Nigeria Leaders

Anna Eke Cummins West Africa Ltd. Anna is an Accountant and the Community Involvement Team leader for Cummins West Africa in Port Harcourt. She organizes community engagement activities and mobilizes the Cummins West Africa Port Harcourt team around issues such as malaria, girls’ education, and other important issues impacting the Port Harcourt community. She also serves as the Women’s Economic … Read More

Anne Ojumu Cummins West Africa Ltd. Anne is a Service Vendor Coordinator with the Aftermarket business with Cummins West Africa and a member of the Community Involvement team where she helps carry out community projects in Lagos. She enjoys working in teams and advocating for positive change in her community. In university she was a member of a group called … Read More

Muna Onuzo Foundation for Women in Film & Television in Nigeria Despite having the privilege of growing up in a middle class home with access to quality education, Muna recognized the plight of her peers who did not have access to education, fell pregnant before the age of 18, or were forced into early marriage, and she decided she wanted … Read More

Iretiola T. Adebayo-Olubi Foundation for Moral Value Orientation Iretiola is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Moral Value Orientation, an organization focusing on value orientation and education. She graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in Geography and Planning, starting her career in real estate and business. After many years in the real estate industry building her … Read More

Feyikemi Idowu Fabiyi Sarah Adebisi Sosan Foundation Feyikemi is the Program Coordinator with Sarah Adebisi Sosan Foundation, a local organization dedicated to empowering women and youth to gain financial independence, reduce poverty, and enhance health, well-being, and education. Although her educational background is in banking and finance, her passion for women and girls began over 20 years ago when she … Read More

Tolulope Adeyemo Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women Foundation Tolulope serves as the Executive Director of the Working to Advance STEM Education in African Women (WAAW) Foundation, where she and her team implement numerous STEM education programs for girls in Nigeria. Tolulope is an advocate for girl child education and women’s empowerment and is committed to improving African … Read More

Fadera Williams Sustain Africa Earth Initiative Fadera is a botanist with a PhD in Landscape Architecture. She is the first landscape architect produced by a West African University. She is also a Hillary Clinton Vital Voices for Global Partnership fellow and has received training in advocacy, policymaking, and women’s and girls’ empowerment through the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). With … Read More

Nita Byack George-Iruobe Geonita Initiative for Women and Child Development Nita is the President and Founder of the Geonita Initiative for Women and Child Development (IWACHD), a local organization working to improve the health, development, and empowerment of women, girls, and youth in Kaduna, Nigeria. With a background in sociology and a Master’s in Society and Development, Nita leads a … Read More

Tolulope Aderibigbe Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN) Tolulope is passionate about gender equity and women’s empowerment. For the past six years she has been working in the non-profit sector, building the capacity of women and girls in Nigeria. As the Program officer for CEWHIN, she monitors and evaluates the Home Grown School Feeding Program, an initiative of the … Read More

Oluwatumininu Adedeji Balm in Gilead Foundation for Sustainable Development Oluwatumininu is the Executive Director of Balm in Gilead Foundation for Sustainable Development (BIGIF), a non-governmental organization working to reduce gender-based violence. She is a young leader and a gender expert with more than six years of experience in capacity development, advocacy, mentoring, and project design and management. Oluwatumininu grew up … Read More