Ibijoke Faborode

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Ibijoke Faborode is the co-founder and CEO of Nigerian nonprofit ElectHER.

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Biography

Faborode was born in Osun State. Her father is Micheal Faborode, Vice chancellor at Obafemi Awolowo University. [1]

Faborode has a bachelor's degree in History and International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University, a master's degree in Project Management from École de management de Normandie, and a master's degree in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from The London School of Economics. [2] [3]

Faborode has a graduate degree in business. She worked for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, leading policy, trade and investment relations across West Africa. [2] She also managed communication campaigns for governments and brands and worked as the Regional Business Development Manager Sub-Saharan Africa for The Africa Report. [4] [3]

After the 2019 Nigerian general election resulted in only four percent of female candidate's election, Faborode founded ElectHER to increase the number of women in government. [4] She also spearheaded the first African mobile app for election data analysis. [5]

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