Gender Wage Gap In Nigeria? How Real Is It?

Around the world, women are generally found to be paid less than men for the same work done. 

In Nigeria, statistics from the World Gender Gap report 2022 reveals that Nigeria ranks 123rd with a score of 0.639 out of a total of 146 countries. This figure is a stark reality of where Nigeria stands regarding the gender wage gap.

Gender Wage Gap is defined as the average difference between the financial compensation received by men and women for working. Gender wage gap is 

defined by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as the difference between average male and female wages, divided by the average male wage. 

Generally, the gender wage gap is rooted in gender inequality. Despite the increasing participation of women in the labor force, a significant wage gap still exists in different industries and sectors. This problem is further compounded by gender stereotypes prevailing in the society.

Most often than not, girls are often steered towards gender-normative careers. This happens from a young age, where society, parents, and guardians places a ceiling on the career choices of the girl-child.

In many communities and homes in Nigeria, girls venturing into STEM based fields are frowned upon and discouraged.

Some parents outrightly forbid their daughter’s interests in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields, with the irrational explanation that funding such interests is a waste of time and resources. After all, the girl child will end up in the home, taking care of the family, they say.

This stereotype has hindered many girls from pursuing their dreams, making them settle for something more normal. However, it should be noted that boys are exempted from this stereotype. Boys are generally expected to pursue careers in STEM based fields and other top paying professions.

Eradicating gender stereotypes will do a lot in closing the gender wage gap in Nigeria and other African countries. Girls should have the liberty to pursue careers of their choice and should be provided with the resources they need.

With more women becoming breadwinners and heads of households in Nigeria, the prevalent gender wage gap threatens the economic capacity of women.

Concerted effort should be taken by individuals, parents, NGOs, private companies and the government to ensure that women are not discriminated against in the labor market.  Pay equity should be promoted and appropriate laws put in place by the government in this regard.

Equal opportunities should also be provided for women at every point of their education, training, and career choices.

At Women Impacting Nigeria, we help women kickstart a career in tech through our Tech Sis Program. We also help women and girls acquire digital skills, soft skills, easily transition to tech, access job placements and internship opportunities.

We believe that women are entitled to receive ‘Same Pay for Same Work Done’ as their female counterparts. We continue to stand for gender equality and we welcome support from like-minded individuals and organizations in the achievement of a gender equitable Nigeria. 

How Tope Imasekha Is Empowering Small Business Successes For Women

The founder of Women Impacting Nigeria, 

Tope Imasekha, was recently featured by Amaka Studio for her role in empowering women owned businesses in Nigeria.

Tope Imasekha, through Women Impacting Nigeria has been facilitating financial inclusion and autonomy in Nigeria. Through her Widows Empowerment Initiative, Tope has empowered many widows and vulnerable women in Nigeria with grants to scale their businesses.

Her WEP Initiative has also equipped widows with financial and digital literacy skills. The target of this initiative are vulnerable women from low income communities who run small and medium scale businesses.

In 2022, the Widow’s Empowerment Program (WEP), was targeted at widows and vulnerable women living at Mende, Cane Village, Maryland. 

WIN’s Research and Development team discovered a community of cane weaving women who operate their cane weaving business on a small scale as a result of lack of access to financial products to grow their businesses.

A financial literacy training was held for these women and five of them were awarded business grants.

Just recently, on the 26th of August, the 2023 edition of this initiative was held in Shomolu, Bariga Lagos, in partnership with Beatrice Ado Kola-Balogun Foundation.

Tope remains committed to closing the gender gap in Nigeria by facilitating greater financial inclusion for vulnerable women and girls. Her passion is supported by like minded individuals, organizations and groups such as Beatrice Ado Kola-Balogun Foundation.

You can read more about this feature here.

The Widows Empowerment Program is an initiative of WIN carried out in partnership with Beatrice Ado Kola-Balogun Foundation. 

The WEP is an Initiative of WIN, targeted at widows who run business enterprises and are in need of business grants to help them grow their businesses.

This initiative of WIN is in line with SDG 1 and SD5 of eliminating poverty and promoting gender equality via financial inclusion. Over the years, quite a number of women-owned businesses and widows have been empowered with financial grants, digital skills, business management skills and tools via this initiative.

The 2023 WEP event featured financial literacy sessions, handled by seasoned facilitators. For this year’s edition of WEP, based on the needs assessment carried out, the women were given a sum of N100,000 each to help their business and overall welfare.

