Celebrating Ndi-Igbo

  Ms. Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu is the CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs. Ifeyinwa is focusing on strengthening relationships between the African and the global entrepreneurship ecosystem, empowering African entrepreneurs creating jobs and wealth on the continent. She holds a Post Graduate in Business and Executive Coaching from the Integral African Institute, Cape Town and a Bachelor of Law from University of Wales and Nigerian Law School. Sources: aec.afdb.org, tonyelumelufoundation.org, www.friendsofeurope.org, akzente.giz.de

  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