesses. She holds a Bachelors of Business Administration (B.B.A) in Agribusiness from Western Michigan University USA and Masters’ degree from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. She is a MARSHAV trained professional having being awarded an Isreali Government Scholarship to study “Agribusiness for Rural and Peri-Urban Development in Israel.

She is a Master Trainer and business counselor for the International Labour Organization (ILO) and a certified trainer for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Insight. She was recently certified as an auditor of the Quality Management systems (QMS).

She has used her skills to assist many entrepreneurs to set up and run their businesses profitably and professionally. She trains and facilitates locally and internationally. Her company was recently engaged by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development to prepare the Commercial Feasibility Report (Business Plan) indicating feasibility for establishing Sorghum High Energy Foods Plants in Nigeria under the Sorghum Transformation Value Chain.

She was part of the pioneer set of the Lagos State Government’s Graduate Farmers Scheme that enabled her to set up the award winning Excel Farms, a fully mechanized crops and vegetable farm in Abia, Badagry.

Aderoju is currently the CEO of Rehoboth Agro-allied Ventures; a food processing company with a vision to transform Nigeria’s agricultural produce into world class food products with a product portfolio of Nigeria’s 1st NAFDAC registered Sorrel juice, Herbal teas, Plantain flour etc. She is also the Principal Consultant of Experiential Consult Ltd through which she trains, coaches and mentors on Business Management. She has won several awards in recognition of her industry.

Since 1985, she has been a rural development volunteer in various communities in Nigeria through NIRADO-ICA Nigeria, a non- governmental organization committed to the development of rural Nigeria where she rose to the position of President.

She is a Member of the International Association of Facilitators, IAF.  She is a founding member and first Vice President of NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW) where she currently heads the Special Projects Unit.

She is happily married with children.

Olaosebikan Oyesola Kofoworola (MloD, FlMC) popularly called by her initials O.K is the personable, witty CEO & Grp Managing Director of Kofsol Group of Companies. Our latest lines of online businesses- www.flourishonlinea-z.com

An Astute Administrator, who worked with only the Federal Government of Nigeria before going into Private Enterprise is the Founder of the group.

Branding and Customization Expert with focus on clients’ satisfaction all the time. A Proponent of 360degree Leadership culture at work place, O.K has her eyes set on Taking Branding to an all high level, and making The Kofsol Group an household name. She is a gifted & very fluent Seminar and event moderator so don’t look too far for a Moderator for your Corporate Seminars…

A 1981 Chemistry Graduate of Nigeria’s Premier University, The University Of Ibadan and A Graduate of Corporate and Business Law from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA Specializing in Contract and Employees Engagement, currently undergoing studies in Entrepreneurship at Middlesex University North London, is an Alum of Pan African University, now Pan Atlantic University with PDG in Theology from The Redeemed Bible College of the RCCG had her Secondary School Years in the famous Christ’s School Ado-Ekiti, where she plays a pivotal role in the Alumni to develop the School.

A Certified Entrepreneur per excellence she has taken many professional courses both locally and internationally to enhance her performance and to drive values into her clients’ businesses.

O.K is a life member of EDC Pan Atlantic University since 2013, a Certified Management Consultant with License of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).

She is a Mentor both Nationally and Internationally. She serves Voluntarily on Cherie Blair Foundation. She organizes with SMEDAN yearly The CISMEF Chinese International Small &Medium Enterprise Fair, an opportunity she discovered for the Federal Government of Nigeria.

She started her working career working for the Federal Government of Nigeria at FDA now NAFDAC and had an early retirement into private businesses since 1994.

She serves on many Boards both locally and internationally. She is on the Advisory Council of the World Brand Congress; the Ribbon Rogue, an initiative supported by the United Nations aimed at raising funds for AIDS’ awareness both in the Province of Alberta, Canada and Africa.

She runs capacity development/empowerment programs, in America and Asia under the auspices of one of Kofsol’s US-based associates, Beta Motivation.

She is a GWIIN Supporter in Nigeria; GWIIN is an acronym for Global Women Inventor and Innovator Network an international women oriented NGO based in the UK with interests in women inventors all over the world.

O.K is a traditional Chief both in Lagos and Kwara States and she cherishes these honors and recognition bestowed on her especially so because they were through hard-work and grace of God.

Dr. Rebecca  Oluwayemisi Adeyeye ( www.yemisiadeyeye.com) is the cofounder and managing director of Lifefount Hospital a leading hospital in cancer care, Surgery and endoscopy. She is a fellow of institute of management consultants and the pioneer president of Academy for women entrepreneurs (AWE) Alumnae which is a part of the white House led women’s global development and prosperity initiative (W- GDP). She is recognised in 2021 as a global leader by the U.S  department of states under the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP).She is an executive of NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women ( NNEW). She recently authored her maiden book ‘Entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing’ which is a business guide for aspiring and seasoned business owners who seeks to acquire business management skills.