The beneficiaries of this edition’s WEP program are Jemilat Raji, Ayeni Mujirat, Alimot Uthman, Prisca Njoku and Moji Adedoyin.

The event recorded a great turnout by the women in the locality. The beneficiaries were ecstatic and expressed their joy at receiving the much-needed grant for their businesses. The women’s community also expressed their gratitude for the financial education they received.

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Women Impacting Nigeria is pleased to announce that our organization has been awarded the Most Empowering SDG Organization award for the year 2023. This NGO honor was awarded by Acquisition International in recognition of WIN’s contribution towards achieving the 2030 SDG Agenda. 

Set forward by the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a collection of 17 global goals aimed at improving the planet and the quality of human life around the world by the year 2030.

Over the years, WIN has contributed directly to helping Nigeria achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. With the belief that gender equality is central to the achievement of the other SDGs, WIN continues to champion the cause for women and girls in Nigeria.

WIN is pleased to achieve this milestone and we remain committed to making the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals a reality 

Kindly click here to view this award.

There are quite a number of Nigerian women that have stood and looked above setbacks to become financially successful by contributing to Nigerian society.

These are women who refused to be pulled down by the fear of the female career limitation in the country. They were tenacious, resilient and determined to rise to their full potential despite the odds against them.

WIN has chosen to celebrate five (5) Nigerian women doing amazing things in the world of Finance.

1. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – (DG, World Trade Organization)

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala took office as WTO Director-General on 1 March 2021. She is a global finance expert, an economist and international development professional with over 30 years of experience working in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America. Dr Okonjo-Iweala was formerly Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. 

She is a skilled negotiator and has brokered numerous agreements which have produced win-win outcomes in negotiations. She is regarded as an effective consensus builder and an honest broker enjoying the trust and confidence of governments and other stakeholders.

Previously, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala twice served as Nigeria’s Finance Minister (2003-2006 and 2011-2015) and briefly acted as Foreign Minister in 2006, the first woman to hold both positions. She distinguished herself by carrying out major reforms which improved the effectiveness of these two Ministries and the functioning of the government machinery. 

She had a 25-year career at the World Bank as a development economist, rising to the No. 2 position of Managing Director, Operations. As a development economist and Finance Minister, Dr Okonjo-Iweala steered her country through various reforms ranging from macroeconomic to trade, financial and real sector issues.

2.    Miriam Olusanya – (MD, Guaranty Trust Bank)

Miriam Olusanya is the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, the first woman to ever hold the position. She assumed this position in July 2021. 

She is a graduate of Pharmacy from the University of Ibadan and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Liverpool.

She has over 23 years of banking experience across various units, including transaction services, asset and liability management, financial markets, corporate finance and investor relations.

Olusanya joined the Bank in 1998 and has been in charge of managing the Bank’s Naira and Foreign Currency Balance Sheet, Asset and Liability Position as well as Money Market, Foreign Currency and Bonds Trading.

Olusanya also serves on the Board of Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Limited as a non-executive director.

3.    Kafilat Araoye – (MD/CEO, Lotus Bank)

Kafilat holds a first degree in History from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University (1985), and an M.Sc. in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from the University of Lagos (1987),graduating as the best student in her class. 

She has attended various executive management courses at the Cranfield School of Management (UK), Lagos Business School, Institute of Management Development (Switzerland) and INSEAD (France).Ross business School, University of Michigan(USA).

She started her career in 1988 at National Oil and Chemicals Marketing Company Plc (now Conoil Nigeria Plc), and moved in 1990 to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, as the pioneer head of Human Resources.

Having put over 25 years into banking, Kafilat has expertise in virtually all areas of core banking, with emphasis on International and Domestic Operations, Payments, General Management, Business Development, Risk Management, Human Resources and Strategy.

She was part of several Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Implementation Committees on some Settlement and Payment solutions between 2002 and 2007 and represented Nigeria at the Banking Techniques and Practice committee of International Chamber of Commerce, between 2006 and 2011. 

Kafilat has served, and currently serves as Member of the Governing Board of many institutions (secondary and university),amongst them Fountain University Oshogbo, Currently member, Board of Crescent Schools, Victoria Island and City of Knowledge academy, as well as Elder’s Council, Al Muhtudeen Islamic Foundation (formerly Muslim Youth Forum).

