Young Fashion Entrepreneur of the Year
Marketing Team
Marketing Team

Kevin Chiedu Okonji
Literacy Educator, Chrisland School VGC
Chiedu's story about his grandmother, an inspirational teacher he encountered was selected as one of the five outstanding stories in recognition of World Teachers Day . The priceless lessons he learnt from her has helped him to breed a class of happy learners who are confident and cherish relationships with others.
Read his full #WorldOfThanks story here

Lauratu Umar Abdulsalam
Consultant, DFID Governance Programme/Engaged Citizen Pillar - PERL
Lauratu is a media development and communication for change professional with over 15 years media industry experience both local and international, Lauratu has over seven years’ experience in the development sector; leading technical work in the areas of the application of conflict sensitive communication, gender inclusion and communication for change approach in media contents, to address conflict and promote peacebuilding.

Olaoluwa Abagun
Founder, Girls Pride Circle Initiative
Olaoluwa Abagun is a lawyer & unapologetic gender equality advocate. She was ushered into advocacy at the tender age of 13 as a Senator in the Nigerian Children's Parliament. She is the Founder of Girl Pride Circle, a registered NGO in Nigeria which advocates for girls’ rights and empowers girls to transform their communities. She envisions a Feminist world, where individuals thrive equally across socio-economic spaces regardless of gender. Everyday, this is the world she wakes up to build.

Sarah Egbo
Sarah Egbo is a gender and development expert with over six years of experience in the non- profit sector. She has a master's in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She is also a Chevening Scholarship alumna. She emphasizes that her educational experience at Sussex taught her invaluable knowledge and skills. The ongoing support from the university's dedicated staff and alumni network, sets it apart from studying elsewhere.

Shola Amoo
Shola studied at The National Film and Television School. His debut feature film, A Moving Image, had its World Premiere at The LA Film Festival 2016 in competition for the World Fiction prize, received The Special Recognition Award at The Blackstar Film Festival and won the 2017 Screen Nation Award for the best independent production. Shola is currently developing a feature film called The Last Tree with the BFI.

Stephen Oke
Legal Practitioner

Cherish Ibeh
CherStunner
CherStunner is a FashTech brand that creates unique designs with the beauty of the woman in mind. Her aim is to flaunt the uniqueness and confident in every woman with comfortable, simple and trendy designs. As an advocate of body positivity and inclusiveness, her clothing line will use digital modelling to ensure sustainable consumption and production.

Chiamaka Chinwendu
Chiamaka is a certified project management professional and social sector manager with a background in Consulting and Development. Currently serving as Project Manager, Nigeria at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she coordinates nationwide projects and drives Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives across the Africa team. She has also implemented programs like LEAP Africa across Africa. She holds a master’s in development economics and policy from the University of Manchester.

Lampe Omoyele
Managing Director, 141 Worldwide
Lampe Omoyele is a respected marketing expert with over 25 years’ experience gained with leading multinational companies.
Mr. Omoyele has held numerous leadership positions such as marketing director roles at Cadbury, Airtel, PZCussons and Glaxo SmithKline and Managing Director, Nielsen West Africa. He is currently Managing Director, 141 Worldwide and Co-creator, the Lucent Consulting Company