Dr. Yemisi Adeyeye is an international mentor.and trainer who has won several awards and scholarships including the Kwame Nkurumah Exemplary Leadership Award 2021 by ECOWAS Youth Council, Entrepreneur of the year 2020 by kwaralive, Amazon Award by LeapAfrica and World bank women X scholarship award. She was hosted twice as a speaker at the Dubai Leadership Summit Dubai UAE. Her audiences referred to her style of presentation as relatable, memorable andactionable. Her speaking topics includes but not limited to entrepreneurship, health, women’s economic advancement, relationship management and faith based topics.

She is a brand ambassador for Tony Elumelu Foundation and Her Venture app of Cherie Blair foundation and ExxonMobil. She sits on the advisory board of AIESEC ILC.

She has postgraduate certification in Entrepreneurial Management from EDC (Lagos Business School) of Pan-Atlantic University, Leadership and management in Global health from university of Washington USA and a Postgraduate diploma in Education from NTI/Open University.

Dr. Yemisi Adeyeye is very passionate as promoting entrepreneurship and healthcare, she cofounded Lifefount foundation which has many social impact projects.  Lifefount business Network project facilitates business trainings, Seminars and conferences which empowers youths and female entrepreneurs through mentorship, training and networking.
Lifefount Cooperative society  project is a peer to peer funding of businesses from financial contributions of members.  Lifefount school social impact project trained 35 trainers on emotional intelligence, genotype education and prevention of sexual and drugs addiction to three thousand and eighty-six students (3,086) in 13 secondary schools in different communities in Kwara State. Lifefount cancer awareness and screening projects has given free breast clinical examination, mammography and ultrasound to one thousand and five hundred (1500) women in two states in Nigeria in the past three years. Dr. Yemisi leveraged on technology to train one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four (1,154) youths and female business owners on how to launch and structure their businesses profitably and sustainably during the pandemic. Lifefount Hospital under her leadership also leveraged on technology and provided training to about one thousand medical personnels on COVID-19 and cancer care with facilitators from UK, Pakistan, Spain and Nigeria. The use of Online platforms for clinical consultations also helped her business to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic as Lifefount Hospital enjoyed patronage across the globe.

She trained 225 entrepreneurs in first quarter of 2021 on how to use graphics design to enhance their business growth.  Her life goal is to use her experience, expertise and education to make her contacts better.
She is married to her darling husband Surgeon Ademola Adeyeye and blessed with two adorable children Adesewa and Adejola-Oluwa. Her hobbies include spending time with loved ones and visiting inspiring places.

Adunola Akinyemiju has a personal vision of affecting people for good and for God. She gives expression to her ministry through the DANSOL CHRISTIAN MISSION, a ministry that runs two Christian schools – Dansol High school and Dansol Nursery/Primary School in Lagos Nigeria. She is passionate about Christian Schooling as a tool for transforming nations by raising children who will stand out to make a Godly difference in their generations.

Mrs. Adun Akinyemiju is the current Chairperson of ACSI AFRICA. She lives in Lagos, with her husband Tunde Akinyemiju and they are blessed with biological and spiritual children and grandchildren.

Olusola Sowemimo_FIAMN is the Founder at Ope Farm | Business Coach and Consultant| Executive Image Coach and Consultant| Partner at Seyi Sowemimo & Co I Facilitator at School of Eloquence farm. She has a strong passion for a healthy lifestyle and is an advocate for healthy food production across Nigeria. Ope Farms grows organic vegetables and raises livestock. They also offer contract farming for discerning customers who prefer produce with no chemical residues.

Olusola Sowemimo_FIAMN is also a lawyer and a Partner at Seyi Sowemimo & Co. She is a business development expert and consultant with a broad and varied experience spanning 26 years from the legal, oil and gas, human resources as well as the agro-food industries.

She is an expert in leadership development, business communication, entrepreneurship, business planning and development, management consulting, organizational development and executive coaching. She is highly recognised and has received many awards for her advocacy and contribution to the awareness and growth of organic farming in Nigeria.

She has trained hundreds of people on organic farming, attended numerous trainings, workshops, conferences, events and has been a panelist at many Agriculture/Farming programmes. She is a highly sought after key note speaker at several events on Agribusiness and Leadership.

Dr. Janet Adetu, is a certified Executive, Leadership Presence & High-Performance Coach CHPC, credentialed at PCC level with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Global. Janet is also a Board-Certified Coach (BCC) with the National Credentialing Board USA, a certified International Protocol Etiquette Expert, Chartered Accountant – Fellow with the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA), licensed HR Practitioner, Certified Image Consultant, and a member of the prestigious Forbes Coaches Council.

Janet is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of JSK Consulting Group a premium HR Consultancy serving a broad spectrum of local and international organizations that continuously strategizes to “Promote Peak Performance in People” since 2010. As Lead Coach Janet has over 500 coaching hours experience working with executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and individuals. Janet’s coaching practice is committed to achieving the T.A.P results, that is goal oriented around achieving Transformation, Acceleration & Performance.

