Ibukun Awosika

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Ibukun Awosika
Born
Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola

(1962-12-24) December 24, 1962 (age 61)
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Other namesBlessing Ibukun Awosika
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active1989–present
Employer First Bank of Nigeria
OrganizationSOKOA Chair Centre Limited
TelevisionBusiness – His Way
Board member of Women in Management, Business and Public Service, Binance Global Advisory Board
Website ibukunawosika.org

Ibukunoluwa Abiodun Awosika (born Bilkisu Abiodun Motunrayo Omobolanle Adekola on December 24, 1962) is Nigerian. She is the first female Chairperson of First Bank of Nigeria. [1] [2] She was appointed as a member of Binance Global Advisory Board in September 2022. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Born as the third child of seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially wanted to study Architecture at the University of Navarra. [5] [6]

Career

While on her compulsory one-year National Youth Service Corps service (NYSC) in Kano State, Ibukun Awosika worked as an audit trainee at Akintola Williams & Co. which later became Deloitte, but she returned home after the service and joined Alibert Nigeria Ltd., a furniture company, as showroom manager. [7] [8]

Media personality

Television

In 2008, Ibukun Awosika was among five Nigerian entrepreneurs who appeared in the first African version of the Dragon's Den . She also hosts a T.V programme called Business His Way. She then starred in the 2020 Citation alongsideTemi Otedola produced by Kunle Afolayan. [9]

Books

Awards and recognition

YearAward ceremonyPrizeResult
2005THISDAY Newspaper Annual Merit AwardEntrepreneur of the YearNominated
Success Digests Magazine's Annual Enterprise AwardFemale Entrepreneur of the YearNominated
2006Financial Standard and Pan-African Organisation for Women RecognitionBest Female Entrepreneur of the YearNominated
FATE Foundation AwardsFATE Model Entrepreneur Award of the YearWon
2007 International Women Society AwardGolden Heart AwardWon
2008International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge AwardWon
2015YNaija Person of the YearNominated
2020Africa Forbes Woman Awards 2020Forbes Woman Africa Chairperson AwardWon

Personal life

Ibukun Awosika is married to Abiodun Awosika with whom she has three children.

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References

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  2. ↑ "First Bank boss, Ibukun Awosika, others for 2017 Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship". Vanguard.
  3. ↑ "Binance announces Global Advisory Board". Punch Newspapers. September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ibukun Awosika appointed to Binance global advisory board". TheCable. September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ibukun Awosika –Entrepreneur Par Excellence". FinIntell. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lagos Business School alumna, Ibukun Awosika named winner of the 2020 Beta Gamma Sigma Business Achievement Award - Lagos Business School". Lagos Business School - Pan-Atlantic University. February 22, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "I live on the plane – Ibukun Awosika". The Punch Newspaper . March 13, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ ""Nobody Realized That We Were A Tiny, Little Dot" – Ibukun Awosika On How She Used The Little She Had To Build The Successful Business She Wanted". Woman.NG. April 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
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