4.    Ibukun Awosika – (Former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria)

A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Awosika was the first woman to become the Chairman of First Bank after several years the bank was established.

She is a businesswoman, author, and motivational speaker. She is also a co-founder and past chairperson of Women in Business, Management, and Public Service (WIMBIZ).

She was appointed a member of Binance Global Advisory Board in September 2022.

Ibukun started her early career days as an audit trainee at Akintola Williams & Co and Alberta Nigeria Ltd, before she moved on to establish her own furniture manufacturing company called Ouebees Limited.

She is also a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative and Aspen Global Leadership Network as well as a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. She is a member and former Chairperson of the board of Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Ibukun is the author of three books called, The “Girl” Entrepreneurs, Business His Way, and The ‘Girl’ Entrepreneurs: Our Stories So Far Kindle Edition. 

She is a recipient of several awards such as the Forbes Woman Africa Chairperson Award (2020), YNaija Person of the Year (2015), International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Award (2008), Golden Heart Award (2007), among others.

5.    Aishah Ahmad – (Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria)

Currently, Aishah Ahmad is the Deputy Governor for Financial System Stability at the Central Bank of Nigeria. She is a member of the CBN Governing Board, Monetary Policy Committee, Financial System Stability Committee and the Committee of Governors.

Before she became the Deputy Governor of the apex bank, she had acquired knowledge from different financial institutions. She served as an Executive Director, Retail Banking at Diamond Bank and worked at Zenith Bank and Stanbic IBTC.

Appointed in 2018 as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Aisha Ahmad is an Accountant, financial manager, and analyst.  

She started her career as a Group Accountant at “Manstructs Group Nigeria Limited” and at Z.O. Ososanya & Company. She later assumed the position of an Executive Assistant, Treasury Group.

She further assumed the Head of Retail Banking at Zenith Bank Plc and the Head of Private Banking at NAL Bank Plc, now Sterling Bank. She also served as the Head of Business Development at Zenith Capital Limited.

Aishah Ahmad is a strong advocate for female and youth empowerment; she volunteers at SOS Children’s Villages, Nigeria and was former Chairperson, Executive Council of Women in Management, Business & Public Service, WIMBIZ; a leading women-focused NGO in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

In Nigeria, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, women make up on average just 22% of the total number of Engineering and Technology university graduates each year.

According to the same source, women make-up roughly a fifth of the total number of people working in the information and communication technology sector.

Women Impacting Nigeria (WIN) is glad to celebrate five Nigerian female techies bridging the gender gap and doing amazing things in the world of STEM.

1. ADORA NWODO 

Adora is a first-class graduate in Computer Science from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She started her software development journey with Neukleos as an intern in 2016.

Adora has lots of volunteer experience with so many organizations including, Andela, Full Stack Developers Lagos, and Microsoft LEAP Apprenticeship.

She is a Software Engineer at Microsoft, where she builds cloud services and High-Value Experiences related to Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality. She is also the co-founder of unStack Africa, an open-source meetup for software developers.

2.  WENDY OKOLO

Wendy A. Okolo is a Nigerian-American aerospace research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center She is the first Black woman to obtain a PHD degree in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington, She is also the Special Emphasis Programs Manager for Women at Ames.

Okolo is a Sub-Project Manager in the Intelligent Systems Division of NASA Ames. She is a research engineer in the Discovery and Systems Health Technology (DaSH).

Okolo says her sisters taught her the sciences with their day-to-day realities. She describes them as her heroes.

3.   PROFESSOR FRANCISCA OKEKE

Professor Francisca Okeke was elected as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, the highest scientific organization in Nigeria. She was inducted into the academy alongside Abba Gumel, a Professor of Mathematical biology and fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

Okeke was the first female professor of physics in the eastern part of Nigeria.

During her time as head of department, she advocated for inclusion of more women in the department, which led to the hiring of three new female faculty members and as dean of the faculty she prioritized employing women in faculty positions in the physical sciences.

She advocates for the wider participation of women and girls in science and technology.

4.    OMOWUNMI SADIQ

Dr. Omowunmi A. Sadik is a Nigerian professor, chemist, and inventor working at Binghamton University. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, her family included a number of scientists, who supported her interests in physics, chemistry, and biology. 

She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Lagos in 1985, and went on to receive her master’s degree in chemistry in 1987.

She has developed microelectrode biosensors sensitive to trace amounts of organic materials, technology which can be used for drug and bomb detection.