Janet has an extensive management background, she has a Doctorate in Business Administration, an MBA with the Edinburgh Business School, of Heriot-Watt University Scotland, she is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, University of Washington, and Yale University. Janet brings over 25 years of experience in Learning & Development,

Janet is renowned for her vast experience in executive coaching, corporate protocol and driving high performance. Janet specializes in helping professionals take authentic action steps towards building and growing their successful personal net worth. While partnering on this journey to mastery, new clarity, discoveries, and possibilities are explored in a conducive, comfortable, confidential, caring, and non-judgmental space. Janet is a behaviour modification strategist where she leverages result oriented coaching tools to help her stakeholders and clientele maximize their career goals, accelerate productivity, build strategic relationships, enhance growth, secure a sustainable work life and create personal development balance.

Janet sits as a Non – Executive Director on boards in the financial banking and academic sectors, where she can add value as a chartered accountant and board-certified coach. Janet is currently the Vice President of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Nigeria.

Specialities:
i. Executive, Leadership Presence & Board Coaching
ii. Corporate & International Protocol & Etiquette
iii. Transformative Personal & Professional Development
iv. Image Consultation

Mrs Grace Ebierein Dogubo is a Veteran Fashion Designer of 32 years in the Fashion Industry. Hard working and a passionate woman of Vision. As CEO of Gravido Fashions, she has Trained, Mentored and Empowered many young individuals and women.

She is a voice to be reckoned with, as she Mentors many to be Financially independent and Build their Confidence through trainings and Empowerment programs.

She is a member of NECA Network of Entrepreneurial Women, Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria, Exco R2W (Ready To Wear) Network of Nigeria, a Senior Consultant and Mentor with The Amazon project of C21FG, Patron for Milliners Association of Nigeria, with many Recognitions and Awards to her name

Uloma Nkemakolam is a graduate of Microbiology, with a postgraduate diploma in Mass Communications and Masters in Managerial Psychology. Uloma is a consummate marketing and media practitioner with over 20 years of experience in print, electronic and new media, branding, advertising, and marketing. Uloma worked at the Loveworld Ministerial College a training arm of Loveworld Incorporated aka Christ Embassy, as Senior Manager Academics where she was charged with the responsibilities of developing the content and curriculum for the diploma and degree courses amongst other responsibilities.

Uloma is a certified trainer, facilitator, and coach with GIZ-GOPA on entrepreneurship development and a certified trainer on professional food handling certification with
Pelican Solutions. She has attended several courses over the years in communications, marketing entrepreneurship and capacity building. Uloma is an associate member of Advertising Council of Nigeria (APCON), member of NECA’s Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW). She has served on different committees in NNEW, Summit Committee, Sector Committee etc.
She is currently the President of her old student’s association, Federal Government Girls College Gusau Old Girls Association Pioneer Set.

Uloma is passionate about volunteering, working with women and young people in several community-based projects for over two decades in capacity building and skill acquisition. Organizing medical outreaches to the elderly, youths and children as well as food outreaches to children in the inner cities. Uloma is also involved in volunteering for GIZ-SEDIN-GOPA ‘after care’ initiatives which
is aimed at beneficiaries of Programme Migration for Development (PME) these are returning migrants who have been trained on vocational and entrepreneurial skills to help them to be properly reintegrated in the society.

Uloma is an ardent disciple of Jesus Christ and an ordained minister of the gospel. She is presently pastoring a church in the Loveworld nation, aka Christ Embassy.

Mrs Bukky Adeyemi is a career educationist. She started her professional career in 1988, after obtaining her first degree in English Education from the Lagos State University. After her national service, She took over as Head of her parents’ Nursery and Primary school in Lagos. She later went into banking, where she had a brief stint before relocating, with her family, to New York. While in the United States, she volunteered at New York City public schools, teaching English and supporting with some administrative duties. This experience ignited her passion to get further training in the field of education and she subsequently enrolled herself in an early childhood education post-graduate program at the Penn Foster Career School in
Scranton, Pennsylvania (then known as ICS).

She completed the programme in 1996 and continued her volunteer work for which she got several certificates of appreciation and a special award recognizing her work with the New York City Public School System. Mrs Adeyemi returned to Nigeria in the late 90s and established the Cradles and Kickers Preschool in 2003. She later expanded the institution to include primary classes after several years of successfully operating and becoming an enviable and reputable preschool in her community. In line with her constant drive to improve and excel, she has attended several programmes, trainings and seminars, both locally and internationally.

Mrs Adeyemi is also a member of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), the Ikeja Branch of which she served as Treasurer.

She is also a member of Neca Network of Entrepreneual Women (NNEW). She previously headed the Education Sector of the NNEW Lagos, served on its 2019 Summit Committee and was also Chairperson of the Summit 2021 planning Committee. She attended a course recently at the, American Social Skills Co., where she became certified in the teaching of morals and etiquette to children.

My name is Theresa Mmakamba Onasanya

I am a distributor of foam products.

I started out with Vitafoam and have been a distributor for Vono and current foam.

I have been in this line of business since 2008.

I am a member of the EDC of Pan Atlantic University and also a trained and certified family life practitioner. I am married with adult children.

I had 2 years of secular experience (post school).

I have always been in the retail business since school before settling down to the distribution business. I ran a supermarket for years, was into the fashion and leather business at an international level, and ran a cafe in the year 2000

A diploma holder in Sec Administrator,  Adv Dip-Counseling and an EDC Alumni (Cem12) and so many other certifications over the years.