Celebrating Ndi-Igbo

  Nkem Okocha is the founder of Mamamoni Empowerment Foundation, a FinTech social enterprise that empowers low-income rural-and-urban slum women with free vocational, financial skill and micro-loans. Mamamoni's web platform www.mamamoni.org allows socially-conscious individuals to lend to low-income women money for their small businesses. Since inception over 7000 low-women have been impacted through Mamamoni. Nkem is a 2015 Tony Elumelu Foundation Alumna, 2016 Outstanding LEAP Africa Social Innovator, Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) alumna, GSBI® accelerator Alumna and a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow. She is passionate about Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment, Technology and Entrepreneurship. She is a graduate of Lagos State University. Sources: Wikipedia, LinkedIn, thespark dot com. Photo: risenetworks dot org

Ngozi serves as the Chief Operating Officer at LEAP Africa . Ngozi came to LEAP with over seven years of work experience in the Nigerian Corporate Environment, specifically the oil and gas sector. Prior to LEAP, she worked with Sea Petroleum & Gas Group of Companies in various departments including Marketing, Administration and Client/Public Relations. Ngozi serves on the Board of several youth initiatives in an advisory role, including the African Youth Unite for Change (AFYUCh), One Magazine, Youth Action Initiatives and Young and Responsible. Ngozi is a graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. She also has a master’s degree in Public & International Affairs from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. In addition, she is a member of the second cohort of the British Council organized Interaction Leadership Programme.

Ndidi is the Founder/C.E.O of LEAP Africa, a non profit organization, which is committed to inspiring, empowering and equipping a new cadre of African leaders. LEAP provides leadership training programmes and coaching services for business owners, social entrepreneurs, the youth and the public sector. Ndidi is also the founder of NIA (Ndu - Life, Ike- Strength, Akunuba - Wealth), a nonprofit organization committed to empowering female university students in Southeastern Nigeria to achieve their highest potential in life. Prior to establishing LEAP and NIA, she was the pioneer Executive Director of FATE Foundation Nigeria, a nonprofit organization which promotes entrepreneurship and business development. She also worked as a Management Consultant with the Bridgespan Group and with McKinsey & Company. During her time with McKinsey, she served the nonprofit sector and fortune 500 companies in the packaged goods, retail, pharmaceutical and insurance industries in Chicago, New York and ...