In 2012, Dr. Omowunmi co-founded the non-profit Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization.

She is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010) and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (elected 2012). She is also a member of the American Chemical Society. 

She is involved with the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation, and was part of the National Institutes of Health Study Panel on Instrumentation and Systems Development. She is involved in international collaborations with the UNESCO International Center of Biodynamics in Bucharest, Romania, Ege University in Turkey, and the University of Fukui in Japan.

Dr. Omowunmi is the recipient of several awards including the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM)(2016), Jefferson Science Fellow (2017), and the 

Australian Merit Award.

5.   ADA NDUKA OYOM

Ada is the founder of She Code Africa, a non-profit organization that empowers young girls and women in Africa with technical skills.

She founded SCA in 2016 and has since impacted over 17,000 women members across 20 African countries with her team, while championing gender diversity in tech through it.

Their goal is to see an Africa where women are equally represented across all career roles in technology. SCA’s mission is to build a community which embodies technical growth, networking, mentorship and visibility among all levels and career roles in technology.

Ada is a self-taught Software developer whose expertise has earned her roles in organizations like Interswitch Group and Switch Innovation Academy. She has volunteer experience with organizations like Google Developers Group and Women Techmakers UNN.

This event took place on Thursday May 11, 2023 and brought together local households, civil societies and global stakeholders for the joint collaboration of the SDGs implementation in Africa, particularly on creating awareness on women and girls’ rights.

Beginning with a sensitization talk at the Abesan entrance gate, Mosan Okunola LCDA, Alimosho, the gender advocacy procession went round the entire community, and ended at the Abesan Youth Centre.

Over 250 people participated in the gender advocacy walk, including a significant number of Abesan community members. The walk also attracted students from Fesbach College Abesan and Dee Unique College Abesan, who came in their numbers to learn and participate.

This program is in line with SDG 5, (Gender Equality), which we believe is fundamental to the achievement of other Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria.

A lecture on the importance of the SDGs was given at the event, with a focus on community participation for national building and elimination of gender based violence. 

Other noteworthy organizations such as GLOHWOC and FIDA (International Federation of Women Lawyers) participated at this event, including volunteers and members of WIN’s community.

At WIN, gender equality is at the center of everything we do. We also recognize that enlightening the society and enlisting their participation to promote gender equality is key to the achievement of SDG 5.

With community involvement such as this, Nigeria will be on its way to seeing the SDG goal 5 fulfilled, one community at a time.

Women Impacting Africa has released its 2023 edition of Top 100 Women Impacting Africa Magazine. This list is an unranked compilation of leading African women, drawn from different niches yet impacting their communities, countries, and the continent. 

Culled from various spheres of human influence including finance, politics, diplomacy, education, technology, philanthropy, media, law, academia, and leadership, these women are challenging the status quo and blazing a trail for others to follow.

Women Impacting Nigeria is committed to showcasing and telling the stories of women who are reshaping history, bridging inequality gaps and pioneering new innovations, while lifting others with them.

This is also important because these stories inspire young women and girls to achieve their innate potential.

For us at Women Impacting Nigeria, a chance to lift women up is a possibility for SDG 5 – gender equality.

Below is the complete list of Avance WIN’s 2023 Top 100 Women Impacting Africa, in alphabetical order.

