Precious Gilbert-Akpan

CEO, PEJ Investment Cooperative Union

Precious is an expert in women and girls mentorship, a community-based microfinance developer, an entrepreneur and a former banker with over 15 years of experience. She has worked with the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Value and was the State Coordinator of the six Area Councils in FCT, Abuja, Nigeria for over four years. She’s a Director at the Training/Mentorship Unit of MSME Forum of Nigeria. Precious is also a 2019 graduate of the Cooperative Development Foundation of Canada’s Women Mentorship program and a professional member/Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants. She is an Evangelist, a Sunday school teacher, and a Chorister.

Rise Up Cohort: Nigeria, 2024