Francesca Onomarie Uriri is a Nigerian social entrepreneur. She is the founder of a non-profit Leading Ladies Africa, which aims at providing skills to African women necessary for their success and promoting gender inclusion. [1] [2] [3]
As of 2018, she served as the Head of Communications in West Africa for Uber. [4] In 2019 she became Uber's Internal Communications Lead For People, Culture And Diversity In San Francisco. [5]
Chioma Chukwuka is a Nigerian actress,director and movie producer. In 2007 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for "Best Actress in a leading role" for her performance in the movie "Sins of the flesh", and the Afro Hollywood award for best actress in a lead role in 2010.
Mosunmola Abudu, popularly called Mo Abudu, is a Nigerian media mogul, philanthropist and former human resources management consultant. She has been described by Forbes as "Africa's Most Successful Woman", and rated as one of the "25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television" by 'The Hollywood Reporter'.
Leslie 'Lee' Kasumba Leslie "Lee" Kasumba is an Ugandan radio and TV presenter, media personality, writer, singer, and songwriter in Africa.
Linda Ifeoma Ikeji is a Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur and former model. She is known for her blog.
Michelle Dede is a Nigerian freelance television presenter and actress. She co-produced the film titled Flower Girl and also starred in the television series Desperate Housewives Africa and the 2017 drama thriller film What Lies Within.
Esther Ijewere is a Nigerian author, advocate, women and girl child's rights activist and a columnist for The Guardian. She is a key member of Walk Against Rape (W.A.R), an advocacy initiative created to assist rape victims and seek justice. This initiative was endorsed by the Lagos State Ministry Of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. This campaign led to her organization organizing rape sensitizing workshops in secondary schools across the Nigeria tagged College Acquaintance Rape Education (C.A.R.E), in partnership with the Lagos state Ministry of Justice and the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT). Speaking about the separation in The Sun ( Nigeria) newspaper, Esther encouraged her fellow women facing domestic violence to re-consider their long term position in such relationship to salvage their sanity and life.
Agatha Amata, is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, talk show host, speaker, TV presenter and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show Inside Out with Agatha, which is the longest running television talk show in Nigeria which has aired for over twenty years.
Florence Ozor is a Nigerian women's rights activist and businesswoman, and one of the pioneers of the Bring Back Our Girls movement. She has been called a "resolute feminist".
Rimini Haraya Makama, is a Nigerian lawyer and business executive, who is Corporate and Government Affairs Director at Microsoft Nigeria.
Jemima Osunde is a Nigerian actress, model and presenter. She gained exposure after playing Leila in the television series Shuga. Osunde was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards for her performance in The Delivery Boy (2018).
Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie, is a Managing Partner at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie law firm in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a graduate of the University of Ghana as well as the Harvard Law School.
She serves on the Global Advisory Council of the Office of President of Harvard University, and she is also a member of the Harvard University Center for African Studies Africa Advisory Board.
She was part of the team that drafted the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003, and was retained by the Government of Nigeria to assist in the drafting of downstream gas legislation.
Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin is a Nigerian Women and Girls Advocate Social Entrepreneur. She is the founder of Pearls Africa Youth Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization aimed at educating young girls in under-served areas in Nigeria with technology skills. On November 1, 2018, Ajayi-Akinfolarin was named one of ten CNN Heroes of the year. Later that month she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
Jordan Emanuel is a model, journalist, philanthropist, Playboy's final Playmate of the Year (2019), Playmate of the Month for December 2018, and Miss Black America New York 2018. She is the second Black Playboy Bunny that later became Playmate of the Year after Ida Ljungqvist (2009) and is a co-founder of the non-profit Women With Voices.
Belinda "Bella" Ajoke Olubunmi Disu is a Nigerian businesswoman. She is Chairman, Board of Directors Abumet Nigeria Limited, Executive Vice Chairman of Globacom, and a non-executive director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc
Nkiru Olumide-Ojo is a Nigerian female enthusiast, author, columnist, development speaker and technocrat, with a career history in financial services, aviation, telecommunication and petroleum sectors.
Adanna Steinacker is a Nigerian medical doctor, entrepreneur, digital influencer and public speaker on female empowerment and humanitarianism. Her YouTube channel "The Adanna David Family", which she runs together with her husband David Steinacker, a German business consultant, features weekly vlogs and counts over 301,000 subscribers and her Instagram channel over 30,000.
Priscilla Mbarumun Achapka is a Nigerian environmental activist. She is the Founder/WEP Global President of the Women Environment Programme (WEP) that provides women with sustainable solutions to everyday problems. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of WEP.
Temi Olajide is a Nigerian and the first Nigerian Child Sleep/Potty Training Consultant. She is the founder of Mummyclinicc Global Services, an organisation that provides strategies and practicable solutions to the challenges of parents in raising children in the digital age through their online platform. She was listed in the Leading Ladies Africa – 100 most inspiring women in Nigeria 2020 alongside Jemima Osunde, Kiki Mordi, Mercy Chinwo, Nancy Isime, Natasha Akpoti and other notable Nigerian women. She is also the author of Wi-Fi Kids and Analog Parents on Amazon Books. She is also a co-founder of the Association of Child Sleep Consultants of Nigeria and a member of the International Association of Child Sleep Consultants.
Farida Mohammad Kabir is a Nigerian epidemiologist, software developer, and technology entrepreneur. She is the team lead for Google Women TechMakers and co-organizer for Google Developer Group, Abuja. She is also the founder/CEO of OTRAC, a health technology company that develops enterprise software systems for the healthcare sector in Nigeria.
Maryam Apaokagi known professionally as Taaooma, is a Nigerian comedian, content creator, cinematographer, and social media influencer. She is best known for acting multiple roles in her comedy skits.