1. Abiola Adekoya- Lead Wealth Advisor at Artios Capital Limited.
2. Ada Nduka Oyom- Founder of She Code Africa.
3. Adelaide Retselisitsoe Matlanyane- Director at Large on the AERC Board.
4. Adeolu Adewumi-Zer- Managing Director and CEO, Allianz Nigeria Insurance Ltd (Allianz Nigeria).
5. Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes- Founder and Managing Partner, Aruwa Capital Management.
6. Adja Samb- CEO of Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Limited, Kenya
7. Adora Nwodo- Software Engineer at Microsoft.
8. Alero Balogun- Head, Corporate Communications and CSR at Oando PLC.
9. Alice Banze- Executive Director of Gender and Sustainable Development Association.
10. Amira Cheniour- Co-founder, Seabex.
11. Anne-Marie Dias Borges- TV Anchor and Producer for BBC Business in London.
12. Azukaego Chukwuelue- Supply Chain Director in Kimberly Clark Nigeria.
13. Berita Khumalo – Singer, Songwriter, Music producer and Owner of the independent record label Assali Music.
14. Betelhem Dessie, Founder and CEO of iCog- Anyone Can Code (ACC).
15. Bintou Mariam Traoré- Radical Feminist and Communications Professional.
16. Brenda Okorogba- Founder of Momentswithbren Consulting.
17. Bukola Kogbe- Regional HR Director, Africa, Barry Callebaut Group.
18. Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye- Regional Director of Ford Foundation for West Africa.
19. Catherine Nakalembe- Program Director for NASA Harvest Africa.
20. Cathye Moukoko- Founder and CEO of The Shapers Investors.
21. Chinny Okoye- Founder of The Women International (TWI).
22. Damilola Odufuwa- Head PR & Comms of Binance. 
23. Dianne Dusaidi- Board Chairperson of AB Bank Plc, Rwanda.
24. Dorsaf Ganoiati- Referee.
25. Dr Amy Jadesimi- Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL).
26. Dr Anita Kemi Dasilva- Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF). 
27. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala- Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
28. Dr Olayemi Dawodu- MD/ CEO of Clina-Lancet Laboratories.
29. Dupe Olusola- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Hotels PLC.
30. Ebele Ezeamakam- Ebele the flutist.
31. Farida Charity- Speaker of the Yumbe District Council.
32. Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam- Chairperson of the National Democratic Party and Chair of HIIGSI.
33. Funke Medun- CEO of Leapworld Limited.
34. Grace Muliisa- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank, Uganda Limited.
35. Hadjira Oumouri- Member of Parliament in Comoros.
36. Héla Cheikhrouhou- Regional Vice President, IFC.
37. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim- Founder of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT).
38. Ire Aderinokun- Frontend Developer and Co-founder, COO.
39. Ini Abimbola- Founder and former Lead Consultant/CEO of ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited (TPC).
40. Jane Onwuchekwa- Data Analyst, Coursera, Data Stuma LLC.
41. Jessica Anuna- Founder and CEO of Klasha.
42. Jessica Nabongo- Travel Blogger and First black woman to have traveled to every country in the world. 
43. Jihan Abass- Founder and CEO of Lami Insurance Technology.
44. Juliet Ehimuan- Google’s Country Manager in Nigeria.
45. Kafilat Araoye- Managing Director/CEO of LOTUS Bank,
46. Kalista Sy- YouTuber.
47. Lara Yeku- Head of HR, Food Division at Flour Mills of Nigeria.
48. Lilian Azizi- Founder and CEO of Afriq Cars Motors.
49. Lola Masha- Executive Director of Babban Gona.
50. Mariam Chabi Talata Zimé Yérima-  Current Vice President of Benin.
51. Mary Mwangi- CEO of Data Integrated.
52. Mathilda Twomey- First Female Judge in Seychelles.
53. Meaza Ashenafi- First female Chief Justice of Ethiopia.
54. Merieme Chadid- Vice President of the International Astronomical Union.
55. Miishe Addy- CEO of Jetstream.
56. Moky Makura- Executive Director of Africa NoFilter (ANF).
57. Monica Geingos- First lady of Namibia.
58. Monica Mutsvangwa- First female Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Zimbabwe.
59. Moremi Lilian- Founder of Botswana Student Network.
60. Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe- Managing Director and CEO of Fidelity Bank.
61. Nadia Gamal El Don- Founder & CEO of Rahet Bally Co.
62. Najla Mohammed El Mangoush-  Libya’s First Female Foreign Minister.
63. Neema Iyer- Founder and Executive Director of Pollicy.
64. Nkemdilim Begho- Founder and Managing Di­rector, Future Software Resources Limited.
65. Nunu Ntshingila- Non-Executive Independent Director of the Ivanhoe Mines.
66. Olapeju Ibekwe is the CEO of Sterling One Foundation.
67. Oluwatomi Somefun- CEO/ Managing Director of Unity Bank.
68. Omobola Johnson- Senior Partner at TLcom Capital.
69. Oyinkansola Alabi- Founder of Emotions City.
70. Omowunmi A. Sadik- Professor, Chemist, and Inventor working at Binghamton University.
71. Owen Diana Omogiafo- President and Group CEO, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp).
72. Pearl Uzokwe- Director for Governance and Sustainability at Sahara Group Limited.
73. Phoebe Dami-Asolo- Director of Operations for Coca-Cola India, Southwest Asia.
74. Professor Francisca Okeke- First female professor of physics in the eastern part of Nigeria.
75. Regina Honu- Founder of Soronko Solutions.
76. Rewa Udoji- Director, Chapel Hill Denham.
77. Ronke Giwa-Onafuwa-Author, broadcaster, and on-air personality at Splash FM.
78. Sade Falase-Morgan- Corporate Affairs Director of Nigerian Breweries.
79. Samia Suluhu Hassan- Current President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
80. Seun Runsewe- Vice President of Growth at Softcom.
81. Seynabou- Founder and CEO of Maya.
82. Sola Adesakin- Founder and Lead Coach of Smart Stewards Academy.
83. Solape Akinpelu is the founder and CEO of HerVest.
84. Subomi Plumptre- Co-founded Volition Blue.
85. Sudanese-Iraqi Maha Jaafar, Comedian.
86. Tariye Gbadegesin- Managing Director and CEO of ARM Harith Infrastructure Fund Managers.
87. Teju Abisoye- Acting Executive, LSETF. 
88. Tolulope Olorundero- Founder and Principal Consultant at Mosron Communications.
89. Tope Imasekha- Founder and Executive Director, Women Impacting Nigeria.
90. Tosin Faniro-Dada- Partner Breega.
91. Ugochi Akwiwu- Supervisor, Operations Performance Management in the Planning & Commercial Division of the NPDC.
92. Vera Esperança dos Santos Daves De Sousa- Minister of Finance.
93. Veyrl Adell is the founder and C-Chair of Advisory Board of Signifide Group.
94. Victoire Tomegah Dogbé- Prime minister of Togo.
95. Wanjiru Koinange- Co-founder of Book Bunk.
96. Wendy A. Okolo- Aerospace Research Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center.
97. Wunmi Adelusi- Bank Examiner with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
98. Xaviera Kowo- Cameroonian programmer.
99. Yemisi Edun- Managing Director of First City Monument Bank.
100. Zandile Keebine- Founder and CEO of GirlCode.

