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Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti
Ifedayo Durosinmi – Etti is an Author, Entrepreneur and young global leader with over 10 years of management and leadership experience working in the fashion, marketing and manufacturing Industries...voir plusIfedayo Durosinmi – Etti is an Author, Entrepreneur and young global leader with over 10 years of management and leadership experience working in the fashion, marketing and manufacturing Industries. She holds a first degree in Biochemistry and an MBA in Global Business. Prior to moving back to Nigeria in 2012, she worked with Arcadia Group Plc, a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London and Aspire Acquisitions. She later joined Nigerian Breweries (Heineken Operating Company in Nigeria) as a Young African Talent (YAT) and transitioned to their Corporate Communications Department as Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Support Manager where she successfully managed various corporate social responsibility and sustainability projects. Ifedayo is also an associate member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).
With her passion for women and children, she launched Parliamo Bambini and Philos and Zoe, startups disrupting the baby and child industry through locally manufactured furniture and clothing for children with the aim of reducing poverty, empowering the youth and promoting access to quality education in Nigeria and Africa. She is also very passionate and women and youth contributing to national development, so she launched a platform called the AGS Tribe to democratize opportunities for entrepreneurs across Africa and the AGS Enterprise Challenge, to empower female entrepreneurs through funding, mentorship and training.
In 2016, Parliamo Bambini was selected as one of the companies whose idea can transform Africa by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and she is currently one of the Alumni Hub Leads for the South West region of Nigeria under the Foundation. Parliamo Bambini is also a beneficiary of the Variant Adisory and Winner of the Jumia Super Startup Competition.
In 2017, she received an award from Vivian Fowler College for Girls, one of Nigeria’s best secondary schools in recognition of her contribution to women empowerment and in 2018, she also received the Women’s Advocacy Award from the West African Leadership Organization for her exemplary leadership and dedication to the socio economic development in West Africa.
She was selected as a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, a community of young people across the world making an impact in their respective communities and under the community, she is the Project Lead for Startup Dome, a project launched to bridge the gender gap through socio economic empowerment of women in Nigeria. In March 2018, she was invited to Harvard University to serve as a panelist during their African Development Conference to discuss the role of women in democracy and how it impacts on business in Africa. She was also named a Peace Scholar by the Dutch Ministry of foreign affairs and was recently selected to receive mentorship from world renowned artist and business man, Akon as a result of her contributions to the entrepreneurship sector in Africa. She is also a One Young World Ambassador.voir moins
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