10. OSHOALA ASISAT
Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON is a Nigerian professional footballer who current plays for Spanish side FC Barcelona Femenà in the Primera División as a forward.After she was signed from Chinese club Dalian Quanjian F.C. on 31 January 2019. She came into limelight after she was named best player and was the highest goal scorer at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Oshoala reports that her parents were not supportive when she dropped out of school to pursue a football career but she has since then won African Woman footballer of the year four times (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019).
9. RITA ORJI, PhD
Meet professor Rita Orji, a Nigerian. She studied computer science at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, graduating top of her class with a CGPA of 4.74/5.00 First Class honours.
Before moving to Canada, she received a MSc in Information Systems (Informatics) from Middle East Technical University, Turkey and later her doctorate in Computer Science in the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
8. POWEDE ENIOLA
Meet Nigerian Powede Eniola Lawrence who studied Nursing, won the MBGN tourism & is now a certified pilot all before her 25th birthday.
In 2013, Powede contested for the Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria beauty pageant and emerged as the 2nd runner up earning her the title of MBGN Miss Tourism. She went on to represent Nigeria in the 2013 Miss Tourism competition.
Asides being a pilot and nurse, Awujo is also the CEO of Tods and kids, a retail children’s quality clothing store that renders the service of making baby shopping fun for grown-ups.
Powede also has a foundation called Powede Lawrence Foundation which aim is to advocate for people living with disabilities and the less privileged in the society.
7. OMOWUNMI SADIK
Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik is a Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor working at Binghamton University.
She has developed microelectrode biosensors for detection of drugs and explosives and is working on the development of technologies for recycling metal ions from waste, for use in environmental and industrial applications.
6. ULOMA OGBA
Meet Uloma Ogba the Founder and CEO of Launch Africa, offering tailored career advice and coaching to individuals seeking opportunities in the International Development sector.
She worked as an Analyst for PharmAccess Foundation, an entrepreneurial organization with a digital agenda dedicated to connecting more people to better healthcare in Africa. At PharmAccess, she was responsible for covering Kenya and Nigeria.
Previously, Uloma worked with the United Nations in Rwanda and Zambia, focusing on improving access to digital financial services particularly for women, youth, and refugees.
Committed to the development of women and girls across the globe, Uloma cofounded the Nigerian nonprofit, Give Girls A Chance, which is dedicated to improving access to quality education for Nigerian girls.
5. DEHLIA UMUNNA
Meet Dehlia Umunna, the first Nigerian to be appointed as a professor at Harvard Law School
She is the deputy director and clinical instructor at Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute (CJI).
She was a board member of the District of Columbia Law Students in Court Clinic, and a guest lecturer for several years at the George Washington University Law School.
Among her recognitions, Professor Umunna has received Harvard Law School’s Dean’s Award for Excellence, in acknowledgment of her outstanding service to the HLS community where she has excelled as a student supervisor, staff manager, lecturer, coach, and mentor, and the Southern Public Defender Training Center Outstanding Faculty Mentor of the Year Award.
4. Folorunsho Alakija
She is an entrepreneur and billionaire businesswoman. She is the executive vice chairman of FAMFA Oil Limited and Managing Director of Rose of Sharon Group. Folorunsho Alakija’s net worth has been featured on Forbes alongside influential businessmen in Nigeria.
She is the Vice Chairman of Dayspring Property Development Company Limited, a real estate company with investments in different parts of the world. She is also the Vice Chairman of Digitalreality Print Ltd, a world-class printing company.
3. Mrs. IbukunOluwa Awosika
She is an alumna of the Chief Executive Programme of Lagos
Business School; the Global Executive MBA of IESE Business School,
Barcelona-Spain; and Global CEO Programme of Wharton, IESE and C.E.I.B.S
Business Schools.
As
a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative, Aspen Global Leadership Network,
Institute of Directors, and Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria, Ibukun,
through her projects aspires to use her opportunities in life to further the
greatness of her dear country by raising entrepreneurs to create jobs for the
large unemployed youthful population. She is a member of the Nigerian Economic
Summit Group (NESG), served on National Job Creation Committee (NCJC), and sits
on the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School, Barcelona-Spain. she currently serves as Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria
2. CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE
Meet Chimmamanda Adichie who recently bagged two Honorary Doctorates from American University and Georgetown University in one week 2019.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Thing Around Your Neck, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminists.
She also made history by becoming the first African to deliver a class day speech at YALE
1. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
DR. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian-born economist and international development expert. She sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the African Risk Capacity (ARC). she was the Minister of Finance in Nigeria from 2011 to 2015 and She helped the country's economy; the largest in Africa. In 2015, she was also listed as one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders by Fortune.
Okonjo-Iweala is also eyeing the World Bank presidency seat following the resignation of Jim Yong Kim.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gets another International appointment (2020)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
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