International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. It is also a time for everyone to recommit to seeing a gender equitable world, where women are empowered and their capabilities harnessed for growth in all sectors.

This year Women Impacting Nigeria (WIN) presented a women’s empowerment and health talk at Tangerine Africa. The event was attended by 125 women.

Tangerine Africa is an organization that is focused on empowering people and businesses across Africa to live financially secure lives through world-class insurance & pensions solutions.

The health talk focused on cervical cancer and HPV and risk factors of cervical cancer, such as repeated HPV infection, oral contraceptives, diabetes, compromised immune system, unprotected sex, among others. Methods of preventing cervical cancer were also highlighted and the significance of the HPV vaccination.

Women Impacting Nigeria is on a mission to promote better life outcomes for women and girls in Nigeria. We are concerned about women’s health and we work to give women access to affordable and efficient healthcare in Nigeria.

We believe that women’s health and productivity in the workplace are inextricably linked. That is why we are committed to empowering women with the knowledge and resources to facilitate their overall wellness and health.

Recent data shows that more than 60 percent of young women in Nigeria are unemployed and more than one in four (25.9 percent) of women in the labor force are underemployed (NBS).

Women Impacting Nigeria is pleased to partner with Jobberman Nigeria and Mastercard Foundation in the quest to tackle unemployment and gender disparities in the workforce in Nigeria.

The Women Impacting Nigeria Foundation (WIN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to women’s human rights, gender and empowerment of women and girls.

WIN is on a mission to reduce the gender gaps that exist in education, living conditions, economic empowerment, technology and political participation in Nigeria. WIN believes that women empowerment and gender equality is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

WIN wants women to lead, participate in government systems, have decent livelihood, income security, economic autonomy and live free from violence.

Jobberman.com is the most intuitive job portal in Nigeria, offering up-to-the-minute job opportunities from across the country.

Cofounded in August 2009 by university students Ayodeji Adewunmi, Olalekan Olude and Opeyemi Awoyemi, Jobberman.com has gone on to become Nigeria’s Number one job site.

The Mastercards initiative aims to enable 10 million young Nigerians, especially young women to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.

This partnership project is known as

‘Young Nigerian Works’. It is focused on training 5 million Nigerians while placing 3 million in dignified jobs.This training will be both physical and online and dates for each will be communicated consequently.

WIN uses this medium to call for women to register for this training. Women across Nigeria are welcome to take advantage of this training to acquire soft skills, improve their employability, boost their careers and improve their lives in general.

Hurry and Register via the link below.

https://www.jobberman.com/softskills/registration/win